Taking Care of Your Home PC

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Taking Care of Your Home PC

• Presented by Jeff Hippen

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Overview

• Windows Updates
• Office Updates
• Internet Options
• Essential Browser Programs
• Essential Performance Programs
• Windows Firewall
• General Organization House Cleaning
• Maintenance

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Windows Updates

• http//windowsupdate.microsoft.com
• High Priority Software, Optional
• Do NOT install Hardware, Optional

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Windows Updates
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Windows Updates
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Office Updates

• http//officeupdate.microsoft.com
• gt Check for Updates
• Re-Check
• Have Office CD(s) Ready

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Office Updates
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Internet Options

• General
• Security
• Privacy
• Content
• Connections
• Programs
• Advanced

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General

• Delete Cookies
• Delete Files
• Delete all offline content
• Clear History

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Security

• Medium
• Medium-low

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Privacy

• Sites
• Advanced
• Pop-up Blocker
• Setting

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Privacy -gt Sites

• Spybot

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Privacy -gt Advanced

• Override autom
• Always allow sess

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Privacy -gt Pop-up Blocker -gt Setting

• .sterlingschools.org
• Play a sound when

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Content

• Content Advisor
• Personal inform
• AutoComplete

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Content -gt Personal Info -gt AutoComplete

• Web addresses
• Forms
• User names and pas
• Clear AutoComplete
• Clear Forms
• Clear Passwords

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Connections

• Dial-up
• Set Default
• LAN Settings

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Programs

• HTML editor
• E-mail
• Newsgroups
• Internet call
• Calendar
• Contact list

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Advanced

• Accessibility
• Browsing

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Essential Browser Programs

• Quicktime
• Flash Player
• Shockwave Player
• Acrobat Reader
• Java
• Windows Media Player

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Quicktime

• Check to see if it is installed
• Start gt Setting gt Control Panel
• Check for Updates

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Quicktime

• Uncheck Auto-Updates

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Flash Player

• www.adobe.com/downloads
• Macromedia Flash Player 8
• Download
• NO Toolbar
• Install Now

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Flash Player
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Shockwave Player

• www.adobe.com/downloads
• Macromedia Shockwave Player
• Download
• Install Now
• OK to run ActiveX
• Install
• NO Yahoo Toolbar
• Under 13

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Shockwave Player
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Shockwave Player
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Shockwave Player
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Acrobat Reader

• Acrobat Reader 6.0 (Win98)
• Acrobat Reader 7.0 (WinXP)
• Full Version of Acrobat
• PrimoPDF
• Turn off Auto Updates
• Edit gt Preferences gt Updates
• Check for Updates gt Manually

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Acrobat Reader
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Windows Media Player
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Essential Performance Programs

• Ad-Aware
• Spybot
• Anti-Virus (AntiVir)
• Windows Firewall

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Ad-Aware

• Install Program
• Check for Updates gt Connect
• Download and Install Updates
• Scan
• Clean

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Ad-Aware

• Double-click
• Next
• I accept Next
• Next Destination
• Next Anyone
• Next Start Install

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Ad-Aware
Update definition file now (Only)
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Ad-Aware
OK check for updates Connect OK download
install
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Ad-Aware
Start
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Ad-Aware
Perform full system scan gt Start
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Ad-Aware
Next
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Ad-Aware
Right-click gt Select All Objects gt Next .... OK
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Spybot

• Install
• Search for Updates
• Download Updates
• Immunize... Immunize again
• Search Destroy gt Check for Problems
• Fix Problems

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Spybot -gt Install

• spybotsd14.exe
• Double-click

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Spybot -gt Install

• OK English
• Next
• I accept Next
• Next Destination
• Next Components
• Next Start Menu
• Next Additional Tasks
• Install
• Finish OK gt OK

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Spybot -gt Install
Next
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Spybot -gt Install
Next
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Spybot -gt Install
Search for Updates
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Spybot -gt Install
Download all available updates
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Spybot -gt Install
Download all available updates - The program
will restart
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Spybot
Search for Updates
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Spybot
Right-click gt Select All
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Spybot
Download Updates
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Spybot
Immunize.... OK
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Spybot
Immunize
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Spybot
Search Destroy
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Spybot
Check for problems
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Spybot
Fix selected problems
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Spybot
Close Spybot
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Anti-Virus (AntiVir)

• Install
• Update
• Scan

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Anti-Virus (AntiVir)

• Double-click
• Accept Install
• Next
• Next More Thre
• I accept Next
• I accept Next
• Generate Next
• Next Complete
• Finish No check
• Yes Start Update

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Windows Firewall

• Start gt Setting gt Control Panel
• Security Center (need SP2)
• Windows Firewall
• On (recommended) gt OK

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General Organization House Cleaning

• Add / Remove Programs
• Start Menu Cleanup
• Desktop Cleanup
• Disk Cleanup
• Empty Trash

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Add/Remove Programs

• Change or Remove Programs
• Add/Remove Windows Components

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Add/Remove Programs
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Add/Remove Programs
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Start Menu Cleanup

• Right-click My Computer gt Explore
• Open C\
• Open Documents and Settings
• Start gt Programs gt Right-click
• Sort by Name

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Desktop Cleanup

• Right-click gt Delete
• Move to Start Menu
• Right-click gt Cut / Paste

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Desktop Cleanup

• Right-click (open area)gt Properties
• Desktop tab
• Customize Desktop
• Remove check on Run Desktop Cleanup Wizard every
  60 days
• OK gt OK

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Disk Cleanup

• Right-click My Computer gt Explore
• Right-click C\ gt Properties
• Click the Disk Cleanup button

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Maintenance

• Update/Scan -gt Ad-Aware
• Update/Scan -gt Spybot
• Update/Scan -gt Anti-Virus
• Disk Cleanup
• Internet Options -gt General
• Other Programs Updates

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Update/Scan -gtAd-Aware Spybot

• Update/Scan every 2-4 weeks or
• Whenever performance decreases

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Update/Scan -gtAnti-Virus

• Turn on Auto-Update
• Scan once a month

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Internet Options -gt General Disk Cleanup

• Every 1-2 weeks or
• Whenever performance decreases

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Other Programs Updates

• Windows Updates
• Office Updates
• Quicktime
• Flash Player
• Shockwave Player
• Acrobat Reader
• Update every 6 months to a year