Tip of the Week: 3 Basic Practices for Maintaining Your PC

You may need business technology to ensure that operations go off without a hitch, but at the same time, you’re reliant on it in order to function. If your technology fails, you’ll be left with a large deficit to fill. Here are three ways that you can improve PC performance with basic maintenance practices.

Keep it Clean
You can significantly improve the lifespan of your PC by taking the time to keep it clean. Dust will build up around your computer’s vents, which can limit airflow. Plus, you need to consider that heat will build up within your machine, which can lead to overheating. This can cause unnecessary data loss. Therefore, it becomes important that you keep your device’s fan vents from being blocked in any way.

Monitor RAM Usage
RAM is one of the components that controls the processing power of your computer, so if you don’t have enough RAM in your PC, your ability to perform multiple tasks at the same time will suffer. If you think your PC is running abnormally slow, you can easily check to see if it’s up to speed by viewing your Task Manager and seeing where your PC’s resources are being allocated. Depending on what’s happening in your computer, you might even be dealing with security problems, so it’s best to have professionals investigate issues dealing with RAM usage.

Install Updates and Patches
Having the latest patches and security updates installed on your device is absolutely crucial if you want to mitigate security problems. Plus, a lot of the time, updating your driver software can address operational issues that may linger following an update or install. Since hackers are always trying to create new malware to take advantage of known vulnerabilities, it’s your responsibility to make sure that your business’s technology solutions are protected from any and all threats.

By now you’ve noticed that all of these tips have one thing in common: they are proactive measures that are designed to prevent major problems. This is one of the best ways to preserve your IT equipment. You can keep your technology running efficiently through proactive maintenance, be it through working with your own internal IT department or by outsourcing the responsibility to Computerware.

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