2.1 Ways to safeguard the computer from Power outages, surges and other electrical variations:
Power surge refers to the time when the electricity flow is interrupted, then started again or when the electricity flowing is sent back into the system by something. It can also be caused by natural hazards such as the strike of a lightning, or heavy snow or ice. This damages a computer in such a way that the computer’s Power Supply Unit will no longer function, and therefore need to be replaced. This can be avoided using one of the following precautions:
The easiest way to avoid Power surges is to unplug the computer immediately after working on it.
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Like power surge, this can also be caused by natural hazards such as lightning storms, or heavy snow fall. It can damage your computer placing the pressure on the wires in your computer, causing them to hit up and burn, furthermore, they may even melt. This can be avoided by unplugging the computer physically every time you are done working on it.
2.2 Ways to safeguard computers from unauthorized use and vandalism:
Preventing unauthorized use and vandalism can prevent people from installing spywares, deleting confidential files, and/or creating viruses. These can be avoided by: setting up the password protection. In this case you will firstly have to enable password that composed of the mixture of characters such as numbers, letters and symbols. Protect your password from being discovered and change it frequently over a short while.
Install protective hardware or software firewalls. A hardware firewall can often be set up through the network router and can protect all computers connected to the network. A software firewall involves installing the program that will protect only a specific