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Is Your Computer Running Slow? Check Out These Easy Tips To Fix It
If your computer has been slowing down than take the time to read this. I have some great tips to make your computer run faster. And the best part is that all of these are so easy that just about anybody can do it themselves.
First of all, apply any windows updates that it may need. You can go to Internet explorer, go to tools than click on windows update.
Second step, Run your virus program and clean out any found problems. Since these can be one of the major problems to a slow computer.
Third step, Remove any unused software on your computer that you no longer need. For example file sharing programs, email enhancers, online shopping companions, browser toolbars and internet download managers.
Fourth step, Clean out the hard drive. There is a lot of files just sitting everywhere on your computer making in less efficient. Start by going to C drive, right click it, click on properties, and the disk cleanup. Choose what you don't need and it will clean it out for you. Next in cleaning out hard drive is to defrag it, right click C drive, go to properties and than go to tools and click on check now option. It will first scan and than click defragment now button. All this will do it organize your hard drive to run faster and smoother.
Fifth step, limit what programs start once your computer boots. Click start than run, type msconfig and enter, select startup tab. Now to pick what programs to not startup, so uncheck the ones you don't need at startup, I like to uncheck programs like AOL, realplayer and msn messenger.
And the final step is to clean out your registry. The registry is database of all known programs and hardware that your computer has. Many malware and adware can hide in there and it takes a good registry cleaning program like Regcure to clean it out. After you clean your registry your computer will be running like new again. Hopefully you learn something from this and that your computer is in top running condition.
