Poll: How often do you perform cleanup/maintenance on your main work computer?
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neilmac
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 00:10
Spanish to English
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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
Spain
Local time: 00:10
Spanish to English
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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
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Germany
Local time: 00:10
Member (2006)
German to English
Weekly Apr 15, 2017

to prevent problems from taking place.

 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Portugal
Local time: 23:10
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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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
Italy
Local time: 00:10
English to Italian
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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