The following checklist will be of great value to owners of most of the PC to establish a timetable for the tasks and actions taken to ensure the maintenance and repair of your PC. Very often the best practices in PC maintenance, preventive or predictive maintenance approach by catching errors before they become a problem.
Daily Checklist
Enter your anti-virus scan on your PC. This can be configured to start automatically at the appropriate time (eg while you’re away from your desk is). Run a full scan when the PC much.
Weekly List
Back up all important data. With the synchronization software (eg Microsoft SyncToy) the best way to do (if it is copy and paste in a delta file and folder changes, but) as a copy of each file and folder. Again, this task can be automated to run in a time of election. The easiest way to do this is with Microsoft Scheduled Tasks (in Control Panel).
Check for updates of antivirus and antispyware software for the latest virus definitions and run a scan. Most applications can be configured to automatically update the schedule.
Make sure any hard disk that uses a minimum of 10% free space. If less than removing applications often do not use and / or backup files on external drives.
Monthly Checklist
Remove applications that are not often used.
Manually Run the Microsoft Windows Update (in the Start menu is safe) and that all critical security updates.
Use a file and registry cleaning tools (such as Disk Cleanup or CCleaner Windows own request), it requires more diversity in the cache and temp files and data on your computer.
Defragment disks. Software options are Auslogics Disk Defrag or defragmentation tool from Microsoft.
Quarterly Checklist
Change all passwords to protect against identity theft.
Check the cables are properly connected computer, without obstacles can damage the pins on the connectors. A single twisted I / O pins can not work.
Perform a full backup of your data and run a disk check scan (choose Open My Computer on the desktop, click the disk volume that you want to scan, and then click Properties. Click the tab Tools, click on “Check Now”). It is advisable to make the backup disk as the first exploration to reboot the system after it is completed.