melodi Posted June 15, 2006 Report Share Posted June 15, 2006 I get bugged by the time I finish doing all the maintenance work. I do schedule a lot of them but then I need to check if they have completed succefully. Do you guys agree its pain in the neck ? Or Have you guys found any alternative ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubba Bob Posted June 15, 2006 Report Share Posted June 15, 2006 (edited) Uh, I don't understand what you're saying. You're annoyed by having to check if the program completed? Or your annoyed by all the maintenance yo have to do? Please explain Edited June 16, 2006 by Bubba Bob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted June 15, 2006 Report Share Posted June 15, 2006 (edited) The only daily maintenance I do at the end of the day is to Delete Private Data in my Opera browser, run CCleaner then AdAwareSE. Once a week I check for updates for AdAwareSE and Spyware Blaster then run my anti-virus (Panda Titanium 2006). Once a month I run chkdsk, Disk Cleanup and Defrag. I also check to see if there are any new problems with Windows Updates and if there are not any issues, download and install them every month. I do this on both my XP and 98SE hard drives. It doesn't take much of my time and my computer stays clean plus runs great. Edited June 15, 2006 by TheTerrorist_75 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
melodi Posted June 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2006 ok let me make it clear, I hate scheduling of maintenance programs and checking for its successful run. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted June 15, 2006 Report Share Posted June 15, 2006 What programs are you scheduling and why? I don't allow automated tasks. I run my programs manually. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bearskin Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 I agree with TT. run the programs manually. melodi, it's not like you're gonna lose out on life by doing the maintenance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 (edited) if its not broke don't fix it :-) Just kiddingAbout the only maintenance I do on my XP box is the occasional defrag. I have adaware installed, but hardly ever run it. I also have avg that is set to get automatic updates(I don't think I ever ran a full system scan). I do have my kids running with limited accounts, that seems to keep things running smooth. Edited June 16, 2006 by shanenin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bearskin Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 question: what will screw up a computer faster than anything?scroll down for the answer.answer: two people having access to the same computer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
isteve Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 What's maintenance? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pierce Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 Ive been running this pc with a windows install for 2 years. The only maintence i did was a spyware scanner when something was wrong, a registry checkup when right click was slow, and i have Nod32 installed which updates 4 times a day.Pierce Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bozodog Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 Same here. Used to be paranoid and run every scan under the sun weekly, then monthly and now......... Urmmm dunno the last time. Avast free updates auto and I'm behind a router. I DO a lot of picture work so I defrag when things get goofy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 Even though an anti-virus program updates automatically it is still recommended to perform a manual scan once a week. I got in the habit of defragging once a month because of using FAT 32. My 98SE setup sometimes benefits from this but the XP setup doesn't get fragmented as much. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubba Bob Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 (edited) Ive been running this pc with a windows install for 2 years. The only maintence i did was a spyware scanner when something was wrong, a registry checkup when right click was slow, and i have Nod32 installed which updates 4 times a day.PierceThat's not exactly something I'd be bragging about (or telling people )You can free up gigabytes of space by running disk cleanup if you haven't run it in a while. Especially if you use system restore. Defrag will speed of your computer if it needs it bad. Edited June 16, 2006 by Bubba Bob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 I haven't run a scan in ages.. I do use ATF-Cleaner every once in a while to get rid of Temp stuff. If I ever suspect malware, I do manual cleaning, however, that isn't reccomended for users who don't know what they're doing. AVG updates daily, but I don't do manual system scan unless I suspect an issue. I do a lot of Jotti Scans though, for files I find (on mostly my sister's account) tha I don't recognize. Oh ya.. I do back up my music daily. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DarkestDream Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 if its not broke don't fix it :-) Just kiddingAbout the only maintenance I do on my XP box is the occasional defrag. I have adaware installed, but hardly ever run it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CataclysmCow Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 That's not exactly something I'd be bragging about (or telling people )You can free up gigabytes of space by running disk cleanup if you haven't run it in a while. Especially if you use system restore. Defrag will speed of your computer if it needs it bad.Your post strains credibility actually. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
melodi Posted June 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 guys nobody is talking about the scheduling part which is bugging me. Each maintenance program got to be scheduled and I need to know at what intervals they need to be run. After that I need to find out did they run and completed the task !Any thoughts ??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mikex Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 guys nobody is talking about the scheduling part which is bugging me. Each maintenance program got to be scheduled and I need to know at what intervals they need to be run. After that I need to find out did they run and completed the task !Any thoughts ???Spware weekly/ AntiVirus weekly one on day X one on day Y.M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheTerrorist_75 Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 guys nobody is talking about the scheduling part which is bugging me. Each maintenance program got to be scheduled and I need to know at what intervals they need to be run. After that I need to find out did they run and completed the task !Any thoughts ??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubba Bob Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 (edited) That's not exactly something I'd be bragging about (or telling people )You can free up gigabytes of space by running disk cleanup if you haven't run it in a while. Especially if you use system restore. Defrag will speed of your computer if it needs it bad.Your post strains credibility actually. Edited June 17, 2006 by Bubba Bob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 That's not exactly something I'd be bragging about (or telling people )You can free up gigabytes of space by running disk cleanup if you haven't run it in a while. Especially if you use system restore. Defrag will speed of your computer if it needs it bad.Your post strains credibility actually.Hmm.. I actually once cleared 17 gigs from a temp folder.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 Same me, i have SpywareBlaster and Firefox, so dont really need to worry about to scan the computerThere are still ways to get infected via Firefox. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mikex Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 I really like CleanUp.M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
melodi Posted June 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 ok, some of you are asking what kinda maintenance, what programs... let me tell you on a normal system to keep it upto date we need certain programs to be upto date.Like you need to schedule virus defs updations say every week, windows updation every month, spyware updation, firewal, and we need to do diskclean up every week or so. Defrag every fortnight. And any other software you use on your computer. Ain't it bugging ??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 you need to schedule virus defs updations say every weekMost AVs update themselves, and daily, no work on your part.windows updation every monthThis can also be set to do automatically.firewallAgain, most update automatically on their own.spyware updationThis is true, many AS programs require you to manually update. However, it doesn't take very long and I don't find it that big of a hassle.Disk cleanup and Defrag (especially defrag) can become very tedious. I don't run those as often as you do, for that reason.A lot of software will update it self automatically. For the ones that don't, well, updating them yourself is just part of the computer experience. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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