Keeping Your Workstation in Top Shape!
It’s Spring cleaning time for your computer! If you think about it – Can’t remember how long has it been since the last time you cleaned your PC? Deleted old files from your pc? If you don’t remember when, you are most likely due for a cleaning.
Don’t worry, not too many people have time set aside to clean their computer, but they do find that time when their system slows down. Regularly cleaning your PC and it’s parts, especially for a restaurant environment, can keep your system running perfectly and help you determine which files are still important from the ones that needed to be trashed. This can also get your restaurant Point of Sale system up and running perfectly as expected.
Follow this few simple tips for your spring cleaning:
1. Start with your mouse. It’s not that big of a deal, but your mouse could hold a variety of harmful bacteria that may cause illness. Use a proper amount of cleaning solution on a lint free cloth to clean the mouse every few weeks. If you or other users have been sick, you may want to do this more often..
2. Next is your keyboard. Keyboards collect a lot of tiny dirt from you – little crumbs from lunch, dust from papers or folders scattered across the desk, and most of the times even dirty unwashed hands on the keyboard. Getting your keyboard cleaned is not hard as it seems, first shut down your computer, remove the plugs and take your keyboard to a trash can. Turn it upside down, to prevent it from falling to the ground, and lightly shake it or use compressed air to remove any dirt beneath the keys.
After you have cleared the dirt from around the keys, use cotton {swabs|buds} with a little cleaning solution like isopropyl alcohol to clean in between the keys. Next use a lint free cloth with a little bit of cleaning solution to wipe the tops of all the keys. Finish up by wiping the entire keyboard with a dry cloth.
3. Cleaning your PC. This is the actual computer component that your monitor, keyboard and mouse plug in to is either a tower or desktop unit. These units can surpricingly collect huge amount of dust and debris, especially if they are placed on the floor. Have you baffled after seeing what’s under your computer tower? If so, then it’s definitely time for cleaning!
With the same cloth and cleaning solution you used for your mouse and keyboard, start wiping down the outside vents and around the connections. The key is to make sure you get as much dirt as you can out of the vents. The more dust is in there, the more {your computer is going to overheat.}
4. Dumping old files. How long has it been since you emptied the trash files in your recycle bin? The recycle bin is where all deleted files are dumped before they are permanently removed from your computers hard drive. To permanently remove all deleted files from the recycle bin, simply right click on the “trashcan” icon and select “Empty Recycle Bin”, then choose yes among the “yes or no” options. This will remove all your recycle bin’s content giving more free space on your hard drive.
5. The cache. Another burden for your disk space which can be temporary internet files that have never been deleted. To simply delete temporary internet files within Microsoft Internet Explorer, open IE, click on Tools -> Then choose Internet Options. At the Browsing History section, there’s a button labeled “Delete”. Click it and you will see several choices like Temporary Inter Files, Cookies, History, Form data and Passwords, which you can delete whenever you want.
Below is a brief description of the choices under the Browsing History section:
Temporary Internet Files – Deleting this will remove all copies of the websites/webpages you’ve visited, images and media that are saved on your PC for {faster|quick} viewing.
Cookies – Also called the browser coockies, serves as the storage area where your web browser store bits of information. Deleting this will, remove all your website preferences such as login information.
History – This will remove the list of websites you have visited.
Form Data – This will delete any saved information that you have typed into forms.
Password – This will delete any passwords that are automatically filled in when you log on to a website you’ve previously visited.
There is also a Delete All button that will clear all of the above.
After these quick and easy to follow guidelines, I’m sure you’ll be able to clean your PC properly! regularly, especially if your PC is placed in an environment, like a restaurant kitchen, where dirts and spills are common.}
The author of this article is the Customer Relations Vice President for POS-For-Restaurants. With over 20 years of restaurant POS solutions experience, POS-For-Restaurants helps you use your technology to be more efficient, more productive and more profitable.
More information on our website: POS-For-Restaurants.com
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