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I've got to give a 10 minute presentation on what I consider to be good housekeeping in a Windows NT environemnt. Any suggestions?

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by ghstinshll

Backup schemes and tape rotation offsite...

5 Sets of 5 tapes, one each week, each Monday the latest complete set is taken off site....

by djent

Spyware, get Adaware, defrag HD, Diskeeper, remove uneeded drivers, protocals, apps, then clean the flotsom left in the registry from the "uninstall" routine. Partition your HD to reasonable sizes, C: no larger then 1023 tracks or 7.68GB for system and utilities, D: applications only, E: and above for data. Then if you need to replace the OS you can blow the C: drive away, reinstall and your apps and data are left untouched. Good drive organization can save you alot of time when problems occur,also drive access will improve with smaller partitions and 4K sectors on NTFS.

by timwalsh

It depends on your audience and your environment.

If your audience is users, and they are handed computers already configured by techs (vs. being given a box of "stuff" and being told "put it together yourself"), they (usually) don't want to hearabout the minutae of backup schemes, computer configuration, partitioning schemes, etc. as they won't be doing any of this. They will want to here about 'what can I do to keep my computer running efficiently (read "as fast as possible")'. Cover such subjects as periodic disk checks (using scandisk), periodic degragmentation (if they have the capability), periodic deletion of temporary files (and where to look for them), efficient folder heirarchy, advantage of storing files on the server vs. local computer, etc.

If your audience is other techs (who hopefully already understand the above), you might cover things such as preventative maintenance operations to conduct when at a user's computer, efficient back-up schemes, care and feedingof a server, etc.

by ms support

Infact the presentation is for PC Support role, so I'm not sure to what level the audience will be, most likely a mix, does this help?

by djent

You might start by asking some question like which OS , standalone or networked, what king of apps they use. Then tailor your discussion to the response.

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