Top Tech Tip

This past week our class was paid a very special visit from Mr. Joe Hatch, a network administrator and resident coordinator here on Trinity. A very nice man, Mr. Hatch explain to us some helpful tips on how to keep our PCs (and Macs) in tip top shape and out of harm's way. He explained how to keep your system up to date and that virus definitions are renewed. This provides your computer with a more stable security as it is protected from the most recent virus and means of virtual terrorism. However, I think that THE Top Tech Tip that Joe brought to us was about defragmenting your computer hard drive and getting rid of pesky temporary folders and cookies. People really do not know how much space gets eaten up by these files, and they can really drag down your computer. Having worked on computers for awhile I know how to access the temp folders and defrag my own computer, but Mr. Hatch brought up a program that seems to make everything a lot easier called CCleaner. It's free to download and you can set what exactly you want it to do, which is pretty nifty. You can have it defragment, delete temporary folders, internet history, and much more. I would recommend it to anyone who hasn't given their PC a good cleaning in awhile (myself included).