At least once a month........?

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Semolina said:
On 23 Jul 2003 08:26:41 GMT, Blinky the Shark <[email protected]>
wrote:
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Of course you did, Blinky. But only because you were nominated by
your insufferable sycophant, Tiger. And you were dull and utterly
tiresomely smart-arsed as usual. For your next amusing act (which
Tiger can reccommend in his slobbering, fulsome and craven way) would
you care to saw through your jugular with a blunt spoon?
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My God, Tiger, how can you live with yourself? Have you no shame?
Weren't you once rather better than this, IIRC?
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So whom are you more obsessed with, Tyger or me? Just, you know, for
the record.
 
Of course you did, Blinky. But only because you were nominated by
your insufferable sycophant, Tiger. And you were dull and utterly
tiresomely smart-arsed as usual. For your next amusing act (which
Tiger can reccommend in his slobbering, fulsome and craven way) would
you care to saw through your jugular with a blunt spoon?

My God, Tiger, how can you live with yourself? Have you no shame?
Weren't you once rather better than this, IIRC?
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I don't subscribe to alt.humor.best-of-usenet. Have never read it.
But you're kf'd now.
 
|Okay, not in any particular order :
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|Scan Disk
|Defrag.
|Virus check.
|Trojan check.
|Backup everything.
|Run Adaware.
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|What else ? :-)
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Get rid of all the junk files.
MRU files
Temp files
and any others you can think of.
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Uninstall programs you installed to test and never removed.
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I do that as I test them. :-)
Clean up the registry.
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No need to. I remove all traces of things installed that I shouldn't
have as I go. :-)
Clean the computer. keyboard, mouse, mouse pad, monitor, the vents for
the air flow that cools the computer.
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Ah ! Good advice. I hadn't thought of the "hardware" side of things. I
knew something worthwhile would come of this thread. Thanks. Now
where can I download "self discipline" ? :-)
Adjust your chair to a comfortable yet practical position.
Check for latest security updates.
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With so many "updates", needing updates, it is hard to know what to
update. Good advice though.
Go through your newsgroup ignore list. Add people. Remove people
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I usually do that "as I go".
Check for the latest version of the program you can't live without.
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Too many. I would need to check for hundreds of updates each month.
Still, if the number were smaller that would also be good advice.
Eat :-)
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AND read this newsgroup ? Not so easy. :-)
Pay your electric and ISP bills
Got o work to get the money to pay electric and ISP bills :-)
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Back everything up... don't forget your favorites/bookmarks like I did
once.
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Item 5 above ?
There is probably some more stuff as well.
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Maybe. :-)


Regards, John.
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Erase slack space.
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Not clear what you mean here. Do you mean use something like Eraser to
overwrite the part of the drive without active files in ?

Regards, John.
 
John said:
On 23 Jul 2003 01:20:13 GMT, Blinky the Shark <[email protected]>
wrote:
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Golly, that would be, to me, "living dangerously". I receive virus'
and/or trojans just about every week. Add to that the possibility of
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I don't get many email viruses. I don't believe them to be threats,
any more.
hard drive failure and a bi-monthly backup seems inadequate.
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Yeah, it is. Sometime I'll schedule it, when I remember.
Good. I was hoping it might help someone apart from me. :-)
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No, the blink was just from the surprise I mentioned (below) at how we
fail to actually notice our routines. I'm not modifying anything (other
than trying to rember to write some lines that schedule automatic
backups).
Yes, that can happen. In my case it isn't so much a "lack of routine"
as a matter of remembering the routine. So many things to remember. At
the end of this thread I intend printing out my routine so it can act
as a "check list" reminder for me.
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Come to think of it that would make a pretty handy (very small)
freeware program. Have a "to do" list and put a tick beside each
completed task. Not as elaborate as a full time management program
but not as elementary as a simple text file either.
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The ToDo List on your handheld.[1] :)

[1]And probably plenty of PC versions of same[2], although I've never
looked.
[2]Some of which would be PC/handleld synchers, which don't actully
require a handheld on the other end.
 
Tramp said:
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|Okay, not in any particular order :
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|Scan Disk
|Defrag.
|Virus check.
|Trojan check.
|Backup everything.
|Run Adaware.
|
|What else ? :-)


Get rid of all the junk files.
MRU files
Temp files
and any others you can think of.

Uninstall programs you installed to test and never removed.
Clean up the registry.
Clean the computer. keyboard, mouse, mouse pad, monitor, the vents for
the air flow that cools the computer.
Adjust your chair to a comfortable yet practical position.
Check for latest security updates.
Go through your newsgroup ignore list. Add people. Remove people
Check for the latest version of the program you can't live without.
Eat :-)
Pay your electric and ISP bills
Got o work to get the money to pay electric and ISP bills :-)

Back everything up... don't forget your favorites/bookmarks like I did
once.

There is probably some more stuff as well.
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YES, you FORGOT the most important step.... BEFORE anything in that
list.....----------> have a beer (better yet; have someone bring it to you
:) then start proceed with the list :)
 
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