For a PC, it's best to do certain things on a regular basis. We call this process "Routine Monthly Maintenance", and we would love to set you up on our regular schedule to come by at a certain time every month just to lay hands on all of the PC's in your office and make sure they are spinning like a top. Here are some hints to help your pc run smoother: Disk Defragmenter Run the disk defragmenter when you hear the hard drive really crunching when you are trying to do something normal like open a program. It's best if you can run defrag once a month, but once a quarter is usually OK. Right click on "My Computer" and choose "Manage". Then, click on the "Disk Defragmenter" option on the left navigation tree. Choose which drive you want to defragment, and click the "Defragment" button. Windows Updates Having automatic updates turned "On" in the control panel will keep you protected. But it's not a bad idea to manually run Windows Update every now and then, maybe once every four to six weeks if you can keep up with it. Windows Update or Microsoft Update provides important security patches and updates for Windows and other Microsoft software as they become available. Go into Internet Explorer (Windows Update cannot be run from Mozilla, Opera, or any other browser). Pull down the "Tools" menu up top, and choose "Windows Update". From the web page that appears, if you see the option to choose "Try Microsoft Update", then that will also give you the patches for MS Office and other products as well. Choose the "Custom" option when prompted, and you can get optional updates like the dot net framework, and new versions of Windows Media Player.