Cleaning Your Computers

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Cleaning Your Computers

• Presented By
• Brandon Ellis
• Sandra Walker
• Patty Gantt
• Patty Williams

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How To Clean Your Mouse

• Turn off computer.
• Turn mouse upside-down.
• Unscrew ball retaining ring and remove ball.
• Clean rollers with cotton swab dampened with
  water or rubbing alcohol.

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How To Clean Your Mouse

• Wash ball in warm water with dishwashing liquid.
  Rinse and dry.
• Use compressed air to remove dust inside mouse
  housing.
• Reassemble mouse.
• Wipe exterior of mouse and mouse cable with cloth
  dampened with water.
• Tip Smooth-surface mouse pads, rather than
  fabric-textured mouse pads,
• reduce the amount of build-up on the rollers.

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Cleaning Your Computer Monitor

• Turn the monitor off and spray some window
  cleaner on a soft cloth to clean the monitor
  screen.
• Never spray cleaner directly on the monitor.

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Cleaning Your Computer Keyboard

• Turn the computer off and use a small amount of
  alcohol on a q-tip or soft cloth to remove built
  up grime on the keyboard.
• Turn the keyboard over and shake out any loose
  particles
• Do not use commercial detergents or a vacuum
  cleaner!!

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Cleaning Your Computer CPU

• To clean the computer box itself, just use a dry
  soft cloth to wipe off the dust.
• If you need something stronger, you may use some
  Isopropanol Alcohol on a soft cloth.

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Viruses

• Computer viruses are easily transmitted on a
  floppy disk without the user even knowing it.
• For this reason, do not allow students to bring
  diskettes from home to load files onto your
  computer.

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Viruses

• You should also be careful if you receive an
  attachment to an email message.
• Viruses cannot infect a computer via email, but
  if a file is attached to an email message and you
  access it, you could infect your computer.

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Keeping Your Laptop Clean!!
What now?
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How to care for your computer

• Always keep your computer in the case whenever
  you are moving from one class to another.
• Keep your computer in a temperature controlled
  climate.
• Keep only your computer in the case no
  textbooks or 3-ring binders.
• Do not place anything heavy on the laptop.

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How to care for your computer

• Always place your laptop on a level surface.
• Wash your hands before using the computer.
• Fluids are the number one enemy of electronic
  items so it is best not to eat or drink while
  working on the laptop.
• If liquid spills on the keyboard, turn the
  keyboard upside down to drain for at least 12
  hours before powering on again.
• Never allow anyone else to use your school
  laptop.

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How to care for your computer

• Never put personal data or programs that cant be
  easily recovered on your laptop.
• Your laptop may, someday, unexpectedly require
  service. Your personal data will not be
  protected if this happens and you could lose your
  data.
• Dont save passwords on your laptop.
• Use a password that is easy for you to remember
  (but not easy for someone else to guess).

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The Proper Way to Clean Your Laptop Computer

• Clean the exterior by simply wiping it off with a
  damp, soft cloth.
• Dust off the screen using a dry, lint-free, soft
  cloth. Pressing too hard on the screen will
  cause damage - so be easy.
• Do not use cleaning agents to clean your laptop!