Some Simple At Home Ways To Cleanup And Fix Your PC

By Larry Cox


How can I fix my PC without spending a fortune!? Well, one of the easiest solutions for our slow PC issues is many times overlooked. Is your PC current with critical updates, especially Windows updates? Most Computers are OK here and most have the automatic updates set as the standard setting. However, this setting is sometimes changed accidentally or by somebody not realizing the significance.

Not sure? It will only take a minute to learn and fix it. Go to Control Panel and then Windows Update and see. If you find uninstalled updates your PC may not be set to do automatic updates. You have to upload the missing updates and get your computer current as well as change the settings to ensure that Windows can perform the updates with out you having to remember to do it.

You can do both of these from the Windows Update window. Click on the button for "Install Updates" and follow the directions for the ones need now. Next click "Change Settings" on the left menu and choose the suggested "Install Updates Automatically". Now every time Windows is updated, which is often, your computer will be also. Other programs need to be set to automatic also like your anti-virus software so it'll also be kept constantly current and able to detect the latest viruses out there.

These updates solve almost daily issues which are occurring online and that may affect your computer or laptop. There are things like security breaches, script or perhaps language incompatibilities, etc., that are just a regular part of maintaining a computer on the World Wide Web. Updating your operating system is crucial to controlling PC errors that occur almost daily.

Also if many of the updates listed are "critical" but your computer has not been able to install them for some reason, you could have a more significant situation happening with the PC. And this may be a problem that you will need to seek expert assistance. There's contact information for Microsoft technical help located there if you want to get them to help fix the system errors. Or you may want to use a neighborhood PC tech.

You do not want to be making internal changes for example in the system configuration with out good guidance. Some anti-viruses can find a repair a problem such as this, which can be the result of a virus, with a complete system scan and repair. Total system scans will usually need to be done manually unless you've set the program otherwise. But when unsure about the best way to "fix my PC", always try to get professional advice whether locally or over the internet.




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