I really need to get started posting regularly to this blog, but am finding it difficult to manage my time between 2 jobs, 2 kids, 1 husband, 2 stepchildren, 1 grandson, a dog, a cat, etc...
the list just goes on and on and on...
one thing that has caused me to lose a great deal of time is trying to clean off all the junk that has a way of infiltrating my kids computers. Once about every 2-4 months, one of them has a crisis and can't get on the Internet; we have 4 pc's running on a wireless network in our home. When this happens, I have to reverse engineer what they've done then spend hours upon hours attempting to repair the problem or restore the system.
Here are some basic things you need to keep your computer healthy and running smoothly:
1. Install antivirus software and keep it updated!
2. Make sure that system restore is turned on if you are running Windows XP
3. Use a firewall like ZoneAlarm, or if you're not sure how to do that, at least turn the XP built-in firewall on.
4. Install an ad removal program like AdAware and/or Spybot Search and Destroy and update and run them regularly to make sure you're pc is not being bomarded with spyware and adware. These can cause your system to run slowly because some malicious spyware/adware actually runs processes in the background.
5. Keep your Windows Operating System up to date - turn on the automatic notifications and install the updates as soon as they are available.
More to come...
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