Computer maintenance steps

[Tarq57]

I defrag less often than I used to, now, but download/move/delete files fairly often, trying out different software, playing around with tweaks etc. So about every two weeks I do a boot defrag with Bootvis, and a full defrag with JKDefrag. This is following a scan/check disk. CCleaner gets used at the end of every browsing session. Avast! and SpywareTerminator auto-update, Comodo Firewall, Firefox and Windows are set to advise me of updates but don't download them, all other applications (SAS, Asquared, AVG AS,SPybot, PG2, the printer, the camera editing program, Java, and Flash player, I update about weekly or two-weekly. Error messages generally only occur following an ill thought out tweak, and are usually explainable. Those that aren't, or recur, I ask for help on a forum like this one. Why should anyone put up with frequent error messages/things not working as they should?

Every two weeks or so it gets a full virus scan, one or two full spyware scans, and a rootkit scan.

I used to be a bit obsessive compulsive, I guess. Now I'm much more relaxed about it. I believe that to learn to un-f### something, you have to partly f### it up a bit first.

 

[Edit] my computer runs fine, too.

[Andavari]

your computer has to be 100% error free / 100% defragged at any given time?

I wish that were true, but sadly it isn't - don't forget we're using something buggy called Windows. Although the slightest error if reoccurring and annoying is enough to have me format the hard disk if I can't find a solution to fix the problem and I've ran into some brick walls before with an erroneous or rare error/problem with no possible fix.

[CeeCee]

How often do you folks check hard drive(s) S.M.A.R.T. info, to see if it's ok? It's kinda a little obsession to me and i check (almost) every day.

 

Offtopic question: Is there any obsessions with computer, that you have to do/check every single day?

[hazelnut]

I once had a copy error in a program I use for backup CeeCee. It took awhile to get it sorted and even now when I make a copy I always check the log to see if there is an error.

[Matt_]

How often do you folks check hard drive(s) S.M.A.R.T. info, to see if it's ok? It's kinda a little obsession to me and i check (almost) every day.

 

Offtopic question: Is there any obsessions with computer, that you have to do/check every single day?

It could be a mild form of OCD.