Cleaning Up Your Computer System

1. Click START
(1) Remove Unused Windows Components 2. Click SETTINGS
3. Click CONTROL PANEL
1. Click START 4. Click INTERNET OPTIONS
2. Click PROGRAMS 5. Under Temporary Internet Files Click DELETE FILES
3. Click ACCESSORIES 6. Click the box by DELETE ALL OFFLINE CONTENT
4. Click SYSTEM TOOLS 7. Click OK
5. Click DISK CLEANUP 8. Under History Click CLEAR HISTORY
6. Drive (C:) Click OK 9. Click OK
7. Click MORE OPTIONS tab 10. Close the window
8. Under WINDOWS COMPONENTS Click CLEAN UP...
9. Go through all components and remove all unused items (4) Clear Documents Menu
10. Click OK
11. RESTART COMPUTER NOW Click YES 1. Right Click the toolbar at the bottom of the screen
2. Click PROPERTIES
(2) Delete Temporary Files 3. Click START MENU PROGRAMS
4. Under Documents Click CLEAR
1. Click START 5. Close the window
2. Click FIND
3. Click FILES & FOLDERS (5) Empty Recycle Bin
4. Type *.TMP
5. Click FIND NOW 1. Double Click RECYCLE BIN icon
6. Click EDIT 2. Click EDIT
7. Click SELECT ALL 3. Click SELECT ALL
8. Click FILE 4. Click FILE
9. Click DELETE 5. Click DELETE
10. Click YES 6. Click YES
11. Close the window 7. Close the window
(6) Delete Cookies
(3) Delete Temporary Internet Files 1. Click START
2. Click PROGRAMS
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3. Click WINDOWS EXPLORER Item number 1 needs to be run again only if you
4. Scroll to the bottom of the left FOLDERS column
5. At the WINDOWS folder, Click on the “+” to expand the tree wish to add or delete additional Windows
6. Click on the COOKIES folder components.
7. In the right NAME column Click on the first file INDEX.DAT
8. Click EDIT
9. Click INVERT SELECTION
10. Click FILE
11. Click DELETE Most of items 1-7 can be setup to run automatically
12. Click YES
13. Scroll down the left FOLDERS column through the TASK SCHEDULER. Enter TASK
14. Click on the TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES folder SCHEDULER by clicking
15. Click EDIT START/
16. Click SELECT ALL
17. Click FILE PROGRAMS/
18. Click DELETE ACCESSORIES/
19. Click YES SYSTEM TOOLS/
20. Close the window
SCHEDULED TASKS
(7) Defragmenting the Hard Disk (takes several hours) Double click ADD SCHEDULED TASKS and
follow the prompts. When you are done there will be
1. Click START a small icon (a calendar with a clock on the lower
2. Click PROGRAMS
3. Click ACCESSORIES right corner) on your Desktop toolbar. When you
4. Click SYSTEM TOOLS right click the icon you have the option to Open or to
5. Click DISK DEFRAGMENTER Pause the TASK SCHEDULER.
6. Click OK
Your computer will remain in top operating
condition if you run item numbers 2 through 7, at
least, on a monthly basis.