Do you experience slowness with your computer? Frequent error messages when opening or working with files? Low hard drive space or memory problems? Antivirus problems or messages? The average computer user does not often think about the importance of maintaining their computer, but regular maintenance is necessary to keep your machine running smoothly and efficiently. Just as it is important to maintain your car or home.
Regular Maintenance
Without regular maintenance, any computer performance will deteriorate over time. Computer hard drives become full of unnecessary system files and become fragmented, which slows responsiveness as it takes longer to find all the different parts of a document. Additionally, potential problems that could have been recognized and avoided during maintenance can easily go undetected until a major issue occurs such as a failing hard drive or excessive build up of dust inside a computer case.
Outdated Antivirus Program
Some other examples of this is an outdated or expired antivirus program or there could even be a problem where it stops working all together. While most antivirus programs on the market are reasonably effective, they can sometimes experience problems like any other program; and can stop working correctly. In order to protect your computer, your antivirus program must be constantly updated with virus definitions. Without updates, an antivirus program loses its value very quickly. If some change on your computer interrupts your antivirus virus definitions updates, you may not notice this issue until a virus has infected your computer. A virus can take several hours for a technician to remove, depending on many factors, and often could have been prevented with 15 minutes of maintenance.
At M&H, our tech maintenance service includes:
- cleaning out and optimizing the performance of your hard drive
- checking the status of your antivirus software and scanning for malicious software/ spyware
- checking your system for important software updates
- checking out the physical state of the hard drive
- checking the backups of your data to ensure there is a viable backup in the event of a catastrophic failure of the computer.
- check the general health of your machine
- making recommendations in order to help you avoid pitfalls and keep your systems running smoothly.
If you have any questions about computer maintenance, call us anytime at (866)9-MHTECH, or email us at support@mhconsults.com.
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