Maintaining Your Windows 98 System 

                 A set of very useful tools in Windows 98 will help you
                  keep your system functioning at its peak.

                  By Neil Randall

                  Everyone who owns a car knows the importance of
                  regular maintenance: Without this attention, the thing
                  will let you down at the most inopportune moment. But
                  most of us don't bother maintaining our computers.
                  Sure, we know that hard disks should be checked for
                  errors and defragmented for better performance,
                  directories filled with temporary files should be pruned,
                  and data should be backed up, but that's all very
                  time-consuming and inconvenient.

                  For those who think that way, and for those who have
                  no idea what computer maintenance entails, Windows
                  98 offers a set of maintenance tools. The idea behind
                  some of these tools is to keep your system
                  functioning at peak performance, or at least close.
                  Other utilities let you configure your system to ensure
                  that only necessary files load during the boot
                  sequence. Used together, these maintenance tools
                  can make a significant difference in how efficiently and reliably your system will
                  work.

                  We'll begin by exploring the maintenance tools packed inside Windows 98's
                  Maintenance Wizard, then take a look at the System Configuration Utility. Both
                  are integral to maintaining your system.

                  Neil Randall is the author of The Soul of the Internet (ITCP) and Special Edition
                  Using Microsoft FrontPage 98 (Que).
 
 

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