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Poll: How often do you perform cleanup/maintenance on your main work computer?
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Apr 15, 2017

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neilmac
neilmac
Hiszpania
Local time: 17:50
hiszpański > angielski
+ ...
Other Apr 15, 2017

I empty my download folder and trash folder quite regularly, at least once a week. Apart from that, mostly when an issue appears.
 
Noni Gilbert Riley
Noni Gilbert Riley
Hiszpania
Local time: 17:50
hiszpański > angielski
+ ...
When I remember Apr 15, 2017

Being reminded to do it by polls like this can be effective.

Moments when I tend to get round to it, when I have time but not the concentration powers to do translation, such as when waiting for a medical appointment or on a not very long train journey. And in particular in those same situations when someone is insisting on talking to me, despite my having the laptop open...
 
Michael Harris
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Niemcy
Local time: 17:50
Członek ProZ.com
od 2006
niemiecki > angielski
Weekly Apr 15, 2017

to prevent problems from taking place.
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugalia
Local time: 16:50
Członek ProZ.com
od 2007
angielski > portugalski
+ ...
Other Apr 15, 2017

The only thing I do is whenever my computer takes a long time to boot (monthly?) I delete all the temporary Internet files and uninstall some unused programs; all the maintenance is done online by a computer technician and if there is a serious problem that she can’t fix online she will visit me.
 
Gianluca Marras
Gianluca Marras  Identity Verified
Włochy
Local time: 17:50
angielski > włoski
other Apr 15, 2017

I move files into the right folders (you this that you save on desktop because you have no time) quite regularly (every 3/4 days) and the same happens for the files that need to be thrown away.

Maintenance, when a problem comes up
 


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