DEFRAG
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Business Computing Tips
By K&K Fainges kfainges@bigpond.net.au
Your computer can get disorganised. Bits of data tend to spread over the
system getting in the way. Defragging solves this problem by sorting it all
out for you. Defragmenting, or defraging your system is a good habit to get
into. To defrag your computer, go to START - PROGRAMS - SYSTEM TOOLS.
BUT...there is always a but. Defragging can take quite a long time and many
people can't get defrag to run on their system. There is a reason for that. If
you are running a program while trying to defrag, the two will try to use the
same space at once and defrag will keep resetting itself to the start.
So you turn everything off, and it still doesn't run. This is because
several programs run in the background and you don't realise they are there
until you go to do something like a defrag.
To turn off these hidden programs, press the Control (Ctrl) Alt and Delete
keys on your keyboard all at the same time. A box will come up with a list of
programs you have running. Turn off everything except explorer and systray by
clicking on each program in turn and hitting the 'end task' button.
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Other programs that can help speed up your computer, or fix problems are
covered in a past K-tip.
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Please feel free to pass it on to your friends, just let them know I wrote
it.
Karen Fainges holds a Bachelor of Business, and a Grad. Cert of Vocational
and Educational Training. All this is nice but it's the 14 years of having to
make sales or starve that makes her think she has really learnt what does and
doesn't work. A tutor for all ages, she specialises in helping people get
started on the long road to technology.
"It has to be practical, it has to be cheap, and it has to work."
