Ten Things To Keep Your Computer Operating At Peak Efficiency While Attending An Online College

The personal computer has become an essential item today. We depend on them for everything. That is why is essential for a student attending an online college to keep their computer operating at peak efficiency. Below are ten things to keep your computer operating at peak efficiency while attending an online college.

Anti Virus Program. Running a computer today without an anti virus program is suicide. There are dozens of high quality anti virus programs that can be downloaded. All of them will require a subscription fee. However, there are some very high-powered anti virus programs that are free. Avir and AVG are two of the best anti virus programs and their free.

Registry Cleaner. Be careful which registry cleaner you choose because the wrong one can make your machine toast. A good all-purpose cleaner will also clean out temporary Internet files and cookies. The best application for this is called ‘CCleaner’ with double C’s.

Defrag. Fragmentation slows a computer down. A high quality defrag can speed up your computer by rearranging files backed into their proper order and condensing them back into their original locations.

Check Disk. A check disk program written in assembly language can go through the surface of your entire hard drive and check for errors. When it finds an error, it will fix it for you. When it finds a bad block, it relocates the data and marks the block as bad.

Norton Utilities. A utility’s program will have a suit of essential tools to keep your computer at peak efficiency while attending an online college. There are some free ones available but this one is the best.

CPUID. Every computer should have an application like CPUID to identify the name brand and type of components and peripherals that in the PC. Should there be a catastrophic failure of one of the components the CPUID can identify it and help you locate the right part.

Advanced System Care Free. Whatever version of Windows you have, this will give it that “good as new” feel again.

Nero Back It Up. Every computer should have a good backup program with a regular schedule for backs ups. Why? Because one disaster can shut you down, while attending your online college.

Ghost. Every computer should have a disk imaging program to make a mirror copy of their hard drive should it fail and need to be replaced.

TPC/IP Utility. This is for advanced users only. Use it to tweak the Internet settings to keep your computer operating at peak efficiency while attending an online college.