Recommended Maintenance Schedule - HP TouchSmart dx9000 Troubleshooting And Maintenance Manual

Recommended Maintenance Schedule

Daily
Manage e-mail
Delete e-mail from
unknown sources.
Do not open
untrusted
attachments.
Organize e-mail.
Weekly
Protect against
viruses, adware,
and spyware
Update definition
files or schedule a
weekly automatic
update.
Run a full virus,
adware, and
spyware scan or
schedule a weekly
automatic scan.
Optimize
performance
Run Disk Cleanup.
(See "Running the
Disk Cleanup
Program" on
page 2.)
Run Disk
Defragmenter.
(See "Running the
Disk Defragmenter
Program" on
page 3.)
Check for disk
errors.
(See "Checking for
Hard Disk Drive
Errors" on page 4.)
Monthly
Use Windows
Update
Check for updates or
schedule a monthly
automatic update.
(See the Getting
Started guide for
details.)
Review the
Start menu
Set to open only
needed applications:
1 Click the Windows
Start Button, All
Programs, then
click Windows
Defender.
2 Click Tools.
3 Click Software
Explorer.
4 In the Category list,
select Startup
Programs.
5 Select the program
that you want to
prevent from running
and click Disable.
Quarterly (seasonally)
Set new passwords
(See the Getting Started
guide for details.)
Clean the computer,
monitor, keyboard,
and mouse
For detailed cleaning
instructions, go to:
http://
www.hp.com/
support
Select your country/
region and language,
search on your
computer model
number, and then
search on the keyword
cleaning.
Maintenance
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