How to Free Up PC resources
Are you frustrated by your sluggish computer? With regular use, even the newest PC will slow down significantly. Here are some suggestions to free up PC resources and get that computer back in shape!
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Free up PC resources by deleting old programs: get some of that unused space back. In Windows XP go to start -> control panel -> add/remove programs. Highlight any program that you do not use and click REMOVE.
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Remove spyware and adware files, folders and cookies. These two common parasites endanger privacy and can easily slow down a computer. Free programs such as Spybot S&D and AdAware make it easy to remove malicious files. Simply install the program of your choice, update it, run a scan and remove the junk.
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Free up PC resources by cleaning your start up files. These are files that run automatically as soon as you boot up your computer. Many of them are unneeded and are only taking up space! Spybot S&D can help you clean your start up files. With Spybot S&D running click the "tools" button on the left. Then click "system startup" on the left. Uncheck any entries that are highlighted in red, as they may be malicious files. Uncheck any entries of any color that are unwanted. Your computer will speed up as soon as you restart your computer!
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Clean your computer registry. Many freeware programs can help you with this process, but be sure to make a backup of your registry before deleting entries.
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Removing temporary files will also free up PC resources. You might be surprised at how many junk and temporary files your computer is storing! Programs such as CCleaner can help you delete these files quickly and easily.
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Defrag your hard drive. Over time, files become misplaced and this can slow down your computer. Defragging puts files where they belong so that your computer doesn't have to exert as much time and energy to finding what it is looking for. In Windows XP, go to windows explorer and right click your hard drive. Scroll down and select properties. Click the tab named tools, and then click defragment now. Finally, select your hard drive and click defragment. Let your computer do the rest!
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Reboot your computer. Your PC resources are now freed up and you should notice a significant boost in speed.
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Tips & Warnings
All programs mentioned in this article are free.
Be careful when deleting files from your computer.
Be sure to make a backup of your registry before editing it.
These steps should be repeated from time to time to ensure that your computer continues running well.
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Comments
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Tweet
Mar 24, 2009
It's also a good idea to defrag your registry. The more you use your computer, the more you should defrag the hard disk and registry. (AusLogics Registry Defrag) -
mariamystar33
Feb 25, 2009
haha, Avoid all these problems and use Linux! Good how to! 5*
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dmobile
Feb 25, 2009
Nice job, but if you ask me the government is responsible for this computer errors and stuff like this, they have all this spy ware and other stuff camera's hooked on to the front on your computer you ever notice even when you clean your cookies now you still have a system running slow, because there are companies monitoring web actions, the other reason well I can not give it all out, I am a walking dictionary sometimes, I am going to write a little article to show you!We are trapped! bottom line, even down to blogging we are trapped, they want to know everything about us and what we do because they have there own things to hide, I just hope out next years to come is a lot better then what we expect!CHEERS, I hope I did not scare anyone into getting there pass ports, hahaPeace!
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BellaCasa
Feb 22, 2009
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! 5*
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sunnystarr
Feb 18, 2009
Awesome article with great tips!!! Thanks for sharing :)
