Common Optimizing and Maintenance Monitoring Instructions and Information:
Note the spyware programs on the desktop:
Spybot Search and destroy, Ad-Aware, Live Update, Spyware Guard Live update, Spyware Blaster . These should be run DAILY if you are using your computer on the internet at all (this includes email and/or web browsing and/or messaging).
Utilize the link on the Internet Explorer to my TIPS. Part of my website where you can read the most common problems and tweaks including instructions on how to use Ad-aware and Spybot. As for the others, you simply have to keep them up to date by clicking on the icon and following the steps prompted to you, if any. Note my web blog at http://tpsconsulting.com/blog.htm where I post anything of news that is relevant to the preventative maintenance of your computer.
Spyware Blaster: when you click on it, simply click on “check for updates”. If it has updates, you should have a link that you can click on to make these new updates take place and that is all you have to do.
PC ANYWHERE: this is the small blue monitor icon with the checkmark on the systemtray (next to your clock), however it will probably be “hidden” behind the arrow where other icons will be. Since these are also programs running but do not have any “monitoring” function that you need to see all the time or get to, like the Antivirus icon (you basically always want to see the Norton Antivirus icon since this is what is protecting you from the viruses. If you see a red X through this, that is NOT GOOD and you should double click on this to see what the problem is. Back to pc anywhere and the blue monitor icon. By double clicking on this, you will be presented with a new window that reveals the current IP address your computer is on. This is the number that I would require to connect to your computer. Email this to me anytime you email a question to me since most of the time the questions are regarding something not quite right or something you can not find, in which case I would be able to connect and help you more easily. That way, when I am emailing you back, it is to say “it is fixed” or at least I will be able to give you some instructions on how to get around whatever the problem might be. Don’t be afraid to email me on any questions since there really isn’t a “dumb question” when it comes to computers and software and the internet, etc. If you might think it dumb, but then later find that there are even more problems, it would have been a better idea to let me know when you thought it was dumb, that way I probably could have prevented whatever it is you are currently faced with. (this is a common problem that I see, as too many people are afraid their pride will be hurt if they ask a dumb question).
Mike Dacre
mailto: mike@tpsconsulting.com
http://tpsconsulting.com
250-488-1935 Penticton
250-718-1936 Kelowna
