How to keep your PC healthy?

I will use windows XP as an example. Some higher version might have similar facilities.

Scheduler on Windows XP

Use your scheduler facility in your Windows XP in order to keep your PC working smoothly.

I'm sure everyone knows that Hard Disk is a media to keep all our applications and data inside a computer. So we need to keep it tidy and taking a good care of it regularly. In return, we can get a high level stability of our PC performance for years and we can keep our data safely.

Windows XP has a facility called "file system" which is also known as NTFS. It has a function as data storage management inside a hard disk. With scheduler facility, we can make a schedule to automatically delete unused files and give more capacity to our hard disk.

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Step 1

Open folder of [My Computer] and then right click on the icon of hard disk. A menu will show up and Click on [Sharing and Security] from the menu. A dialog box of property will pop up, click on [General] tab then click on [Disk Cleanup] button which will show us the list of files can be deleted. Give a tick sign on the box besides "Temporary Files" and click [OK] to proceed.

Step 2

Click on [Tools] tab besides [General] tab and click the [Check Now] button under the menu of "Error-Checking". It will execute the system to check whether any error and cleaning up the hard disk. Clear out the tick sign on the box to avoid the system automatically repair any error found so the system will inform you first before taking any further action.

Step 3

Click on [Defragment Now] button and then click on [Analyse] button on the next come up box. Defragment facility has a function to re-manage the files that recorded in different places. The system will collect the data and categorized each files to certain group. By doing this, the loading of the files will be easier to find and quicker.

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Step 4

XP has a facility of automatic scheduler. Before using the facility, we need to setup an account of "computer administrator". Click [Start] - [Control Panel] then click [User Accounts]. The next window, choose "computer administrator" and then enter a password.

Step 5

Before we are going further, make sure the time and date on your computer is correct to assure the scheduler executes the schedule as specified date and time.

Open [Control Panel], Click [Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options], then choose [Change the date and time]. If the date and time already correct, click on [Time Zone] tab and choose your time zone.
Click [OK] and back to Control Panel

Step 6

Choose [Performance and Maintenance] and click on [Scheduled Tasks] on the very bottom part of the box. Double Click on "Add Scheduled Task" to start Scheduled Task Wizard. Click [Next], then choose "Disk Cleanup". Click [Next] and choose 'Weekly' option, and [Next]. Arrange the time to begin and how many time a week including the exact day. Click [Next] and enter the administrator password that has been created on step 4

Step 7

Click on [Next] and choose [Settings] tab. You can stop the task if it takes too long. Limit the time around 30-45 minutes top. You also can arrange it to execute the task when your PC is not active in certain period of time

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Step 8

With this task scheduler, Defragment can also be arranged with the same way.

Another way to do it, point your cursor to empty area and right click the mouse, choose [Scheduled Task]. Write a name on [New Task] and press [Enter]. Right click on that name and choose [Properties] to show the new task box

Step 9

On [Task] tab on the "Run" box, write "c:\windows\system32\defrag.exe c:". Click [Next] and enter password. click on [Schedule] tab, arrange the time to start.

Step 10

If you want to stop the schedule, open the Task Scheduler as mentioned in step 6, click on [Advanced] and choose [Stop Using Task Scheduller]. To delete the task one by one, right click on each task and choose [Delete]

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