How often should PC maintenance be done
How often should maintenance be performed on a computer?
My simple answer to this question is, the more important the computer's job, the more often it should be looked at. Typically, I suggest at least once every three months for a regular business computer. And at least every six months for a home PC.
Of course banking on the web should be considered, as this type of transactions could make the computer more vulnerable to abuse. When a work computer is used for things other than work, such as Face Book, Myspace, or other web based games or social networking, then, this work computer is very likely to be compromised. This could cause the maintenance requirements to escalate, to every month.
The amount of cyber attacks have grown to a horrible quantity, we see computers daily now that have multiple attacks active on the PC, and some times these re-occur, due to a lack of monitoring of the kids activities. When kids (especially boys) get into their early and mid teens, curiosity over takes common sense, and they are lured into the world of porn. Sleep overs, account for a lot of these activities also. So it is often not your children doing the damage, but the kids next door, coming to spend the night.
When a computer is acting "funny", or not doing as it normally should, it needs to be checked out as soon as possible, because active attacks can get so bad, that it is cheaper to just wipe the drive and start over, than it is to try and fix the problem.
We can usually back the data (pictures, music, documents) up, but of course this takes time, and adjusts the cost of the repair, but at least you would not loose every thing.
Even though it seems to cost a lot of money to have maintenance done, especially in our "disposable" atmosphere, it is better than the alternative of loosing every thing.
Gary Robison
2WiseGuys PC Repair
918-282-0051
My simple answer to this question is, the more important the computer's job, the more often it should be looked at. Typically, I suggest at least once every three months for a regular business computer. And at least every six months for a home PC.
Of course banking on the web should be considered, as this type of transactions could make the computer more vulnerable to abuse. When a work computer is used for things other than work, such as Face Book, Myspace, or other web based games or social networking, then, this work computer is very likely to be compromised. This could cause the maintenance requirements to escalate, to every month.
The amount of cyber attacks have grown to a horrible quantity, we see computers daily now that have multiple attacks active on the PC, and some times these re-occur, due to a lack of monitoring of the kids activities. When kids (especially boys) get into their early and mid teens, curiosity over takes common sense, and they are lured into the world of porn. Sleep overs, account for a lot of these activities also. So it is often not your children doing the damage, but the kids next door, coming to spend the night.
When a computer is acting "funny", or not doing as it normally should, it needs to be checked out as soon as possible, because active attacks can get so bad, that it is cheaper to just wipe the drive and start over, than it is to try and fix the problem.
We can usually back the data (pictures, music, documents) up, but of course this takes time, and adjusts the cost of the repair, but at least you would not loose every thing.
Even though it seems to cost a lot of money to have maintenance done, especially in our "disposable" atmosphere, it is better than the alternative of loosing every thing.
Gary Robison
2WiseGuys PC Repair
918-282-0051
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