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The ten commandments of PC.

Here are 10 commandments that will keep thy PC and thou happy (most of the time).

  1. Thou must defrag, regularly.
  2. Thou shalt install and maintain anit-virus and Internet security.
  3. Thou must be willing to to accept that the PC will have mood swings.
  4. Thou must be able to accept a BSOD and stay positive (go to your happy place).
  5. Thou must back up, regularly. PC's sometimes fail, bad.
  6. Thou shalt not buy no-name upgrades off ebay.
  7. Thou shalt not kick thy PC if frozen.
  8. Use the System Tools folder as much as thou can, it's there for a reason.
  9. Thou shall download and install ALL recommended updates!
  10. Thou shalt obey all of these commandments!
Do you have something that you think should be on this list? Leave your suggestion in a comment.

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Comment by David on April 9, 2010 at 8:02am
About Number 9:recommended by who? M$ sometimes recommends updates that are well known to cause problems. Research updates before installing them.ates before installing them.
Comment by Mme Moxie on April 9, 2010 at 5:28am
My 10 commandments for a PC:

1. Thou shall defrag at least once a week.
2. Thou shall install and maintain Anti-Virus program, updating on a daily basis.
3. Thou shall NOT click on any pop-ups or ads or anything 'flashing' when on the Internet.
4. Thou shall use a good Spyware/Malware program, and use it frequently to 'clean' out junk.
5. Thou shall not email all 'warnings', amber alerts, so on and so forth to everyone on your mailing list, 95% of those emails are False or Urban Legends or Hoaxes.
6. Thou must back up regularly, PCs are known to fail, hard drives will NOT last forever.
7. Thou will do regular maintenance on the PC, like a car, oil must be changed, you must put gas in it to drive, get new tires, brakes, windshield wipers, so on and so forth.
8. Thou shall not try to fix any PC, while it is under warranty, call the company's support for answers.
9. Thou shall try to keep a PC as simple as possible, programs running in the background is one of the biggest reasons, for a 'slow' PC.
10.Thou shall NEVER touch another's PC, unless asked to do so.
Comment by Larry Bailey on April 9, 2010 at 3:22am
Here are my ten produced in 1992 by your truly

Thou must respect thou machine, but it will never be perfect as no machine is God.
Thou shall use the system tools regularly as needed.
Thou must defrag, regularly, at least every sabbath.
Thou shalt install and maintain anit-virus, internet security and all program updates on a daily basis.
Thou must accept that thy PC will have PMT at times. (that's Processor Mental Tension)
Thou must back up, regularly, PC's are only human generated items after all and no human is perfect.
Thou shalt not buy generic upgrades or knocks offs.
Thou shalt not threaten with a hammer, manhandle or kick thy PC.
Thou shall not covet thy neighbours machine.
Thou shalt respect thy PC consultant (he has lost more hair than you have because of PC's)
Comment by LADYTECH on April 8, 2010 at 7:24am
1st should be:
Thou shalt not EVER touch others PC without permission

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