The 35 Best Tips and Tricks for Maintaining Your Windows PC

Posted by Lori Kaufman on How to geek See other posts from How to geek or by Lori Kaufman
Published on Sat, 02 Jun 2012 16:00:55 GMT Indexed on 2012/06/02 16:44 UTC
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Windows 7

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Managing Files and Folder

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optimize Windows

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maintain Windows PC

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anti-virus

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defragment

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backups

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Disabling Features and An

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speed up computer

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update software

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disk cleanup

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When working (or playing) on your computer, you probably don’t think much about how you are going to clean up your files, backup your data, keep your system virus free, etc. However, these are tasks that need attention.

We’ve published useful article about different aspects of maintaining your computer. Below is a list our most useful articles about maintaining your computer, operating system, software, and data.

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