Question What commands should I be running to keep Windows 10/11 healthy as a form of maintenance?

[TimorousTurtle]

Hello,

I've been told that I should be running commands like, "SFC/scannow" and "Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth" fairly regularly just because it is a low-effort form of maintenance.

And it got me wondering if there were any other things or commands I should be doing to maintain my computer (I clean it monthly and that is about it), and since I couldn't find anything online after a few searches I figured I would ask.

What should I be doing, or what can I do as a non-techie computer user to keep my computer healthy for as long as I can?

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

i wouldn't bother with any of those sort of command line options unless it was necessary like troubleshooting some sort of problems that kept appearing.

What should I be doing...to keep my computer healthy for as long as I can?

keep hardware drivers updated through their own manufacturer product support pages,

keep the OS up to date,

run regular(at least monthly) maintenance with Windows Disk Cleanup and/or a 3rd party software like CCleaner,

keep startup apps and auto-background processes to a minimum,

keep a strict system files & personal files backup routine with multiple disks to house the backups,

make sure you do at least a yearly(if a basic usage system) or a quarterly(if used for heavy tasks like gaming) physical cleaning routine to keep dust/etc from building up,

and do not visit shady sites, download anything from any shady sites, or click on any unknown links anywhere

 

[CountMike]

Hello,

I've been told that I should be running commands like, "SFC/scannow" and "Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth" fairly regularly just because it is a low-effort form of maintenance.

And it got me wondering if there were any other things or commands I should be doing to maintain my computer (I clean it monthly and that is about it), and since I couldn't find anything online after a few searches I figured I would ask.

What should I be doing, or what can I do as a non-techie computer user to keep my computer healthy for as long as I can?

SFC /scannow is just for some fixes in case of trouble, otherwise just a test.
I use this set of DISM commands for general testing and cleaning

fsutil resource setautoreset true c:\&fsutil usn deletejournal /d /n c:&Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup&Dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth&Dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase&pause

Just copy all of this in Command prompt (as Administrator) and keep i in a text file.