Computer maitanance.

Trio

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I was wondering, how often should you maintain a computer? You know, clean the fans, check the water-cooling system, make sure everythings running nicely, make sure there aren't any viruses on the computer... I'm especially concerned about the water-cooling system.
 
I usually open up my case every few months and blow out the dust that collects in the fans and whatnot.

I don't have water cooling, but since it is a main part of your system, check the coolant level every week or so I'd say.

And unless you have a constant spy sweep/virus scanner always going, scan at least once a week. Thats all I need, because I never find anything and it's a waste of time to do it every day.
 
Open up every couple of months... like voyagerfan99 said....

As for OS... you should have virus protection on. I have AVG and it runs a scan everyday. You can also do a hard drive clean every few months or so getting rid of old files etc.
 
For a laptop I would clean the fans/keyboard every 1-2 months..
For a desktop.. I don't know probably around the same time

In terms of virus protection, I would let my computer run most of the time and have the virus program do a full system scan every week or half-week during the night. I would also use ccleaner once or twice a week to fix registry problems and delete all the junk

Hope I helped
 
I would also use ccleaner once or twice a week to fix registry problems and delete all the junk

Hope I helped

WHAT!!!??? :eek::eek::eek: :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: ccleaner once or twice a week.. More like maybe a the min once a month or maybe once every 2 months.

But depends on your hard drive size. If you have a fairly big hard drive like a 320GB or something then once every 2 months would be fine.
 
Personally, I clean my laptop weekly. I use lens cloths on the screen, keyboard, and the other surfaces (black shows easily shows dust). I open it up and clean the graphics card fan, RAM and other parts every month or so, maybe sooner than that. Virus, Adaware, CCleaner, etc etc I do weekly. I like to start fresh for the week. I'm picky about things though, I probably do more than is needed.
 
WHAT!!!??? :eek::eek::eek: :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: ccleaner once or twice a week.. More like maybe a the min once a month or maybe once every 2 months.

But depends on your hard drive size. If you have a fairly big hard drive like a 320GB or something then once every 2 months would be fine.

Why not, I run CCleaner every night. Before I shut down every cookie and internet history is nuked, zapped and obliterated so I'm nice and clean next day :cool:

A full anti-virus scan every two weeks and a blow job every three months :)
 
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it's not a big deal to use ccleaner once or twice a week... I set mine to delete the recycle bin with 35 passes for secure deletion.. So it's basically a tool that cleans the computer of the internet cache, registry problems, and others
 
Why not, I run CCleaner every night. Before I shut down every cookie and internet history is nuked, zapped and obliterated so I'm nice and clean next day :cool:

A full anti-virus scan every two weeks and a blow job every three months :)

it's not a big deal to use ccleaner once or twice a week... I set mine to delete the recycle bin with 35 passes for secure deletion.. So it's basically a tool that cleans the computer of the internet cache, registry problems, and others

Well that what i wouldn't do that... but if you chose to do that be my guest....
 
Wow now that you have brought this up i think i have to clean out my computer case:D I know i have not done it since i got it so.... and it is in a closed space:)
 
Wow now that you have brought this up i think i have to clean out my computer case:D I know i have not done it since i got it so.... and it is in a closed space:)

As it has been said in the thread - open and clean your case every 2 months or so.... :):)
 
Whats CCleaner...?


Personally, I clean my laptop weekly. I use lens cloths on the screen, keyboard, and the other surfaces (black shows easily shows dust). I open it up and clean the graphics card fan, RAM and other parts every month or so, maybe sooner than that. Virus, Adaware, CCleaner, etc etc I do weekly. I like to start fresh for the week. I'm picky about things though, I probably do more than is needed.

Someone on another forum suggested I use a condensed can of air to clean my computer, should I use this to clean the inside?
 
I run Ccleaner once or twice a week, and all my anti-virus/spyware stuff every month or so. I usually dust my computer whenever I open it, which is pretty often.
 
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