high tech hygiene:how often do you clean your computer?

ONCe or twice a year?? hehe =D I will clean my desktop at least once every 3 months or so, because according to research, our computer has got the most germs among all places, and it's also the place whereby we are most likely to pick up virus into the body.. hehe =D SO normally i will only wipe my desktop with wet wipes, and brush my keyboard b4 wiping it again, also my mouse ^_^ hehe

i use vaccum to clean the keyboards and the cpu not really is cleaned by me.i like to use clean and neat pc i mean who doesnt but the cleaning process is tiring and monotonous as not much aware about fixing the wires so touching the cpu is something which never comes in picture. But i think there should be some agency of people who are specialised in cleaning the computers as that would be in professional manner and they would be given the necessary equipments for cleaning the pc.

Whenever I use one of the laptops at home, I always try to wipe things that I could wipe off before ever turning it on so that I wouldn't be worrying about pressing buttons while cleaning it. On our CPU, I often try to wipe off the dust as well, monitor, pick out those tiny details that I see underneath the keys of the keyboard.. I rarely open it up and disassemble those hardware parts that I could dust off. Though I think having dust on those would make them heat up faster? I'm just not sure but, it wouldn't hurt on getting them cleaned every now and then.. however, being careful while doing so should also be kept in mind. (^_^ )

Once a year? Do they have dust where they live? Do they have a cat? My friend had someone clean her computer, he pulled out tons of cat hair. We're told once a season here. Especially after winter with all the road dust from our cars pulling in the driveway and sand from our shoes/boots.

i just use damp cloth or rag for my computer and electronics at home.i used to clean them at least once a week and i also clean its inside one every month.cleaning your apliances makes it last longer than those who is not.

I really don't like clumps of dust to nestle around my processor, or cuddle up my power supply and then choke the computer's ventilation. I hate the sight of a dirty PC as well, especially the keyboard and the mouse, yikes! I would hate to touch that! I clean the insides of my PC at least once a month. I wanna make sure dust will not give me hardware failure and loss of ventilation. But I always clean the more tangible and accessible hardware parts everyday -- I brush and wipe the keyboard clean as well as the mouse and the pad. I also like my monitor to look squeaky clean and shining like brand new. I bought cleaning supplies from my local computer store with high recommendations so I'm pretty sure these stuff are safe for my PC.

My goodness zer0charly, after reading your topic I would almost give up using my computer or give up snacking while I am using it...ha, ha. The only part of my computer that I clean, is the monitor and the keyboard. Fortunately for me, my husband is a computer engineer and he is alway upgrading my pc. So whenever he takes it apart which is every second week or so, he always cleans it before he puts it back together again. Mind you, he doesn't always put it back together immediately, he leaves bits of it lying all over the place.

I clean my computer at least twice a week. I gets so dang dusty in my house and i like for my things to be clean. I have to clean very often to make sure to get rid of germs also.

Consider me lazy when it comes to cleaning. It's all about my mood. My previous unit suffered greatly from filthiness and dirt which caused it to be garbaged. I usually say that I would, but I never did. My wife had to push me to clean, I just hope that with my laptop, I'll be more of a cleaner.

awww hehehe i am not cleaning my computer.my husband is cleaning it one a week.every time he is cleaning his computer he does also mine.i am afraid to clean it just incase i press something and makes problem.

Rarely, I do take the keyboard and shake the crumbs out. I will wipe my monitor when the grandboys use my computer, they like to play games and they have finger prints all over my monitor screen. I guess I should clean it once in a while.

I wouldn't say that I clean the outside of my computer that much! I'm not in that dusty an environment anyhow so it's not too bad. I don't drink or eat around my computer so I guess there's no problem there. I do however go inside my pc once per year come January. I like to get rid of the build up of dust from the inside. I'm into computers anyway so I love the technical stuff within the pc! I just use a can of compressed air and I blow the dust away. This has to be done at least once per year otherwise the build up of dust will eventually start overheating the internal components causing your pc to fail. I believe I watched a video once about this chap on youtube! He threw his keyboard into the washing machine and this absolutely did the trick! The keyboard came out spotless, you have to leave it to dry for a week of course before reconnecting the thing! Andrew

I mark one day for each month to clean my computer . I use usually a piece fo cloths & lots of tissue paper to clean the computer .

I used to only clean it once in a while but the lasttime I did it was so nasty I realized that with all of us using it there must be a billion germs on there, so now I do it weekly.

Well, my pc is not very dirty, but I don't clean my laptop a lot of time!!! And now I think that I must start to clean it!!! :-D

I am using a laptop and I clean my "Mac-ky" at least once a week. I use Sher cleaning solution, micro-fiber cloth and simply wipe it on my laptop except for the screen part. I just wipe it with dry micro-fiber cloth.

I'm afraid I'm not as conscientious as you! I wipe down my desk once a month or when I think of it, my keyboard gets dusted about that often if I'm lucky. I'm not a housework enthusiast!

whoaa, i never think about that before. that's great you remind we all here. and you have a good habits to clean your desktop time by time (i just wonder how can you spill the keyboard with drink, is it thirsty? ). well, usually if there is some dirt of dust on the top of cpu case, i will just blow it. fhuuu, fhuuuu, it's done but i sometimes also turn over my keyboard and shake and blow it. regarding the inside part of cpu, yeah, i never clean it. i got my current computer only 3 months ago anyway. so, i still have three months more, right?

i don;t often clean my computer. i only do when my fingers get dirty with the dust collected on the computer. if not i will just use the cmoputer without bothering to clean it up first.

I clean my system once in 15 days , mostly on week ends. This cleaning includes pumping compressed air and finally brushing the entire system with a soft brush.