ZDNET's key takeaways Frequent computer maintenance is key to keeping your desktop performing at its best for years after purchase.It's an important habit to build early on, and most tools you'll need ...

Desktoday, Clean, or Camouflage are free or cheap and can help move or hide the files and folders that are cluttering your desktop. Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and ...

Deskcretary is a free powerful desktop cleanup application that allows the user to perform manual and scheduled desktop cleanups and provides a file explorer to view, search and restore archived files ...

What most people fail to think of is that instead of buying new keyboards every time they break down, why not just clean them often and save yourself a huge amount of money in the long run? These ...

Protect your monitors and make scrolling much more pleasant by cleaning them regularly. This is how to clean a computer monitor without leaving streaks and smudges behind.

Heat is your computer's worst enemy. Over time, dust buildup inside your computer could undermine its cooling efficiency, resulting in shorter life spans for your computer's components. Ed Rhee, a ...

Fences 2 is well worth the money: It makes the desktop useful again. I have no icons on my desktop. I have two wide-screen monitors totaling almost 4,000 horizontal pixels, and not a single icon— ...