| When do you know its time to rebuild your PC, | | | | reason for home computers performing badly. |
| well that's up to how much you can put up with it | | | | When things get bad, maybe its time to start |
| not working properly, it running slow, crashing, | | | | again, its not hard, just 4 steps. |
| rebooting, locking up. Maybe you are getting | | | | 1. Back up important data |
| message box's popping up, it can't find certain files | | | | 2. Reinstall windows |
| or certain files are corrupt, this all to common | | | | 3. Reload programs |
| when it comes to the home computer and I see | | | | 4. Reload data |
| it all the time. | | | | Backing up current important data is a must, once |
| The reason home computers end up like this, well | | | | you reinstall (and I always do a format and |
| there are many reasons. The main reason, there | | | | reinstall) what was there, it's all gone. So get in |
| is no control. | | | | now before, never proceed to step 2 unless you |
| Everyone moans about their IT people at work | | | | are 100% sure you have what you need. |
| and how they can't do this and can't do that, but | | | | Reinstalling Windows is probably the easy step of |
| the reason is so their work computer does not | | | | all 4 but from my experience just reloading over |
| end up like their home computer. It's kept under | | | | the top never truly works; you must format the |
| control and it has to be otherwise management | | | | disk and start from scratch. It's the only way to |
| of a desk PC would be impossible. The home PC | | | | truly get rid of all your issues and start from new. |
| does not have this, no one is managing it and | | | | Reload all the programs you need and use, if their |
| things like anti virus software not being kept up to | | | | where programs on before you never used, don't |
| date, or even on it. | | | | load them. Most important, load anti virus |
| Down loading of "free" programs from the | | | | software and keep it up to date and those "free" |
| internet, which since installed the PC has never | | | | programs from the net...forget them. |
| worked like it was. There is no such thing as a | | | | Once you have freshly installed windows and all |
| free lunch and that goes for software of the | | | | your programs on, it's just a simple matter of |
| internet, half the time it will not work and the | | | | dropping your data back on. If you have (and you |
| other half it's a virus in disguise. File sharing | | | | should have) all ready loaded anti virus and |
| programs like Nap-star etc, are very common on | | | | updated it that should tell us if there are any |
| home pc, teenagers love them because they get | | | | nasty virus's in your old data. |
| free music, but they are a huge problem when it | | | | Here is a hint copy your desktop folder over, this |
| comes to pc management. They open your PC to | | | | will have all your software shortcuts and from |
| the world to let anyone in and lots so called music | | | | there you can see what software you need to |
| files that are being downloaded are virus. These | | | | reload, plus it will make your desktop just like it |
| programs are a huge problem and are the main | | | | was. |