the healthy pc preventive care and home remedies for your computer

[...]... people have the right intentions, but ultimately they are not helping anyone Then, when customers ask me if what they have been told is true and I tell them no, they don’t know who to believe What you hold in your hands is a book that will teach you the right things, dispel the myths and hoaxes, and hopefully be entertaining along the way So, turn the page and get started turning your PC into a lean,... Internet Cache, Scandisk 5 In the alphabetized list that appears, click Disk Cleanup, and then click Next 6 Choose how often you would like this task to run, and then click Next 7 Select the time and day you would like this cleanup task to start, and then click Next 8 If your computer is configured to ask for a password before allowing access to Windows, enter it here, and then click Next 9 The applet,... you are experiencing problems with your PC Running Scandisk with Windows 98/ME Follow these steps to run Scandisk with either Windows 98 or Windows ME: 1 Double-click My Computer 2 Right-click your C: drive and click Properties 3 Click the tab labeled Tools 7 8 The Healthy PC 4 Click the button labeled Check Now 5 Select Standard as the type of test 6 Place a check in the box next to Automatically fix... disk Click Yes, and then click OK to close the Local Disk (C:) Properties dialog box 8 Close the My Computer window 9 Restart your computer by clicking on the Start button, clicking Turn Off Computer, and clicking Restart Reading the Scandisk Report Windows 98/ME users will be greeted with an informative report containing the results of Scandisk Figure 1-2 shows an example of the Scandisk results Windows... Windows XP the most recent by looking at the date and time the report was created and select it Figure 1-4 shows an example of the Scandisk results in Windows XP The only items we’re interested in here are the total disk space, the space available, and whether or not there are any bad sectors Windows assumes there are no bad sectors, unless it is specifically told to look for them (using the Thorough... Windows Me xvii xviii The Healthy PC Windows 98 and 98 SE users can follow the directions offered for Windows 98 Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Professional Edition users should follow the directions offered for Windows XP Windows XP To set up the Control Panel in Windows XP to look like Figure 2, follow these steps: 1 Click Start, and then click Control Panel 2 If the top of your Control Panel... (Me), and Windows XP Home and Professional If you have Windows 95 or 2000, don’t feel left out, because most of the information here still applies to your computer, although the steps offered won’t match completely Navigational Instructions To follow the steps for keeping your PC healthy, you’ll need to know how to interpret the instructions of this book Using the Mouse Throughout this book, there... correctly The purpose of the Scandisk utility is, literally, to scan your disk for logical and physical errors A logical error is one where data is misplaced or corrupted A physical error is one where the hard disk itself is damaged to some degree Scandisk will scan floppy disks, Zip disks and, of course, hard disks The larger your disks, the greater the opportunity for logical errors to occur within it For. .. your PC, along with virus removal ■ Prevent spam (unsolicited junk email) ■ Prevent Internet pop-ups ■ Locate and remove all of the spyware (hidden programs that monitor your Internet activity) on your computer that you never knew were there ■ Optimize your computer performance and your Internet connection speed ■ Protect yourself against hackers ■ Make a backup copy of your important files ■ Upgrade your. .. Settings, and then click Control Panel 2 Double-click the Taskbar and Start Menu icon 3 Click the Start Menu tab 4 Ensure that the Start menu (not Classic Start menu) option is selected as shown in Figure 3, and click the Customize button 5 Click the Advanced tab 6 In the Control Panel options section, select Display as link, as shown in Figure 4, and then click OK 7 Click OK, and then close the Control . distributors outside the U.S.A., please see the International Contact Information page immediately following the index of this book. The Healthy PC: Preventive Care and Home Remedies for Your Computer Copyright.