Feng Shui For Your Computer

Although Feng Shui principles are generally applied to the real world, your virtual environment could also benefit from less congestion. Follow these steps to desktop nirvana.

Go for a minimalist look. Many installation programs startup icons on your desktop, making it difficult to find what you really want. To reduce congestion while removing your office, except for the things you need. Keep the icons for "My Computer" or your hard drive, the trash, the CD and your browser and bin everything else. You do not need any property in sight.

While you make friends with the trash, get rid of all that you do not need - shareware that you used once, wallpaper, audio files, e-mail. Be ruthless - as long as you do not want it, and it is not in the Windows folder, remove it. Anything with one. Tmp extension in the file name can be safely removed.

There is only so much turmoil, you can remove manually. Programs leave pieces of themselves difficult to find places, get a friend to help you. Once you have removed all, run a scan register and a complete virus scan.

Organize your start menu if you are a Windows user. New programs always be shortcuts for themselves in the main part of the menu - after a certain time, you can end up with a huge, cumbersome list is difficult to navigate. The fight against chaos by indexing programs as. Delete redundant associations. If you are unsure, let them.

At present, your computer must be more immaculate as when you first took delivery but there are still some chores, you must do to make it work smoothly. Run set a record about once a week and set your antivirus to conduct a thorough system at least once a week. If you use Windows XP, Windows Defender can make a complete scan once a day at a time when you're not using your computer. Leave your computer turned on and connected to the Internet permanently if you have a broadband Internet connection. Set your programs to automatically download and install updates.

Make yourself a cup of tea - preferably a calming herbal infusion as chamomile. Although it is soaking, run a virus scan. As you sip your tea, try to visualize a scenario calm - a placid lake in the autumn, for example. When you finish your tea, your chi (energy) will be fully updated and your computer will be ready for the final stages of its beauty feng shui.

Add the finishing touches to your office. If you had the same theme office since you purchased your computer, change it now and add a new set of sounds. Choose something you can live with - what is important. The number of computers physically damaged by users who have installed the 2001 Hal desktop themes is invaluable.

Restart your machine. You are a new start and this is an important gesture between your old, crowded and inefficient modus operandi of your new energy-balanced relationship with your computer. It also gets rid of the trash your machine could not remove while he was running.