PC-Maintenance

Maintaining your computer is the key to keeping it healthy and fully working and of course, fast. Windows 95 has most of the tools for maintaining your PC, but Windows 98 extends the possibilities and makes it even less of a hassle. If you follow the list below and run the programs listed frequently, you will be guaranteed to have a maintained computer at no extra cost. There are, however, other programs in the market with stronger engines, but then again, they're not free (stop smiling...)

Most of these programs can be found under the Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools folder.

1. Disk Defrag: It is advisable to run Defrag under Windows 95 once a month or when you add/remove programs. However, under Windows 98, you can run it every week if you want because it has a new engine, which means that the more you run it, the faster your computer will get. What happens is that your programs are placed on your hard disk in a way so that the ones you use most often are easier for the hard disk to find and run. Make sure that the 'make my programs run faster' is ticked in the 'Settings' window in Defrag.

2. Scandisk: Running a thorough check is good once a month in both Windows 95 and 98. Run this once a month if you feel that your hard disk takes a long time to load programs. A standard check is very fast and checks for basic disk problems concerning files and folders and lost fragments. It takes an average 2 minutes to complete so try running it often.

3. Disk cleanup: This one is good for seeing how much disk space is being used up by unnecessary files that are in the recycle bin, temp folder, or in temporary internet folders. You can then remove them!

4. RegClean: A simple but effective piece of software this is. You can download it for free from Microsoft's web site. It is also available on many magazine cover disks. Reg Clean takes about a minute to check the registry. Then it asks whether you want to clean out redundant or orphan file. This usually helps the computer to get rid of files that have been left behind by uninstalled programs.

5. Windows update: It's a good idea to use Windows Update to make sure your computer has all the latest fixes, patches and updates. You can do so by clicking on its icon in the Start Menu under Windows 98.

6. TweakALL: A very handy program that allows to change settings, which cannot be changed using Windows alone!

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How to Change the Font size of Web page?

If you are visiting a website or reading an e-mail and there is some problem to read text due to color of page or the font too small. You can change the font and color as well to solve this problem.
- To increase or decrease your font size and color of webpage in Internet Explorer, select the Tools option from the top of your Explorer window and go to the Internet options.
- Here go the General option and then click on Accessibility button on right lower of the dialog box.
- Now change the status of checkbox marked "Ignore font sizes specified on Web pages" and next Ignore Colors specified on Web pages", end with Ok.
- For change the font size select to View option from the top menu and go to Text size option to change it.

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How to Clean computer Casing ?

When you noticed your computer case is looking yellowish then you can understand about inner side of your computer case as dirty as outside. Because Dust is the main cause to heat up your system and heat link to hardware failure. You can save your computer maintenance cost if you clean your computer on the regular basis.
- Never place your computer on the ground, always use computer table or shelf for this purpose.
- To clean computer case first unplugs your system power from the electrical outlet. Remove all cables and connectors from the back side of your computer.
- Now use the compressed air and start clean from back to front of your computer case, specially casing and power supply fan.
- At the end using lightly dampened cloth or spray any cleaning fluids on the computer case and use paper towel to dry it.
- This process should be done after every three months if you want to save your system life.

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How to speed up your Broadband internet connection?

You can increase the speed of your broadband internet connection, if you are using windows XP on your computer. This is built-in feature of windows XP to reserve the 20 percent of bandwidth of your internet connection, but you can override of this default setting. By enabling these setting, you can use this reserve bandwidth and enjoy your speedy broadband internet connection. You can set reserve able limit from 0 to 100 percent, but if you want to enjoy 100 percent bandwidth of internet connection, you should configure bandwidth limit 0 percent.

Follow the given steps to configure bandwidth limit:

- First click on Start button then type "GPedit.msc" in Run option and press Enter.
- Under "Local Computer Policy" expand the "administrative templates".

- Here in right side window expand the "Network" then highlight the "QoS Packet Scheduler".
- Now again in right side window, double click on "limit reservable bandwidth".
- Under the "Limit reservable bandwidth properties" dialog box check "enabled" then change the "Bandwidth limit % to zero.
- Now close the Group Policy editor and restart your compute, after any changes to go into effect.

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How to Clear Your unnecessary backups files?

It is a good practice to make the backup of the important data. In many computer applications you can use the auto backup option to make the backup of a important file after specific time or set make auto backup on save. Normally backup files take up few kilobytes of your hard disk space but backup size depends upon the size of actual size.
But some time these auto backup files take up extra hard disk space and can slow your computer performance. You can clear these unnecessary backup files cluttering up you computer. First search and then delete these file. Search with some common backup file extensions, for example .bac, .bak, .bck, .bk!, .bk$. After search result you can delete the unnecessary backup files.

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What to look for when you are buying a web cam.

IResolution: Standard rez is 320x240 but some will do 640x480. There is no resolution beyond VGA yet.

Frame rate: Aim for 30 frames per second. Most mid-priced cams will do this frame rate these days. Your internet connection will be the bottle neck on the frame rate.

Internet connection: You should also check the upload speed on you Internet connection. It is a fraction of the speed of your download connection. To get an image of 15 fps you need an upload speed of about 256 kbps.

Price: The higher the price the more onboard image processing in the camera. So if you have an old computer go up market on your webcam to take the load off the old PC.

Your PC's age: The older your PC the pricier the webcam you should buy because image processing will be done in the camera and not on the computer.

Lens: Typically it is not spelled out on the box but the pricier the cam the more likely it will have glass rather than a plastic lens. Glass will give you a clean image.

Light sensitivity:The higher end cams have better performance in low light.
Image: You'll get a sharper crisper image on the high end -- which is $79 to $99 US

Pan and tilt:Up at the top end of pricing you'll get pan and tilt capabilities. That's past the $100 US mark.

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How to Enable the Windows Task Manager?

Windows Task Manager is used to view the status of running applications, active processes, CPU and Page file usage history and active user in windows environment. As a system administrator you can mange the all features of Windows Task Manager, you can end task any running application and set the priority of any running process according to application importance. By default Windows Task Manager Status is enabled, but a user can also disable or enable it manually. But some time a registry hack applies on windows task manager to disable it and your system give you a message” Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator.” then you should enable it with editing the system registry or using Group Policy Editor.

Before proceeding further, first scan your system with up-to-date antivirus, and then follow the given steps to enable it using group policy editor.

• To enable this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with administrative rights.

• Now click on Start button and type “Gpedit.msc” in Run option then press OK.

• In Group Policy Editor, expand the “Administrative Templates” > “System” then “Ctrl+Alt+Del Options”, under the User Configuration option.

• Now in right side of panel “Ctrl+Alt+Del Options” double click on “Remove Task Manager” to change it setting. Here set the option “Disable” to “Enable” or “Not configured” and your task manager is available once again.