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• My Computer is Slow• Internet • Active Directory• Video Issues

• Disk Cleanup• CCleaner• Defragmentation• Temporary File Cleaner

Hard drive (local to machine)

DVD/CD ROM drive

Flash drive(External Drive)

Network drives

• CD (+/-)R; R/W Storage Size 650-700MB (How much is that? How many files?)• DVD Storage Size 4.7 GB (How much is that? How many files?)• Flash Drive Storage Size 1GB and up• External Hard Drive Storage Size – Large GREAT for backing up My Documents• Server Active Directory• Google Drive 30GB

Right click on C: and choose Properties

Select Disk Cleanup

This may take a while.

This will take a while.You may continue to work while this is running.

Click Yes to delete the files you selected

www.ccleaner.com

Right click on C: and choose Properties

Select Tools Tab

Select Defragment Now

Select Analyze

• Deleting Browsing History• Setting Home Page• Toolbars/Popup Blockers• Favorites

• Malware – Any program that causes harm to the computer and its user. Malware can be considered a virus, spyware, Trojan Horse, or worm.

• Viruses – Can be as serious as erasing data or as harmless as playing a tune or displaying a message.

• Spyware (adware) – Software used to collect user data without their knowledge (advertisers, hackers, and other interested parties) Spyware can be disguised as prize, offer, or cute games.

• Trojan Horse – Software that appears as a useful tool but contains harmful programs that can destroy data, deplete system resources causing the computer to run slowly.

• Worms – Self-replicating viruses that slows a computer down by utilizing system resources while leaving the Operating System and its files intact.

• Phishing – A form of e-mail fraud that uses legitimate looking forms and website references to lure users to disclose private information.

• Saving to My Documents vs. Desktop• Saving to Google Drive

SCS Tech Tips

• My Documents = your home folder (H: drive) on the server (network)

• Desktop = files stored locally on your machine’s hard drive

• Google Drive = files stored in the cloud

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SCS Tech Tips