Cleaning, speeding up, and upgrading tired and neglected computers and
laptops.
Sorting out almost all hardware and software tasks, such as:
- Cleaning the dust out of computers and laptops, which can cause
overheating and excessive fan noise, and shorten the life of
many components
- Removing unnecessary files that gradually accumulate and clog up the
system
- Deleting useless entries from the Windows registry, which is a database
holding details of the entire system set-up
- Resurrecting old computer systems that still have something to offer, if
set up to make the most of their limited capabilities
- Switching off programs that constantly run in the background, but are
not needed in your particular case
- Killing adware, and so-called ‘search assistants’ that
hijack your Internet searches and send you off to places you
don’t really want to visit
- Stopping ‘junkware’ from starting up every time you start
Windows (this is often installed by computer and printer
manufacturers)
- Backing up data into ‘The Cloud’ or onto external hard disk
drives, DVDs, or USB memory sticks
- Fitting new cartridges in inkjet and laser printers
- Updating satellite navigation systems
- Checking the Windows file system for errors, and fixing any that are
found
- Diagnosing possible hard drive problems and looking for early signs of
failure (modern hard disk drives usually record their own performance
and error statistics)
- Upgrading hard disk drives to solid-state drives (which are faster, more
resilient to mechanical shocks, and more power-efficient)
- Reading the temperatures of various parts of the system that are fitted
with sensors to see if any of those parts are running too hot
- Making sure the system regularly creates ‘system restore’
points that allow you to roll back to previous times, just in case
the system starts misbehaving