It is interesting to note that most computer users don’t bother with simple maintenance tasks.  I find it difficult to believe that these are the same folks that get disgusted when it rains and they get mud on their car...but it’s true!

When working in the world of the GUI (Grapical User Interface), we do have to use certain tools.  These tools, if dirty, do not work well.

The keyboard is one of the abused items.  It usually contains more cookie crumbs that we have in our cookie jar!  This is because most of us eat around our computers, whether it is at home, at work, or at school.  In all cases, this is a problem.  Computer input devices don’t need to be fed, even if we THINK they do. What follows are my simple fixes for what I like to call Dirty Old Nasty Trash Syndrome or DON’TS for short.