Posted: 7/26/2012 7:44:39 AM EDT
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As a heads up I don't know as much about computers as many this forum do.
What programs should I get/run for general computer maintenance. So far I've go Maleware bytes, Microsoft Security Essentials, CCcleaner and wise disk cleaner. I also run disk defrag, and disk cleaner, what else should I do/run? |
You should definitely be running a registry cleaner. Definitely. Use it all the time, like once a week or more.
It sounds like you have most of it covered. Everything else is built in that I use. For backup: SyncToy with the built in windows scheduler. For cleanup: CCleaner Encryption for my backup: TrueCrypt For anti-virus: Microsoft Security Essentials HD Defrag: Built in windows 7 defrag scheduled for once a week Virus removal: Malwarebytes Spam/Malware Check and Immunization: Spy-Bot Search & Destroy |
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http://www.piriform.com/CCLEANER http://www.piriform.com/defraggler http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/products/security-essentials I already have CCleaner, and MSE. What id the difference between diskdefrag, and defraggler. |
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What OS are you running? Microsoft Windows 7 automates disk defragmentation and the disk clean up wizard. Also if you have a solid state disk you shouldn't defragment your drive, it will provide no benefit and cause excessive wear.
I would recommend running just Microsoft Security Essentials and that's it. If you suspect you have a problem than maybe Malwarebytes. I would not recommend using any kind of registry cleaning tools like CCleaner. I think they cause more trouble than help. |
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What OS are you running? Microsoft Windows 7 automates disk defragmentation and the disk clean up wizard. Also if you have a solid state disk you shouldn't defragment your drive, it will provide no benefit and cause excessive wear. I would recommend running just Microsoft Security Essentials and that's it. If you suspect you have a problem than maybe Malwarebytes. I would not recommend using any kind of registry cleaning tools like CCleaner. I think they cause more trouble than help. I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium |
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What OS are you running? Microsoft Windows 7 automates disk defragmentation and the disk clean up wizard. Also if you have a solid state disk you shouldn't defragment your drive, it will provide no benefit and cause excessive wear. I would recommend running just Microsoft Security Essentials and that's it. If you suspect you have a problem than maybe Malwarebytes. I would not recommend using any kind of registry cleaning tools like CCleaner. I think they cause more trouble than help. I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium So yes, unless you've purposefully shut it off, Windows will automatically defragment your drives on a regular schedule so you don't need to worry about that. |
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The best maintenance program in existence is to not install a bunch of garbage on it. There is no faster way to gunk up a machine than to install or allow to be installed, hundreds of little apps and toolbars, and plugins and screensavers and freeware and shareware and... Defrag, registry cleaners and anti-virus applications won't be able to do much about the damage willfully done by the user. It's better to utilize a non-critical computer to test something if you are the least bit unsure about it's stability and behavior. If your computer is in use by a kid or wife, or someone else non-savvy who uses the internet regularly, please assign them a user account with little or no administrative access. |
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The best maintenance program in existence is to not install a bunch of garbage on it. There is no faster way to gunk up a machine than to install or allow to be installed, hundreds of little apps and toolbars, and plugins and screensavers and freeware and shareware and... Defrag, registry cleaners and anti-virus applications won't be able to do much about the damage willfully done by the user. It's better to utilize a non-critical computer to test something if you are the least bit unsure about it's stability and behavior. If your computer is in use by a kid or wife, or someone else non-savvy who uses the internet regularly, please assign them a user account with little or no administrative access. This is pretty much what I came in to say. I don't run windows as my primary anymore (F17 now) but when I did not that long ago (win7) the only thing that I left running was AVG, and CCleaner was the only thing I kept installed to do maintenance. Several years before that I was running Zone Alarm, AdAware, SpybotSD, and AVG. In my experience, browsing the internet/home computer security is a lot like that debate over how many spare mags/weapons you should take with you to X part of town. If you need to beef up too much, you probably shouldn't be going there in the first place. It's a scary internet out there but keep in mind that if someone wants you dead, you'll be dead and there's not much you can do about it. Beef up just enough to cover some basics so you aren't an easy target, and practice some common sense by not sticking your dick in a pickle slicer just to see if it works. |
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Quoted: So far today my computer has first frozen twice. The first time it froze to a Olive color screen, the second to a white screen. I wasn't doing anything taxing or special. I was just running some basic programs.  Sounds like your GPU is about to go tango uniform |
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So far today my computer has first frozen twice. The first time it froze to a Olive color screen, the second to a white screen. I wasn't doing anything taxing or special. I was just running some basic programs.
Sounds like your GPU is about to go tango uniform What is TU, and what can/should I do? |
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graphic processing unit, your video card. I say this because in my experience, lock ups with graphic corruption usually point towards the video card. he speaks the truth, not really much you can do if its a hardware problem, especially intermittent.  You may take some canned air and blow out the fan and hope its just a heat issue, may be look for driver /bios updates. Have you tried an external monitor? same/different symptoms?
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