Even
though most of the time we only think of Computers consisting of a keyboard, a
mouse, a monitor and tower, there are many numerous other aspects of a computer
that can go wrong and be harmed. Some of these less thought of computer parts
are what makes up the computers operating system. Whether it is just due to a
part failing or a virus attacking the operating system, it becomes a real
hassle when it occurs. This problems can sometimes be easily fixed by a
computer professional, but in my personal experience, it can also put the
computer beyond repair.
Whenever
I was younger, my family had a HP computer that we ended up using for probably
about 5 years, but it wasn’t without a few issues with the operating system. I
don’t remember what website or download that caused it, but after about 2 or 3
years the computer got a virus and it slowly ate away at the speed of the
computer until it finally came up with an error code saying it was unusable.
Before this happened, we had McAfee antivirus-software which we thought would
prevent a virus, but obviously it didn’t. In order to fix the computer to get
it back to being operational, we took it to a computer repair shop and had them
erase the virus (along with all our files and photos). After we got it fixed,
we purchased a different antivirus software from Norton, and we didn’t have any
problems for a few years. Whenever the computer had operating system issues for
the second time, it had nothing to do with a virus getting past an antivirus
software. A couple of years later, the computer didn’t show any warning and
just quit and wouldn’t even turn on. Once again we took it to the computer
repair man and hoped for an easy fix just like the last time, but instead he
said it wasn’t a virus and we would have to get a new computer.
After
encountering these issues, I’ve found that not just any antivirus software is
capable of keeping a computer virus-free, and it takes some research and
sometimes a little more money to make your computer less likely to get a virus.
But even if your computer stays virus-free, it is still prone to just
completely failing for no good reason at all and sometimes even the best
computer repair shop can’t fix everything.
It does take more than just good anti-virus software to keep a computer running, and sometime there is just hardware failure and nothing that you can do to fix it. There are quite a few fairly simple things that can be done to keep a computer in good shape though - the more you know the better able you are to keep your computer running well. It sounds like you could benefit from the doing the computer maintenance manual project.
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