My laptop computer is filthy.  How do I clean it?
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Go pay the 20 bucks for 3 cans of AIR...\n\nSpray your keyboard with air, you are not supposed to clean computers with alchohol anyhow, it can erase the painting of the numbers on the keys...\n\nThe best way to clean it, is to blow the crap out of it with canned air, Just make sure you lean your laptop up, rather than turning the can sideways, otherwise the can will spray out cool liquid which will damage your computer...\n\nKeep the canned air straight. And spray with your keyboard slightly angled...\n\nI recommend using windex. Alchohol is to volatile and similar to laquer thinner which removes paint.\n\nAlso dont ever spray windex directly on the machine, spray it first on a paper towel, then whipe with the paper towel, to ensure drips to not get into the computer....\n\n\nI DO NOT RECCOMEND that hairbrush idea, computers and water are the dumbest mixture ever. Not to mention that under the keys is a plastic electronic sheet which accepts the keys when pressed upon, very similar to the insides of a watch but on a much thinner scale, you don want to get water on it.\n\nI ALSO DO NOT recommend pulling keys off, while in most cases you can and its easy. Some keyboards feature a metal rod beneath the keys that make the bigger keys stick and bounce back to the touch, if you remove the key, the metal latch will come off and the key will be very lose...\n\nAnd lumper, what the heck man, they make canned air exactly for this item... If you take it to a store itll cost a bit more than a few bucks, and they will do the exact same thing, they will spray it with canned air.\n\n20 bucks will get you 3 cans of air, and 1 can of air will last you half a year if you use it once a month.
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Ccleaner AKA Crap Cleaner.
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Try dowloading CCleaner and running it.\nIt does a much better job than the standard Windows disk cleaner.  It does a good job of deleting unwanted files quickly and safely.  I have used it without any problems.\n\nDownload it here:\nhttp://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/\n\nCCleaner (Crap Cleaner) is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. That removes unused and temporary files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster, more efficiently and giving you more hard disk space. The best part is that it's fast! (normally taking less that a second to run) and Free (and contains NO spyware). \n\nCleans the following:\n    * Internet Explorer Cache, History, Cookies, Index.dat.\n    * Recycle Bin, Temporary files and Log files.\n    * Recently opened URLs and files.\n    * Third-party application temp files and recent file lists (MRUs).\n      Including: Firefox, Opera, Media Player, eMule, Kazaa, Google Toolbar, Netscape, Office XP, Nero, Adobe Acrobat, WinRAR, WinAce, WinZip and more...\n    * Advanced Registry scanner and cleaner to remove unused and old entries.\n      Including File Extensions, ActiveX Controls, ClassIDs, ProgIDs, Uninstallers, Shared DLLs, Fonts, Help Files, Application Paths, Icons, Invalid Shortcuts and more...
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A good program that can be used to clean all the unnecessary junk off of your computer (including cleaning erronuous registry entries) is CCleaner. It can be downloaded at http://www.ccleaner.com/.
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Sounds like at least one key is sticky.  Coke (or any soda) will do that.  Carefully remove the keys in the area of where you spilled it and gently clean with a Q-tip and alcohol.  The worst that could happen has already happened - you cannot use the laptop.
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Do you miss that shiny new laptop look? Here's how to brew your own laptop screen cleaning kit with household ingredients.\nSteps\n\n   1. Dilute isopropyl alcohol into a mix with no more than 50% alcohol and the rest distilled water.\n   2. Apply the mix to a cotton cloth, like an old T-shirt, lint-free microfiber cloth, or other very soft cloth. A large cloth is best, since it will help reduce the risk that finger pressure leaves streaks in the screen.\n   3. Wipe the cloth against the screen, in a counter-clockwise or other consistent motion. Take care not to press your fingers into the cloth (and screen) but apply an even pressure to the cloth. \n\n\nTips\n\n    * Expensive store-bought products such as Kensington Screen Guardian contain the same mixture of alcohol and water. 3M's Antistatic Cleaning Solution contains this same mix plus Ethylene Glycol.\n    * If you apply too much (drippy/overly damp), wipe it off with a soft cloth and apply less.\n    * Tissues will likely leave flakes of paper on your monitor. It's better to not even try it.\n    * You don't want mineral spots on your screen, so don't use tap water.\n    * Using a 100% cotton cloth or shirt alone, without the alcohol mix, can sometimes produce the same smudge-free results without going to the trouble of mixing your own solution.\n    * If you're a photographer, you can use your lint-free lens wipes instead of a soft cotton cloth.\n    * Put the solution in a small spritzer bottle, the type that you push from the top to get a fine mist, it works really well at getting just the right amount on your screen with a spray on each quadrant.\n    * If you are looking for a cheap way to get your hands on ready made cleaning solution, try CD/DVD cleaner which is often 55% Isopropyl alcohol and is not harmful to most plastic surfaces. \n\n\nWarnings\n\n    * Do not drink Isopropyl Alcohol. It is NOT grain alcohol. It is toxic.\n    * Do not use cheap paper towels. You will scratch the LCD screen.\n    * Avoid using products like Windex which contain ammonia that can degrade the LCD panel.\n    * Shut down your laptop, unplug it from the power adapter, and remove the battery before cleaning it. \n\n\nThings You'll Need\n\n    * Isopropyl Alcohol\n    * Distilled water\n    * A soft cotton cloth
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Here's some software that I use to get rid of stuff like that-\n\nwww.ccleaner.com\n\nIt's freeware and does a pretty good job!\n\nHope this helps
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http://www.robertenfemke.nl/~diskclean\n\n\nhttp://buttuglysoftware.com
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Okay, so first off your computer is infested with malware.  Once we've realized that we can take steps to get it cleaned up.  If you want to clean it up yourself, before you start you should know the work will be a bit challenging and tedious.  Alternately you could take your system to a reputable tech shop where they could do all the clean up for you (e.g. geek squad) and they'd probably charge you around $230 or so which will include anti-virus protection and anti-spyware protection.\n\nIf you want to try the clean up your self follow these steps:\n\n1) Get the tools\n\n   Lava soft's Adaware SE Personal\n   http://www.lavasoft.com/\n\n   Spy Bot Search & Destroy\n   http://www.safer-networking.org/\n\n   Crap Cleaner\n   http://www.ccleaner.com/\n\n   Microsoft's Windows Defender (Beta 2)\n   http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/\n\n   Web root's Spy Sweeper\n   http://www.webroot.com\n\n   CWShredder\n   http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html\n\n\n2) Prepare & Clean\n  \n   - Turn off System restore (if windows XP or Windows ME)\n   - Install All tools downloaded from above\n   - Uninstall Win Anti Virus Pro 2k6!!! (do not restart)\n   - Make sure all programs are updated with latest definitions\n   - Run CrapCleaner\n   - Restart system into safe mode (Restart computer and right b4 you see the loading windows screen hit f8)\n   - Run all the above tools one after the other on all user accounts on the system.\n   - After all the above tools have been ran, browse to www.trendmicro.com \n   - Use their free on-line virus and malware scan to clean double check that all the work you've done b4 this point worked.\n   - Finally run CCleaner again\n   - Restart computer\n\nThis should get your for the most part cleaned up, there are a few more tools which you could use but im reluctant to recommend those to you as they would allow you to completely botch up your system if you used them incorrectly.  Needless to say if the above didn't fix the problem then you really need to take it to a professional to get the last bits cleaned up. \n\nUltimately once the system is cleaned you need protection.  I recommend A) Web root's Spy Sweeper B) Micrsoft Windows Defender C) Trend Micro's PC-Cillin anti-virus  ( or Symantec's Norton)\n\nHopefully this helps.
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I use CCleaner and clean my registry with RegClean and they're both FREE!!! You can download then safely from the links in PCWorld Download section: http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/index/0,00.asp
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should i get off my house and clean the computer?
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spray a little windex on a soft cloth, and clean it till there are no streaks, do not spray the windex on the screen, if it an lcd monitor, just use a damp cloth damp with water onluy, do not spray any glass cleaner on it, if it is really dirty, fo to an electronics store and get the right kind of cleaner for it
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there are special LCD wipes that you should use to cleant these screens.  They should have been supplied by your laptop, but if not then you should go out to a computer store and get LCD screen wipes.
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Install a system cleanser software like CCLEANER.It will clear out your temporary internet files,history,clean up your recycyle bin and take out unwanted cookies.It is a great sotware.
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start>all programs>acessories>system tools>disk cleanup
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Please clean the disk with water and clean & soft material like cloth.\nThen try
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http://www.diskcleaner.nl/