How To Extend The Useful Shelf Life Of XP – Reimage Review
One outcome of the recession has been the rise in numbers of Windows XP owners choosing not to upgrade whether for financial or other reasons. This Reimage review highlights the role of PC maintenance software and scheduled maintenance activities in extending XP’s useful life span.
Vista was panned when it was launched so many XP users stuck to running XP computers. The downside is that with time faults can start to filter in. The majority of faults though can be remedied through best practices in maintenance & repairs.
Scheduled maintenance is the way to maintain the baseline health of your system and the best part is that it is simple to do. Here are some example maintenance tasks:
- Install patches regularly from Windows Update.
- Keep anti-virus software updated and scan regularly.
- Backup data as often as needed.
- Keep >10% free disk space. Remove old applications or use the free tool CCleaner to free up some space.
- Defragment drives every 2-4 weeks.
Repairing software/OS faults in XP can be done manually (if you are technically proficient and are happy to research fixes on the web). As a safeguard, PC maintenance software such as Reimage can automatically scan and repair faults in XP – everything from blue screen exceptions and virus damage to corrupted registry files.
The Reimage repair tool takes a holistic approach analyzing both the registry and file system. Missing or faulty registry keys are reset using their database of healthy registry configurations. Damage to software files (DLLs, device drivers, third party applications, etc.) are repaired using a data store of over 23 million XP related files. At the very least the Reimage review report informs you of the various issues on your entire system in less than 15 minutes.
Some day XP will cease to be supported by Microsoft. Until that day, XP owners should be able to maintain and repair XP (using automated services like the Reimage review process) to run their own home PC repairs.