Abstract: A personal computer usage enhancement system, said usage enhancement system configured to detect usage patterns and if a usage pattern satisfies a trigger threshold, the usage enhancement system suggests methods for improving computer usage that are based on the usage pattern. The usage enhancement system comprises a rules-based engine comprising individual rules for different usage patterns and a message agent for displaying the methods for improving computer usage. The trigger threshold and methods for improving computer usage reside within associated rules. All methods for improving computer usage are transmitted to the message agent to display on an output device. All components of the usage enhancement system are modular and updateable by a backend device configured to download all updates from a network connection. The rules-based engine preferably executes in a highest protection layer of a computer operating system and occupies no more than 1% of the computer system resources.