One of the biggest mistakes that people make with there computer is that they do not keep up some of the most basic maintance which is so simple.

One thing which most people do not do is defrag their computer. If you move files around alot, download music or pictures from a digital camera and / or create alot of word documents which are saved and erased from your computer then you need to defrag at least once every other week if not once a week.

What is defrag? the best way of putting it is like this, say you have a row of encyclopiedias (A-Z) on a shelf. You take one down and look something up but instead of putting it back where you got it, you place the book back at the end. Now do this several thousands of times and you will not be able to find the book to easily. When you defrag your computer it will take the books and put them all back into place alpahbetically. If you do not do this eventually your computer will have problems, freezes and even crash.

To defrag on a windows system, you will find it under the start menu, accessories and then system tools.

Another simple thing people need to run on their computer is some sort of addware software which searches your system for adware. One big company is Lavasoft Adware which offers a free program that is simple to run. Another is Spybot Search and Destroy which also ranks high on lists. Alot of these can be found at Download.com by CNET.