Common Computer Issue

Just about every day either at work or home, it appears that some people are having problem with their computer system from either setting it up to troubleshooting which would be pretty simple to do by a experience computer literate person. I know people who have problem figuring out how to at least power the system up. People like me that know a lot about computer couldn’t figure out why people have so much problem operating a computer system, but then I realized that a lot of people do need help with their system. I’m going to explain to you some common things that you should at least know about your computer system.

Every wonder what actually occur as soon as you press the power button on your computer. Okay here it goes. When you press the power button, the computer initiate program called Power-On Self Test (POST). Its mission is to check the basic component in your computer system like hard drive, video card, keyboard, mouse, etc. If everything is all well, then the computer system will go into the next boot stage which is, the Boot Process. You can customize whether or not you would like your system to boot up to the CD drive, hard drives, Memory Stick. I recommend that you leave it at the default setting which is boot up to the hard drive. The computer basically is looking for a Windows Operating System.

Some system automatic boot up to the primary hard drive anyway. When your system finds a operating system it continue to open that operating that system and you will see the Window Logo and after other applications will be loaded.

When you purchase a computer system you need to ensure that you have some sort of antivirus software on it. I recommend either Norton or McAfee. You want antivirus software that gives you total system protection against viruses, hackers, phishing, etc. You want to do this before you either get on the internet or install programs on your computer. By doing this, you minimize the chances of getting an unwanted guess lurking inside your computer.

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