Unit 2, Task 5 - D1

Unit 2, Task 5 – D1

Firewall

Having firewall will enhance the performance of your computer and how it works as if the computer is hacked or if somebody has interfered with the connection then the computer will be slower and the connection won’t be as high of quality. Not having a firewall can also risk the information that you may have on your computer, such as personal details such as bank information. So having firewall is important for your computers performance and security reasons.

Virus protection

With a virus they tend to come from the internet and when your computer has a virus it will attach itself to a specific program and every time that programme is used then the virus will multiply within the computer and then get bigger and attach itself onto other programs within the computer. This will cause the programmes in the computer to run slower and cause some of the tools in the program to be faulty.  Having virus protection will make sure that if there is a virus within the computer then it is dealt with, if not then the applications in your computer will lose quality and start to be faulty which isn’t a good thing especially if the program is important and needed on a daily basis.

Clean up tools for removal of cookies and internet history and defragmentation

Having clean up tools is a good thing for the computer.  If you have too many cookies that have been downloaded from websites then this can cause the computer to run slower. This also applies for internet history. Having too much internet history can cause your computer to be slower as it is adding to the usage of the computer itself, and when the computer is slower the productivity of it is lower.  Defragmentation is all about the files and the sizes of them, as files can be quite big defragmentation helps this situation. Having this will also affect the speed of your computer as if the sizes of files are too large then space will fill up quickly and reduce the productivity just as internet history and cookies would.

Device formatting

Drive formatting is important as it sorts through the hard disk that is used for the computer and make sure that the hardware can be readable to the computer. Not having this then the hardware within the computer would not be able to read the hard disk as drive formatting gives it a logical structure. This would affect the computer as it wouldn’t work.