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COMPUTER TIPS

To speed up your computer, delete unnecessary files in your hard drive. Do a once a month Maintenance Job by doing the following:

1.1.-Defrag (data clusters will be grouped together after defrag)

How to: Click on Start then Accessories then System tools, then Defrag. If it is your first time to do this, it will take a longer time (maybe overnight) especially if you have a large hard drive (10 gig or higher). But if you do this at least once a month, the defrag job will be much shorter (about an hour or so). Make sure you disable your Screen Saver when you do a defrag.

1.2. Delete Temporary Internet Files

How to : Click Start then Settings then Control Panel then Internet Options Icon then Delete Temp Files.

1.3 Clean up your Recycle Bin

How to: Click on the Recycle Bin Icon on your Desktop, Click Edit on the Menu Bar (topmost bar), click select all, click delete.

1.4 Clean up your E-Mail Trash

How to: Go to your Mail, Click Trash, click select all, then click delete.

1.5 Send to your Recycle Bin all files which you no`longer need..

How to: Click My Documents (on your Desktop), right click on the file, then delete. Go to 1.3 above for deleting files in the Recycle Bin.