Importance of Software Maintenance

Story 1: Raina was very intent on having a laptop from his father after getting admission to the college. As her attainment in the first term examination was good, her father bought her a branded laptop with a Core i5 processor. Raina was impressed with the quality and speed of the laptop. She installed many pieces of software within a few days. However, she noticed a gradual decline in its performance. After one year, she observed that the laptop was running too slow and it was irksome working on the computer. After some days, she made a capricious demand to her father for purchasing another one for her.

Story 2: Ankon has recently taken internet connection for the computer. Now he frequently browses the Web and has benefited greatly from the sites with the information related to his study. Besides education, he uses the internet for sending emails, listening to music, and watching movies. Recently he has found the computer often restarting without any prior notification. In addition, the internet browser opens different sites without any command. One day, he inserted a memory stick into the USB connection port on his computer. He was shocked to find out that his files turned into 'shortcuts'. He couldn't even locate the original files.

What do you understand from the above events? Is it similar to your experience? You have already known many things about Information and Communication Technology this time, and you have understood that the processor and software are the main components in ICT. A new computer, be it a desktop, laptop or tablet, usually runs fast, but after some days, it gradually slows down. As it gets old, it becomes slow. Sometimes, you have to wait for a long time after giving a command. Situation at times becomes so worse sometimes you become so annoyed that you want to buy a new one.

What is the way to get rid of this situation? Here lies the importance of computer maintenance. You have learnt a little about computer maintenance in the junior Class. Most of the people do not like the task of maintaining ICT or technological devices. However, it is an important task. If you want to keep your ICT device operative, you have to maintain it. You need not be an expert for that job. We are talking of software-oriented maintenance of ICT devices,

If the Windows Operating System of Microsoft Company is used in your ICT device (almost in all the computers of the world, Windows Operating System is used), you have to check its status and update of the operating system all the time. If the device is connected to the internet, the updates are done automatically. Other operating systems provide a similar kind of facility too. In spite of that, you have to use registry clean up software to keep the machine fast. If you do not use this software, your machine will not work properly and it will be a matter of annoyance for you.

Besides, everytime while using the computer, some temporary files are created. If these files are not erased for a long time, they occupy a lot of space in the hard disk and slow down the speed of the computer. That is why we should erase the temporary files with software. It will make some space free and speed up the computer.

Nowadays, the use of ICT devices can not be imagined without the internet connection. Many cookies and temporary internet files are saved in the cache memory of the internet browser when you surf the net. It slows down the computer. If it is not possible to clean up the cache memory everyday, it must be done in every few days' intervals. A piece of software can help you to get the job done.

Using ICT device without anti-virus, anti-spyware and anti-malware is very risky. It's an important maintenance activity that protects the users' device from the attack of virus, malware and spyware, and they can safely use their devices. How much anti-virus, anti-malware, and anti-spyware software can be downloaded free of cost from the internet and used to protect the computer. Even these pieces of software can be updated from the internet. The use of ICT device without updated anti-virus is very risky.

The computer users can run disk cleanup and disk derangement to keep the usual speed of the computer. These programmers are attached with the operating system. These two pieces of software clean up the space of hardware and arrange the files in such an order so that the speed of the computer is kept up.