Tidy Tuesday....What's on your Hard Drive?

Tidy Tuesday

Frustrated with the with your computer? WHY-It's following your demands. 

How would you feel to receive sporadic downloads attached with unknown strangers, unwanted ads and information that you really didn't need to process? Would you load up up quickly? How fast would you turn your pages? ....You get my point. This is your computers daily load and in order for it to carry such its has to be cleannn.... Below I've provided some very basic steps for you to follow. Truth is technology can be frustrating however there are (free) ways to make your computer work more efficiently.  

Don't download software from just any website

 Make sure that the website is trusted, and even if you do download something--and find it useless--make sure you delete it from your computer.

Using programs to keep your computer clean is not the exact right idea

 It uses a lot of space and also can cause system errors.

You turn on your computer/Open your laptop and there you see it…those tired programs that you never use and most of us don’t know how they got there……Its time to uninstall!

For windows users:

1.      Open Programs and Features by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking Programs, and then clicking Programs and Features.

2.      Select a program, and then click Uninstall. Some programs include the option to change or repair the program in addition to uninstalling it. but many simply offer the option to uninstall. To change a program, click Change or Repair. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

3.      If you are unsure about whether or not to delete a program….GOOGLE IS YOUR FRIEND,

Take out the trash.

Emptying the Recycle Bin—especially if you haven’t done it in a while—can free up hard drive space on your PC that could be better used for files and programs that you use and need (as opposed to those you've discarded).

1.      Open the Recycle Bin by double-clicking the Recycle Bin on the desktop.

2.      Do one of the following:

·         To delete one file, click it, and then press DELETE.

·         To delete all of the files, on the toolbar, click Empty the Recycle Bin.

Safari

Pull down “Safari” menu and click “Preferences” then choose the “Privacy” tab

Click the “Remove All Website Data” button alongside “Cookies and other website data” and confirm at the popup to delete all cookies

Internet Explorer
Select Tools > Internet Options.
Click on the General tab and then the Delete... button.
Make sure to uncheck Preserve Favorites website data and check both Temporary Internet Files and Cookies then click Delete.

FireFox

To delete cookies for one site:

1.      At the top of the Firefox window, click on the Tools menu and then select Options

2.      Select the Privacy panel.

3.      Set Firefox will: to Use custom settings for history.

Click Show Cookies.... The Cookies window will appear.

1.      In the Search: field, type the name of the site whose cookies you want to remove. The cookies that match your search will be displayed.

2.      Select the cookies in the list to remove and click Remove Cookie.

3. Click Close to close the Cookies window.

Tonight’s Tip:

Windows: Hold down the CTRL key then click:

·         C to copy

·         X to cut

·         V to paste

If you have any additional questions email me at showoff82@gmail.com.....Stay Clean my friends.