TECHNICAL TIPS TO
INCREASE WORKPLACE
PRODUCTIVITY
ay fresh..
Start the d
I
1. P
WER OFF
Log off and/or shut down your computer every night (or at least once a week) as a best practice.
Shutting down your computer means that Windows closes all running programs and completely shuts
off your machine, giving it a fresh start when you power it on the next morning. This will help to ensure
that no work gets lost, as it will prompt you to save everything before shutting down as well as saving
electricity.
2.
3.
Keep browsing
The more browser tab
s
T A B S
to a MINIMUM
you have open at a tim
e, the slower and mo
re unstable
your computer is likely
to be.
ALWAYS SAVE TO THE NETWORK
You should always save your work onto your network drive – not your personal C: drive. This will ensure
that all of your documents are getting backed up properly, and in most cases will let you jump back to
previous versions of your documents. It also allows you to have access to these documents from any
computer in your network and makes file sharing with colleagues much quicker and easier.
4.
BAT
FE
I
L
Y
R
E
T
It is a best practice to let your battery completely drain every
ly
once and a while. I know, sounds backward right? It is actual
fully
e
healthy for a battery to drain completely and then charg
every so often to help prolong its life. Other tips: turn your screen
s
brightness down and use your ‘sleep’ or ‘hibernation’ setting
use.
in
rather than ‘standby’ mode when your computer is not