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How To Speed Up Your PC

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How To Speed Up Your PC

Is your PC running slowly? Before you spend a bunch of money on a new machine or a RAM upgrade, try a few simple steps that might speed up your PC for free. Is your PC running slowly? Before you spend a bunch of money on a new machine or a RAM upgrade, try a few simple steps that might speed up your PC for free.

Step 1: Free Up Some Space

If you want to speed up your PC, the first step is to go to your Start menu and find the System Tools, group under the Accessories heading. Click on Disk Cleanup.

Check the files that you are sure you can delete and uncheck those you aren't so sure of.

Odds are you don't need the files in your Recycle Bin, or your temporary Internet files.

Click on the OK tab and your hard drive will have a little more room to move.

Step 2: Defrag It

Return to System Tools and run your disk defragmenter. Over time the information on your computer becomes scattered. The Defragger will organize the info and your computer will spend less time searching.

Click on “analyze” so you can see how long the process will take. Then click on “defragment” when you know you can leave your PC alone for a while. It could take a few minutes or several hours.

Step 3: Beware of Spies

Your Internet connection slows down when it's full of spyware. Even those sites that aren't malicious use up your resources as they collect information. So go to download.com and find a great spyware remover like AdAware. Download it, install it, and run it to get rid of those snoopy scripts.

Performing these simple steps once a month or so will help keep your PC running at warp speed…or at least give it a boost.

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  1. mixall11

    Although I use many programs because I am an expert on the PC and has a repair pc years alone, his friends and now I am also based company and used as a first course, NOD32 from ESET then spyvare terminator I proved to be more similar programs I tried all but this my most always found then ccleaner and cleanup and tune up Utilities cool thing, and all Systems for the set but comfort is also SpeedUpMyPC and I can not forget the Q & Q defrag This is a similar program as But Windows is far superior to the program itself stores the data and if necessary release defrag then quickly correct problems using hijsckthis and when I have problems with divers Driver Genius Professional Edition It helps if someone wanted to fix the problem if you do not work via internet teamwiver program will do everything and you can watch and control my actions ps Mixall11

  3. bascar

    I am not a computer expert and these steps are complicated for a user like me. On http://www.pc-speed.co.uk I have found a great tool to clean up my pc. With one click your work is done. Now my pc runs really fast! Hope it is of any help like non pc experts! Cheers

  4. serenagong

    so commom measures but anyway,thanks a lot. any means to speep up win7?

  5. ziraffa

    run spybot and ncleaner

  6. ziraffa

    turn off your screensaver hillbillyhowe? maybe..

  7. hillbillyhowe

    how do you defrag a computer that wont completely do the defrag run

  9. Anonymous

    i got a software that disables prefetched files, so i don't hav to go and always delete it

  10. Anonymous

    you could also talk about prefetch and msconfig as well. they help me a lot.