To put it in laymans terms ‘how can I keep my PC healthy?’.
I am running a 2.4gHz laptop with 256MB RAM. (Windows XP Home Edition) Sometimes when I start up and when I put applications (even after taking off of startup ising msconfig.exe) it runs slower. This bugs me, I partition my HDD and what-not, and it still dosent seem to be as fast as it was when I first got it. What are some preventative steps to stop this? What kinds of things should I be doing regularly to keep things running well? (equivalent to reguarly changing oil, air filter, washer fluid, transmission fluid, coolants, etc. in a car).
I am OK at computers. I have fixed countless bugs and defects on all computers that I have had in the past. I know to take the little plastic cap off of a print cartridge before installing it. I also know how to sync an external synthesizer signal to a MIDI sequencer and how to control software-based synthesizers by remote or Notepad.
