Clean Up your Computer

[Wayne]

How often do you "clean UP" your Computer?

[mammadon]

Quite often. Obviously, adaptive and preventative maintenance has to be carried out on a computer, like defragging and the like.

[anarine]

This should be automated

[Solachica]

Different levels of cleaning I do.
I scan everyday though.

And the mem stick I use at work is guaranteed to have virus so I scan tht at home when using it too.

[Scorpio]

This reminds me - I need to defrag this computer. :?

[Wayne]

Today,I defragged my laptop.I also installed Trend Micro and scanned all files and added Combofix.

[eMJayy]

It depends on what kind of 'clean up' you're referring to.

On Windows, I do drive error checks and defrag every 3 months or so - but if I permanently move large amounts of data off a drive in one instant I might decide to do a defrag right after to compact the remaining data.

I don't do manual antivirus scans anymore because I've switched to using Linux for conducting all my Internet activity (I dual boot Windows and Linux). I've even uninstalled my antispyware software from Windows for the same reason.

When I was using XP, I'd usually wipe the main drive once a year and reinstall both OSes. That was to get rid of any registry errors that would have cropped up. Usually there would be about 400 - 500 errors in the Windows registry by then. That's basically my most extreme 'clean up'. I store all my crucial data on secondary drives and backups so it takes very little preparation to do a complete reinstall. I don't bother to hunt down and empty temp folders and browser caches very often anymore.

[Wayne]

I think that Trend Micro and Combofix does all that eMJayy 8-)

[eMJayy]

I think that Trend Micro and Combofix does all that eMJayy 8-)


I don't use registry cleaners of any kind. They tend to create as many problems as they solve because, half the time, they remove stuff that they're not supposed to. And they tend to interfere with the restore points set by the OS. Wiping the drive once a year works best for me.

[Wayne]

ok :D :D :)

[Trinifieds]

I think if you are using a windoze xpee PC you should do a re-install every six months. For some reason it gets slower as time goes by.

Linux on the other hand...

[kadhafi]

I use advanced system care and it has scheduled scans and also does a scan when they computer is idle. It works well.

[BW]

i never clean my computer. closest thing to it is monthly backup

mac supremacy

[deathwinger]

i never clean my computer. closest thing to it is monthly backup

mac supremacy


Thank god for the Macs lack of a registry.

Now only if the production tools on it could integrate as well as Windows, then maybe I could give it a chance. Til then, it can stay in the dorm rooms of struggling 'artists'.

I have no problem doing the once a month registration and temporary files cleaning with Ccleaner and the once a month disk defrag with built in Vista defragger.

With Windows 7 on the horizon, the system is practically self maintained, making these things optional, its a good time for us Windows users :D

[lexbarker]

How often do you "clean UP" your Computer?
I do a cleanup and defrag every month.
Followed by a backup to external disks.

[CPL593H]

Registry?...defrag?...
I use a Mac, so I back up with Time Machine and use a damp cloth with mild soap solution when the cigarette ash and finger grease gets too nasty...I also clone the main drive now and again if I'm feeling really energetic...
"integrate as well as Windows"...surely you mean dis-intigrate?, hence the need to defrag, clean out the registry...
And Apple don't seem to be having too much trouble intigrating production tools do they?...

[deathwinger]

No need to clean up your system with Windows 7. It's self maintained, following in the footsteps of Vista SP2.

And Apple has a bit of trouble integrating with even its own production tools (for example, Final Cut Pro to Soundtrack Pro for a basic sound cleanup).

When its comes to other companies production tools with its own (say Final Cut Pro to After Effects) it's just not as efficient as the options on the PC.

This is where the closed architecture of OSX undoes itself and with no easy fix. Whilst with the PC, a free copy of Microsoft Security Essentials + Windows Firewall and you are good to go and do anything you want in the world of computing. :)

[guyguy]

If yuh has ah Mac, yuh wuddent have dese problems atall, atall.

[CPL593H]

And Apple has a bit of trouble integrating with even its own production tools (for example, Final Cut Pro to Soundtrack Pro for a basic sound cleanup).
Thats because these are amature tools even though they are called "pro"...if you were serious you would use Audio logic, Cubase or other programs like these...The music and film industries don't seem to have the problems tou talk about, using Macs...

[CPL593H]

And Apple has a bit of trouble integrating with even its own production tools (for example, Final Cut Pro to Soundtrack Pro for a basic sound cleanup).
Thats because these are amature tools even though they are called "pro"...if you were serious you would use Audio logic, Cubase or other programs like these...The music and film industries don't seem to have the problems you talk about, using Macs...This is what they have been known for for the last 15years...

[CPL593H]

Deathwinger, I was actually talking about the iTunes/iTunes store originally...Top to bottom intigration with everything from music/film/audiobooks/application downloads, iPod/iPhone synching, one click payment, software/firmware updates, Mac and Windows, all from within iTunes...Millions of iPods/iPhones, Billions of songs, billions of payments, millions of movies/audiobooks, coming up to billions of application downloads,
and now even the Microsoft hand helds used at point of sale are going to be replaced by custom iPhones...
Thats pretty intigrated...

What do you mean by "This is where the closed architecture of OSX undoes itself and with no easy fix"?
That is a strange comment, without much meaning...
And "a free copy of Microsoft Security Essentials + Windows Firewall and you are good to go and do anything you want in the world of computing."...That is even more strange...