Antivirus
Antivirus packages are used to find and detect any unwanted files on your computer, this is undertaken to stop people accessing your computer and placing malicious files onto the computer. By doing this, it benefits your computer by preventing damage which is not wanted, and making sure all your files are clean from infection and alteration, as if one file is altered, it can affect opening of related files, and work can be lost.
System Scan
By scheduling a full system scan, you can ensure that your system catches any unwanted files and operations on your computer before they can cause any harm. This benefits the system because it allows the computer to stay on top of the issues which it may face.
Service Packs
If you install service pack 2 (a large file consisting of updates and new features) onto windows XP, it will benefit your system because SP2 fixes a lot of security and integrity issues in the XP operating system. This is a benefit as it allows a lot smoother running of your computer, more device drivers and better compatibility, and bug fixes in the Internet Exporer web browser.
CD Rom drives
Replacing the CD ROM with a CD Rewriter will benefit your system as it will alow you to burn and easily transfer files. Also it will allow you to read CD’s which may not have a closed sessions written on to them, as is what happens with a lot of rewritable cds.
Defragmenting hardrives
Defragmenting your hard drive will help your system as it moves all files which are in an unsorted area of your harddrive and in different sectors/layers, to the same area on the drive. This helps because it allows quicker reading, as all files will then be in the same sectors as required rather than spread out. The main reason they get seperated is with the deletion of files.
Formatting drives
Formatting a second drive on your system can benefit the system by having a clean, empty drive for the storage and accessibilty of files. By formatting a drive, it increases the ability to store and access files. As some ma yhave been left behind prior to formatting, which take un unnecessary space.
Firewall
Installing ZoneAlarm firewall software will benefit your system by preventing access attemps to your system, before an unwanted site accesses your computer and causes damage, or a virus is placed onto your computer, the firewall should prevent this.
Creating folders
Creating folders on your computer is a benefit for organisation of files, and allows the user to easily find these files, without trawling through hundreds of files.
Deleting files
Deleting files on your computer is a benefit as this destroys duplicates, unwanted files, and files which may not be required anymore. By doing this, space is freed up and the harddrive, and files are then easier to find, if they are only kept on this system if you require them.
Backing up
Backing up can help your system as it creates a restore point, incase of any infortune, and, guarantees no files are lost which you had before that date, so if a file is accidently deleted, it can be restored with ease.
