Technology Associates Group

If you’ve been following the “How to Crash Your PC” series, you already know some of the things you shouldn’t be doing. Now let’s talk about some that you should.

I was at a client’s office the other day when I noticed an error message pop-up on the receptionist’s desktop. Before I could even get a look at it, she clicked “OK” and the message disappeared. I asked her what that was and she said “I don’t know. Stuff like that comes up all the time. I just click ‘OK’.”

Although I will agree that anti-virus software does slow down a PC significantly, in my opinion, the benefits to an Internet-connected Windows PC outweigh the performance loss.

I often get asked how to keep PCs running. It’s shortly after I give the list of things I do, that I get the I-have-no-idea-how-to-do-that stare. I decided it’s probably easier to tell people how to break their PC and hope they see a habit they should break instead.