Computer Maintenance Computer Rules and Maintenance For Teachers and Staff Follow all rules and guidelines in the School System s Internet Acceptable Use Policy. Clean your monitor screen with anti-static wipes. These wipes prevent zapping when cleaning. Never spray your monitor.
Dust interferes with critical connections in both the keyboard and computer.
Buy a can of compressed air and use it on anything dusty. Try to direct the air so that the dust is not driven further into the computer or keyboard. Floppy disks should be stored in a location that is free of dust, free of extremes of heat, and away from any magnets. Floppy disks should always be labeled to quickly locate file contents in a future project. Remember to always scan a floppy diskette for computer viruses if it has come from another computer.