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With the holiday season, and vacationing days ahead of us, here are 3 computer maintenance tips you need to be aware of. Many of us will travel for up to a week, and when we are gone, we never leave our computers on. We tend to want to save electricity and the likes, but there are some things that happen when you shut down your computer. If you follow these computer maintenance tips, you should be fine.

Since you shut down your computer when you leave on vacation, your pc does not have a chance to update. Normally, your computer will get the Microsoft Windows updates, and install these. Also, there are virus scan updates, registry repair software updates, along with antispyware updates. Many of these programs run automatically, and install and update themselves though out the day. But, when the computer is off, it does not have this chance.

You have 2 options to remedy this: leave the computer on, or wait until the updates happen. If you leave the computer on when you are gone, all of the updates will take place, and your computer will remain secure. If you shut it down before you leave, you will need to let it run for a few minutes when you start it back up. This will give the computer and the software time to contact the websites and look to see if there are any updates which need to be installed. During this time, do not start downloading emails, or surfing the internet. Just wait a few minutes to make sure you are safe.

Another tip is to never click in any popups. Hopefully, you have a popup blocker installed on your computer already. There are many free ones out there, and if you use Mozillas Firefox, it is already included. Just make sure you have this option turned on. Computer programmers are pretty crafty now, so there are some popups which will make it through the protection. Just close the box and continue with what you were doing.

And the last one: If you are using a public computer, beware of spyware. These computers are normally maintained by people who do not know what they are doing. There is no telling what is one there, tracking every one of your movements on the internet. Do not go to any screens of websites where passwords or anything else really secure and personal is required. Checking emails are OK, but beyond that, I would not trust them.

Those are 3 computer maintenance tips you should be aware of this travel season. If you follow these, you should be OK, and keep yourself out of trouble and all of your information secure.

Michael Baker is a Computer Optimization Technician, and recommends getting a Free Computer Scan to fix any problems such as computers freezing, locking up, restarting for no reason, and getting the blue death screen.

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