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When you are backing up some files on your computer, please remember that it is very important where you store the backup after it is done. If you save the backup files on your local hard drive, there are more chances that the backup will be damage by some virus, the chances for damage are smaller if you store it on external disk and even smaller if you store it on another internet server. All you need is a secure server with fast FTP access, enough storage space and bandwidth for uploading and downloading and you good to go.

You should check the software and hardware for possible problems. Every Windows OS has a set of tools created to help you achieve this task. There are also other applications that were written to do checkups on software, hardware or both. Another issue you should be aware of is the Windows Registry.

It was design to keep various options of software and hardware parts. Many applications can help you clean it up (often after uninstalling program it left traces on the registry)

And tune up the system. You should be aware not to handle the registry by yourself if you don’t know what you doing. Delete or change part of the registry and your computer might stop working. Only advance users, who feel comfortable dealing with it, should try to handle it by themselves.

When you work with software some problems may arise, that’s why Microsoft made some troubleshooting ways to update their users about problems that others are having.

When you are facing some problem with certain software, it is always better to start with the help section of that software.

When you need to repair your installation of any program, you can do it via the add/remove programs section on your control panel tools. This feature enable you to remove unwanted programs or fix not working one by remove it so you can install it again.

Your computer is slower than usual? Maybe you need to defragment the hard disk. Defragmentation is a procedure that put together parts of data on the hard disk in such a way that access to this data is faster, thus the computer is working faster compare to hard disk that is still with high percentage of fragmentation.