computerguysw.com

Home & Small Business Technical Services

(303) 933-3319 jay@computerguysw.com  (303) 933-3319

 Serving the South Western Denver Metro Area

(Littleton, Ken Caryl Ranch, Columbine Hills, Highlands Ranch & Denver Area)

Computer Maintenance Checklist:

Diagnostics:

	Internal Cleaning & Inspection :
	Systems Diagnostics :
	Disk Check :

Cleanup & Uninstall

	Disk Cleanup
	Temporary File Purge

Security Maintenance

Software Maintenance

	Microsoft Windows & Office Updates
	Adobe Flash Player
	Adobe Acrobat Reader
	Java

Hardware Driver Updates

Maintenance Recommendations:

Daily Tasks:

Review and act on all System Tray software update alerts - Microsoft, Security Software, ...

Backup new and updated important user files - Documents, Pictures, Music, Email, Financial, ...

Weekly Tasks:

Verify all critical Microsoft updates are installed

Backup all important user files - Documents, Pictures, Music, Email, Financial, ...

Store Backups in a fireproof safe or off-site

Verify your security software is up-to-date - anti-virus, anti-spyware & firewall

Verify automatic nightly full virus and spyware scan

Monthly Tasks:

Run Disk Cleanup - Purge temporary files

Run Disk Check

Run Disk Defragmenter Utility - analyze and defrag as appropriate

Manually review Microsoft Updates

Quarterly Tasks:

Run Disk Cleanup - Purge temporary files

Run Disk Check

Run Disk Defragmenter Utility - analyze and defrag as appropriate

Full Image Backup of your systems hard drive

Store Backup in a fireproof safe or off-site

Run a 3rd party anti-virus / anti-spyware scanner (ie. Trend Micro Housecall online or Bitdefender online)

Review and change passwords as appropriate

Yearly Tasks:

Run System Diagnostic Utilities

Review your computers protection against power surges and outages

Replace or renew security software subscriptions as appropriate