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Deleteolde-mailswithoutlookingback.Trashanyprogramyouhaven'tused
sincethelastmillennium.
3 Unfortunately,outofsightisnotnecessarilyoutofmind.Operatingsystems
havea wayofsurreptitiouslybackingupeverythingyoudo,andsomeprograms
tendtogrowroots.Justbecauseyouputsomethingintherecyclingbinorran
anuninstallprogramdoesn'tmeanyougotridofit.OnWindowsmachinesthere
areseveraldifferentfilesassociatedwitheachprogram,andtodoa thorough
cleaningjob,youhavetorootouteveryone.
4 Theproblemisthatdeletingthewrongfilescangiveyourcomputerserious
fits,sotreadlightly.Thereareseveralpopularutilitiesthatwilldotheworksafely
foryou.Asa rule,youshouldstayoutoftherealgutsofthemachine-thefiles
andsettingsthatrunyouroperatingsystem-unlessyoureallyknowyourstuff.
5 Youmaystillhavetogetridof thetemporarybackupfilesthatyourcomputer
madewhenyoudidn'thitSaveoftenenough.Windowsuserscantrytofindand
deleteallfilesthatendin.tmp.You'llbesurprisedhowmanyhundredshavepiled
up;justdon'tdeleteanythatthesystemsaysit stillneeds.Afterthat,runyour
built-inmop-upprograms-inWindows,lookinSystemToolsforDiskCleanup;with
Macs,it'sDiskFirstAidinUtilities-andletthecomputercheckitselfforerrors.
6 Nowit'stimetodealwitheverythingyourInternetbrowserbroughthomefrom
itstravelsontheWorldWideWeb.UseOptionsorPreferencestogetrid
ofunwantedcookiesandcleanoutyourcachefiles.Giveyourcomputera
bloodtestbygoingontheWebanddownloadingthelatestinantivirussoftware.
Thenruna diskdefragmentertostraightenoutthetangleoffilesstoredonyour
harddrive.Thiscanspeedupyourcomputer'sperformance.Butaswithanymajor
renovation,youshouldbackupimportantdocumentsbeforehand,justtobesafe.
7 Thelaststepfordesktop-computerownersis oftenthemostsatisfying.Grab
yourcanofcompressedair,unplugandopenupyourcomputer'sboxand
behold-withouttouchinganything-thedustbunniesthathavebeenbreedingin
thereeversinceyoubroughtit home.Eek!AbouttheOrganization- Whichsentenceis trueaboutthethesisstatementofthismagazinearticle?
a. Thethesisstatementannouncesthetopicandindicatesthatthisis going
tobea "howto"essay.
b. Thethesisstatementannouncesthetopicwithoutindicatingwhatpattern
oforganizationit willuse.
c. Thereis noclearthesisstatement. - Whichsentencebestdescribestheconclusion?
a. Theconclusionrestatesthethesisindifferentwords.
b. Thereis noformalconclusion;theconclusionisactuallya finalstep. - Whatpatternoforganizationdoesthearticleuse?
a.Chronologicalorder:process
b.Logicaldivisionofideas
c.Acombinationofchronologicalprocessandlogicaldivisionofideas