Maintain your system
Use Windows XP to protect your information while keeping your system tidy and running at peak performance.
Get started with computer maintenance
Maintaining a computer?
Find out what to do and when to do it.
Organize files and folders
Do you have trouble finding the files on your computer?
It may be time for basic housecleaning.
Delete files you don't need anymore
Learn how file deletion works and what to do if you delete something by accident.
Install Windows XP Home Edition backup software
If you’re using Windows XP Home Edition, this software makes it easier to create backup copies of your files.
Back up your files
If you only do one maintenance task on your computer, make it this one.
Use Windows XP to protect your information while keeping your system tidy and running at peak performance.
Get started with computer maintenance
Maintaining a computer?
Find out what to do and when to do it.
Organize files and folders
Do you have trouble finding the files on your computer?
It may be time for basic housecleaning.
Delete files you don't need anymore
Learn how file deletion works and what to do if you delete something by accident.
Install Windows XP Home Edition backup software
If you’re using Windows XP Home Edition, this software makes it easier to create backup copies of your files.
Back up your files
If you only do one maintenance task on your computer, make it this one.
Keep copies of your important files in case something happens to your computer.
Specify how folders open
You can see the contents of your folders in a variety of ways—from a detailed list of files to thumbnail images of photos. Learn how to set up the view you see when you open a particular folder.
Remove programs you don't need anymore
There's a right way and a wrong way to remove programs from your computer.
Specify how folders open
You can see the contents of your folders in a variety of ways—from a detailed list of files to thumbnail images of photos. Learn how to set up the view you see when you open a particular folder.
Remove programs you don't need anymore
There's a right way and a wrong way to remove programs from your computer.
Find out the right way. (Hint: You don't just go in and delete files.)
Copy your files to a CD
Windows XP uses a two-step process to copy files from your computer to a CD. See how it works.
Stay up to date automatically
Set up your computer to automatically get the latest updates from Microsof
Make your computer more secure
Helping you keep your computer and family safe is so important that Microsoft has devoted an entire Web site to it.
Find free downloads for Windows XP
Get started with the world of downloads for Windows XP
Maintenance tasks that improve performance
Is your system not running as quickly as it used to?
It might be time for some performance-boosting maintenance.
Configure Windows XP power management
If you use a laptop or a Tablet PC, find out how you can conserve your system’s battery power. Windows XP has features that can help.
Set your clock automatically
Windows XP is set up to synchronize to a network time server, but sometimes the default setting is not what you want.
Copy your files to a CD
Windows XP uses a two-step process to copy files from your computer to a CD. See how it works.
Stay up to date automatically
Set up your computer to automatically get the latest updates from Microsof
Make your computer more secure
Helping you keep your computer and family safe is so important that Microsoft has devoted an entire Web site to it.
Find free downloads for Windows XP
Get started with the world of downloads for Windows XP
Maintenance tasks that improve performance
Is your system not running as quickly as it used to?
It might be time for some performance-boosting maintenance.
Configure Windows XP power management
If you use a laptop or a Tablet PC, find out how you can conserve your system’s battery power. Windows XP has features that can help.
Set your clock automatically
Windows XP is set up to synchronize to a network time server, but sometimes the default setting is not what you want.
Learn how to find a network time server and set your own clock
