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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
Spanyolország
Local time: 05:09
spanyol - angol
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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
Spanyolország
Local time: 05:09
spanyol - angol
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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
Michael Harris  Identity Verified
Németország
Local time: 05:09
Tag (2006 óta)
német - angol
Weekly Apr 15, 2017

to prevent problems from taking place.
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugália
Local time: 04:09
Tag (2007 óta)
angol - portugál
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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
Olaszország
Local time: 05:09
angol - olasz
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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