Maintaining Your Company’s Computers

We take our vehicles in for service, unclog drains, vacuum carpeting, and apply new coats of paint to keep the items we rely on working properly. When it comes to computers thought, we tend to expect them to keep working. This technology does not exist.

Computers, like any machine, needs regular maintained. Often, these needs are left unattended and mean bringing costly, third party IT experts in to address issues. Most of the time, this can be avoided.

Running updates as frequently as they are released is a great first step to avoiding system issues. Operating systems and applications require frequent updating to keep up with IT’s ever evolving landscape. Familiarize yourself with your system, the applications it uses and update them as updates come out.

Antivirus and spyware help prevent unwanted programs from invading your computers and networks. Keeping this software patched and up-to-date is essential to their functionality. Viruses and the individuals who design them are constantly looking for ways around anti-malware applications, and they thrive on those who fail to run updates.

Make sure you know what you need on your computers and make certain they only have the appropriate software. Don’t let secondary or tertiary services attach unwanted applications to the software you want. In addition, try to remove unused applications. These tend to build up, running in the background, and eating up your machine’s processing power.

Connect your system to a managed IT service provider. This way, there is no need to invest in hiring tech workers. Instead, off-site IT professionals discover, fix, and manage issues before slowdowns, outages, and losses occur.

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