How long would a computer last ,if there was no maintenance was done to it ?

Don't scan disk,defrag, no anti-virus, security updates,and other maintenances

How long would a computer last ,if there was no maintenance was done to it ?bmw

It depends on the level of skill of the user.

On my personal PCs, which I know others won't be touching, I:

- don't run scandisk except after unexpected shut down properly)

- don't defrag, or at most, yearly; the marginal performance increase just isn't worth the effort

- don't run anti-virus; my brain (education) is the most effective anti-virus, plus I run as "user", not "administrator"; I only use administrative rights to install/uninstall etc, I guess you might not count this as maintenance

- I *do* allow Windows update, because existing security holes should be fixed

If I knew someone else was going to use my PC, however, I would probably configure more "insulation".

An unmaintained computer should run for years and years with no problems, even running Windows, as long as you:

1) never run/install untrusted apps

2) never mess with the registry unless you KNOW what you're doing

3) never delete things arbitrarily

It's actually super-easy to avoid viruses, etc... education in the key (and it's not hard to learn some basics).

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