3 Projects To Use Computer Downtime While Re-Installing Windows

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3 Projects To Use Computer Downtime While Re-Installing Windows

When it's that time again, you know you'll be stuck at your desk for a while! Rather than wasting even more of your time, do something productive while your Windows does its thing. It's creeping up on you like the dark and suddenly you notice it has happened again: It's time to re-install Windows! When the lack of speed becomes unbearable, you can try to speed up Windows with a or by you might have picked up. The most thorough way to bring your computer back to speed, however, is to re-install the operating system; or . Or maybe it's not a speed issue at all, but you regret upgrading to Windows 8.1 and just found out that the only way to is to re-install it. In any case, you'll be stuck at your desk for a while! Rather than letting the computer waste even more of your time, do something productive, while watching over the installation process. Here are some ideas.

Clean Your Computer

When was the last time you wiped your screen or cleaned your mouse and keyboard? Chances are, your . After all, you don't wash your hands before you use it, you touch it all the time, and if you eat at your desk, you probably have crumbs and spots all over it. And you were worried about a virus? What about all those bacteria? You can carefully vacuum the keyboard to remove loose particles and dust. Afterwards, wipe the keys with a lint-free cloth that is lightly dampened. Finally, disinfect the keyboard using alcohol wipes or spray some alcohol-containing cleaner on your cloth. Use the same procedure for cleaning your mouse and carefully wipe the light diode with a Q-tip. Just don't use aggressive cleaning agents; water, household vinegar or a bit of cleaning alcohol will do just fine.

Clean Up Cable Clutter

Have a look under your desk. What do you see? Nobody is save from cable clutter. And with the growing number of devices and no affordable wireless charging solution in sight, the issue spreads like an epidemic across households and rooms. Certainly your desk is affected. So while Windows is doing its thing, maybe you have a chance to crawl under the desk and do some cleaning. If you have a laptop, plug it directly into an available wall socket. Then you can unplug and rearrange all your other devices and power strips. If you have a desktop computer, simply unplug everything you don't need and sort those cables; you can do the computer and monitor cables last. This article has some tips for underneath your desk.

Sort Your Cable Storage

We all have a drawer or box/es full of random tech gear. Do/es yours contain an ungodly amount of cables? You probably get frustrated every time you need to get one. Well guess what? There is an easy solution to tidy up that mess! All it takes is a bunch of empty toilet paper rolls and a smaller box to hold them. Yes, you will be collecting toilet paper rolls for a few weeks, but the next time you have to re-install your computer, you will also - once and forever. I arranged my own cable box (pictured above) so that

Don t Waste Your Time

Generally, re-installing Windows is worth the time invested. You'll end up with a clean and responsive operating system. And if you productively use the time it takes to get through the installation process, you'll even have a physically cleaner computer and an organized desk. Once you have a fresh setup, customized to your needs and preferences, be smart and . It's much easier to restore your computer from an image of a working Windows installation, than to start from scratch. And whatever you do, always ! What do you usually do while you're installing the operating system? Image Source: ,