I have learned a lot taking care of the computers donated to the IPCJ. Here’s part of my clean up routine:

(1) Clean up unused files with “c”cleaner
(2) Check for rogue/unneeded software through the Add/Remove Program applet in Control Panel (in case junk got installed without my permission)
(3) Update and run Spybot
(4) Update and run Ad-Aware
(5) Update and run ewido
(6) Run Windows Update and Office Update
(7) Run Disk Defrag in Safe Mode by disconnecting from the Internet and tapping F8 during boot-up
(8) After shutting down, I insert a Drive Image floppy disk to run an old program called Drive Image 5.0 that makes an image of the hard drive in a separate partition. If the computer goes wonky, i can usually revert back to that once-upon-a-time state of perfection.

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