Computer Best Practices

Welcome to Computer Best Practices.  This 23 page guide is designed to teach you some things you can do to keep your computer running most efficiently and to help you understand how you can make your computer work best for you.

 

If you click on the pdf link, the PDF file will open. From there you can choose to Save it or browse by scrolling. The Table of Contents is click-able, so you can click on a topic and you will jump to that part of the training guide.

 

http://it.cas.psu.edu/images/ComputerBestPracticesGuide.pdf

 

The guide has the following main sections:

• Maintaining Your Computer
• File Storage Options
• Understanding the Backup Process
• Understanding the Microsoft Update Process
• Understanding Re-Directed My Documents and Offline Files
• Understanding User Accounts
• Managing Email
• Locking vs. Logging Off vs. Shutting Down
• Recommendations Checklist

Within these sections you can find a number of useful tips. Here are several to whet your appetite.

• Maintaining Your Computer: Speeding Up the Boot Process, pg 5
• Understanding the Backup Process: What Data Gets Backed Up and When, pg 8
• Understanding the Microsoft Update Process How Do EN Computers Get the Microsoft Updates, pg 10
• Understanding User Accounts, Changing Passwords, pg 14
• Managing Email: Recovering a Deleted Message, pg 17