Simple Computer Maintenance
Dec 24, 2015
Simple Computer Maintenance
Common Computer Clean up Tasks
• Disk Clean – up
• Anti-virus scan
• Deleting Cookies
Disk Clean-up1. Click Start,
All Programs,
Accessories,
System Tools,
Disk Clean up
Disk Clean-up
2. Select the drive you want cleaned up. In this case it is the (C:) Drive
Click OK
Click down arrow to access (D:) Drive
Click OK
Once Scandisk has finished, you mayClose all open windows.
Remove Cookies, Cache and Temporary Files
1. Open Internet Explorer
Go to Start
All Programs
Internet Explorer
Remove Cookies, Cache and Temporary Files
2. Once in Internet Explorer, click
Tools,
Internet Options
Remove Cookies, Cache and Temporary Files
3. This will bring up the window where you will need to click buttons
#1 (Delete Cookies) and
#2 (Delete Files).
After each button is clicked, a window will ask if you are sure you want to delete.
Remove Cookies, Cache and Temporary Files
4. Click the OK buttons for deleting Cookies and Files
Optional: Clear History
Run an Anti-Virus Scan
1. Go to Start
All Programs
Trend MicroOffice
Scan Client
Run an Anti-Virus Scan
2. Check boxes for both Local Disk (C:) and (D:)
3. Click Clean
Run an Anti-Virus Scan
4. Sample Message that task
has been completed.
AntiVirus