Owning a PC is not a big deal, but maintaining it is really a hectic job. Computer related maintenance tasks consume lot of owner’s energy, which can be otherwise utilized for some other purposes.When time is a constraint or otherwise, users would love to have a PC that can diagnose itself and treat it, if sick.
The article is just an attempt to update you with the program that your computer should possess, to tune itself and protect itself from the dangers of Internet attacks, data security and others.
The first step to make your PC, a self healing PC is to make your computer ready for data loss. It is always advisable that you create a back up of your computer every time, you shut it down. The users are here advised to archive the personal data and use the synchronizing and back up software that always maintain the replicas of folders. “GoodSync” tool is one such tool that can be used for easy maintenance and back up of data. With this tool, you can define the direction of flow of data and destination folder thus making it sure that your PC always have two folders that are exact copies of each other. GoodSync can also be scheduled for back up timelines and can be triggered on some events.
The next step to make PC, a doctor for itself is to create system back ups. Always make sure that your PC is taught to take a back up of itself after “x” number of days by running programs “ERUNT” ( Emergency Recovery Utility NT) and this every thing should be taken care while installation.
The next important step, after taking back up is to make PC capable of looking for updates automatically and patch the security loopholes, if any. It should examine itself and update the outdated programs to make it capable of handling the future risks.The very basic step towards making your PC less vulnerable to security attacks is to use original Windows rather than pirated versions. Many users turn updates off to mask the pirated copies of Windows which means that till the time you get aware of problem with your PC; your machine is already a host to multiple zombies, bots and viruses.It is recommended that users should always keep the software updated and any changes in the system due to new software testing or etc should be blocked.
The user should test any new software or any thing in a virtual environment. Also, to avoid the complexity of virtual environment you can use the “Steady State” program.To avoid the most frequently faced problem of crawling speed of machine is to take steps to optimize the speed and performance. Constantly, installing and deleting programs create a clutter in Windows registry and defragmenting the PC regularly is good alternative to keep the PC going smoothly. Next step in cleaning is to clean the hard disk and optimizing it occasionally.Apart from cleaning and defragmenting the hard disk, it is also important to clean up the registry and the best way to accomplish this to use Wise Registry Cleaner.If you maintain a regular check on these safety tips, your PC is capable of self healing and maintaining it without any chaos and problem.
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