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The Care and Feeding of
Your Personal Computer
C/IL 102
Take Care of Your PC
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The Operating System
Virus and Other Vermin
Making the best of Files and Folders
The Operating System
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Keep your Operating System (W 2k,
XP, …) up to date
If you have a permanent network
connection configure your machine
for automatic updates.
Why? Operating Systems are
complex, they contain defects, they
contain inefficiencies – they require
maintenance.
Virus and Other Vermin
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If you use the web, your operating
system and web browser need help.
• Virus protection
• Spy protection
• Spam protection
Virus protection
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Install a reputable virus program
Purchase a virus update contract
Learn how it works
Automate the system check and
update process.
Spy and Spam Protection
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Look for some good free stuff
I use
• Spybot
• Spyblaster
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Together these two program form a
defense against web browser abuse.
• Pop ups
• Vicious web sites
• Data miners
Files and Folders
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Keep your website organized
Organize you’re My Documents
• Use lots of meaningful names for folders
• And put meaningfully named folders
within those folders
• When you save a file, save it in the right
folder.
Windows Explorer
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Learn to use
Windows
Explorer
Windows Explorer
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It can be used
to insert
folders and
subfolders
Shift/Cntl Click/Drag
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Shift Click
• Select a
sequence
Shift/Cntl Click/Drag
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Cntl Click
• Select a non
sequential set
of files
Shift/Cntl Click/Drag
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Shift/Drag
• Moves the set of
files on the right to
the folder on the
left
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Cntl/Drag
• Copies the set of
files on the right to
the folder on the
left
Summary
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If the items mentioned in this
presentation are not obvious to you
before the semester is over, you are
doing yourself a disfavor