2010 Computer New Year Resolutions 

Now that the New Year is here and its 2010, and with computers playing a large part in our everyday society, I thought it would be very fitting to incorporate our computers into this New Year's Resolutions.

Here are just 5 computer related New Year's resolutions for ourselves and our computers.

1. I will back up my computer on a regular basis.  We often get service calls where a customer's hard drive has failed and they never backed up their computer.  They usually have important documents or pictures they desperately want to save. Unfortunately this can become an expensive service, and it could have been avoided.  There are many low cost backup solutions these days like an external hard drive or an offsitebackup solution.

2. I will have current anti-virus/firewall software running on my computer.  Most of the virus removal calls we receive are because people let their anti-virus software subscription lapse.  There are all sorts of viruses and spyware waiting for this to happen so they can sneak into your computer and cause havoc. Please keep an eye on the expiration date of your security software.

3. I will tune up my computer at least every 3 months.  Your family computer needs to be tuned up just like the family car. The difference is that most of us can actually tune up our computers ourselves.  There are great utilities such as Disk Cleanup, Defrag, and cCleaner that will keep your computer running fast and efficient.

4. I will be careful when opening up e-mails with strange attachments.  A common way people catch viruses is by opening up e-mails that have a virus attached to them.  Look out for e-mails from friends with strange attachments. Chances are some virus or worm got into your friends computer and is sending you the strange e-mail on their behalf. 

5. I will go Paperless.   I thought computers were supposed to eliminate paper? Every time I turn around and look there is paper everywhere.  There are some great document scanning solutions out there today that are a snap to use. The documents you scan can also be converted into searchable documents.

I hope you find the above computer New Year's resolutions informative and helpful have a safe and wonderful 2010 from everyone at Need Computer Help?