How often do you do maintenance on your computer?

My AVG anti-virus is currently on and i do a virus check once each weeks. I clean my history and cookies out every few days. I also do a disk defragment every 2 weeks just to keep the system running. I also paid for AVG anti spyware and my pc would not connect to the net and i tryed BT Broadband spyware remover and it was finding nothing, when i downloaded the 2 week free trial of AVG anti spyware it found 16 and deleted them suprisingly i could get on the net but for some strange reason the same files pop up every few days, so i just do the anti spyware every couple of days.

i keep my anti virus update on 1ce a day.....when i normally logg on to the internet..thts how i keep my anti virus updated.....hence i dnt need to run my virus check everyday..jus a fortnight would be goood

My antivirus is set to automatically check for updates, so there is no need for manual intervention. I do not bother clearing cache or cookies unless something occurs that prompts me to, and I have not defragmented my hard drive for years. I keep my computer running well by reformatting several times a year, so the general maintenance becomes obsolete. I have a couple of backups, one for Windows XP and one for Windows Vista Evaluation copy which I created after installing all software and configuring my email and internet settings, so I can have a complete fresh installation in just over an hour without the need of attending the installation. If my sotware environment changes quite a bit I shall reformat and reinstall everything the hard way, then remake a full backup.

I clean it once a week or more. I clean out the cookies. The anti virus is daily. Spy ware is daily. Defrag on temp files weekly.

I do maintenance every 10 days, run my Norton to clean up potential dangers, defrag every month. I had a problem with my computer jamming up. I took it to the Geek Squad (They are great) and they found I had a dust bunny the size of my pinky nail in the grating that lets air get to the fan. They removed it and my computer has been working perfectly since then. But it could burnt out the the whole system. Now I used one one these blowers to keep the grating free of dust.

Almost everyday my friend. It's like your own body. If u dont maintain it, it will get spoilt. Use some good tools like system mechanic, norton windoctor which are highly recommended.

I will do the maintenance weekly, but please do backup every 3 days if there is a lot of changes to your data, as i always believe data is the most important things

I do it at least once a week, except for defragmentation, which happens maybe once in 2 months. Virus check, spyware clening etc happens every week. I also do a disk cleanup at least once a week to cleanup the temporary files and compress unused files on my home computer.

I use scandisk and defragmentation on my PC monthly. I use antivirus and spyware cleaning almost everyday. I only clean out cookies if it is already full. I don't delete my history since it will be automatically deleted in 30 days. I also regularly monitor the temp inside my unit with a software bundled with my motherboard.

I do mine like you do. I clean the cookies, clean my history and run my antivirus and spyware checker every day. I defrag about once a month.

i run anti virus once a week and defragment the disk monthly

I do run my anti-virus once in a week.If you keep your virus-vault active,it always keep on checking any viruses that enter your system....Defragmentation is a necessary thing we should do it frequently as once in a month.And concerning spyware,if you install any anti-spyware software for example(microsoft anti-spyware) it automatically blocks the spyware running in your system......

My antivirus program is always on, will do spyware cleaning when i remember to. But I didn't know we have to do defragmentation so often. So is one a month the standard? Since i am doing more internet browsing, i think i have to keep my computer running smoothly.

I do maintenance once in a week and moreover all security softwres and OS are set-up as auto update, so autometically they download the latest version and patches and make sure everything is OK. i do clean-up the cookie sometimes (noit regularly). I have 160 GB of HD,so defragmentation is very neccessary, may be once in a six month is fine.

My husband set that same spyware cleaning on my computer so it does it automatically all the time. He knows that I get alot of viruses on my computer and he likes to take care of it now, so that he won't do much later.

Anti-virus: once a week defragmentation: once a month cookie: once a 2 months

my antivirus and antispyware are schedule to check for virus and spyware 1 time per day also i have diskepper who do a little defragmentation 4-5 time per day...very good program

I have everything automatic, also for an easier way to reinstall, I have partitioned my hard drive into 3 part c: 5gig for windows, D:10gig for temp files, and E; for anything else like program files and others. Like this my computer doesn't slow down much. the worse thing that fragment your computer are temporary files. The way I did, windows doesn't need to search where it's own files are and boot faster. Also defragmenting become faster because temp files only have a small amount of space to messed up instead of the whole harddrive. And if a virus completly trash window to the point that I need to reinstall it, i only need to delete the c drive but keep all my work intact on the e drive.

Like you, I do it everyday too, clean my cookies and run spyware. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Better do it everyday than be sorry.

Sounds like you have a pretty good preventative maintenance plan going on. About the only thing is although your AV is running everyday, make sure it's checking for updates every day. Also, make sure your Windows updates are being checked for daily, and don't skip them. Most virus'/worms are targeting vulnerabilities in the operating system. Closing those holes can increase the likelihood of safe computing and protecting your investment in hardware, software and data.