Screen Cleaner
Every now and then your computer could use a little attention to help it run better. Perhaps your mouse has started to skip a little. If it's the kind with a ball you may have to take it out and use a lint free cloth dampened with blue window cleaner stuff to wipe it all over. While you have the mouse apart, look careful in the pocket where the ball goes for any stray lint, hair and so on. Some people use a toothpick to dislodge this junk. And please don't forget to shut down the computer before you work on it.
An optical mouse can benefit from a gentle wiping of the window on the bottom using a barely damp cloth. Same for a touchpad with a sticky spot. It can be made as good as new with just a couple of swipes with a barely damp cloth.
Some of the keys on your keyboard can eventually become a little sticky. Maybe somebody with a bit of peanut butter on a finger was not careful about washing before using your computer. It happens. A few drops of the blue stuff on a lint free cloth works wonders.
Is there a smudge on the screen? Get out the cloth and the blue stuff. That should help but sometimes the smudge won't go away no matter how carefully you clean the outside of the screen. It could be that the smudge is on the inside but before you call a service technician to check things out, here is something that might help. Just click on CLEAN SCREEN and relax for a minute. No doubt you'll be happy with the result.
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At Motor City Free Geek we install Ubuntu Linux on computers we build.
Ubuntu Linux is created by a worldwide team of expert developers and has all the application programs most often used: a basic office suite; web browser; media player, and more.
OpenOffice.org is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more.
It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.

