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Maintaining Your Computer...and saving yourself from technological catastrophe SLIS-LITA Spring 2009
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Overview Security Consciousness Backup Strategies Network Security Hardware
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Security Consciousness Your computer is vulnerable photo from Flickr
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Backup Strategies How important is your data?
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Backup Strategies What’s your current backup strategy?
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Backup Strategies It’s easy. Don't shut down without backing up your work.
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Backup Strategies
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Save As with a different filename every hour at least e.g. compare & contrast-1.doc compare & contrast-2.doc compare & contrast-3.doc
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Full vs. Limited Backups Full = entire hard drive / device Limited Backups: backup the essentials – what do you absolutely need? Backup Strategies
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CD-R or DVD±R
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Backup Strategies Invest in an external hard drive Often they come with free automatic backup software.
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Backup Strategies Invest in an external hard drive Are they worth the money? $90 for 320 GB drive 8 hours working on a paper x $10 per hour $80
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Backup Strategies Invest in an external hard drive … but an external hard drive does not necessarily protect from natural disasters or theft
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Backup Strategies Use free online resources:WebDAVE-mail But remember that networks are not up 100% of the time. But remember that networks are not up 100% of the time.
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Visit my.wisc.edu My Webspace Upload a file into a folder. If you need a file, you may download: https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/wstraub/web/maintenance.doc Backup Strategies
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Verify your backup at least 1 x month Make a date for it on your Wisc Calendar
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Backup Strategies Remember the Buddhist principle: the transient nature of the composite or as the Beatles sang back in the 1960s: all things must pass away
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Backup Strategies Choose a backup strategy and use it. Don't shut down your computer without first backing up your work. Back it up again! Save Wisely (multiple filenames) Verify your backups 1 x month. Think: what’s the worst case scenario?
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Network Security Get an antivirus program Update it Use it Firewall Updates for your operating system Update/patch essential software You've heard this before... http://www.cio.wisc.edu/security/
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Network Security Update/patch essential software: Microsoft Office(Microsoft update) Adobe Reader(adobe.com) Adobe Flash plug-in Adobe Shockwave QuickTime / iTunes (apple.com/quicktime) Mozilla Firefox Other browser software
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Hardware Maintenance Defragment your hard drive Dust
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Maintaining Your Computer Both computers and cars need regular maintenance.
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