Personal Computers are now really a marvel of modern technology, storing all your personal and often professional data and accomplishing things literally impossible just a few short years ago. While this is certainly a great advancement of older technology you are still going to have to maintain your PC to obtain it best performance. In addition, you will certainly want to keep your PC in great working condition for years to come. Therefore the focus of this article is the focus on the maintenance of your PC software that Microsoft does not provide.
You do not have to be a techie to do this. Most of the suggestions in this article assume NO technical knowledge whatsoever. It is actually easier than programming a DVD Controller or Television Visio Box. We will be talking about three areas of needed maintenance on your PC because they characterize the bulk of this needed care and cleanup. Other kinds of super technical maintenance are beyond the scope of this article and most people will never have to deal with them, since typical PC obsolescence will eliminate the problem for most people.
Your most critical perspective before we begin is to understand the general failing of all Microsoft Operating System related software. Even though all the experts agree that any PC software maker should provide for maintenance and update functions to occur automatically, that just is not in the MS guys thinking. Therefore you will have to schedule and run these functions yourself.
Starting with applications you may be aware that modern applications normally are delivered with onboard uninstall capabilities, but not all have them and many do not function completely or correctly. This is more than just an unnecessary set of files taking up space; it is somewhat dangerous. Never use the delete key to remove an application. If no uninstall is provided use the uninstall feature in your Add/Remove Programs in your Control Panel. There may be shared file usage involved with the application and you should not allow the uninstall function to delete these. You should remove these files individually if you can determine which files are unnecessary. These you will need to delete individually if you can determine which ones they are. If not, do not delete any of these shared usage files.
Always use an onboard uninstall if one is provided. Under certain circumstances you may still need to use the Control Panel function to perform the uninstall. You should know that the Control Panel will always attempt to launch an onboard uninstall function – if one exists – within the application.
Finally, you will need to clean up your system registry. If you are not technically inclined you should use commercially available registry software . It will allow you to perform the necessary registry fix operations and you can achieve the necessary Registry Repair.