How to Find Programs to Make the Computer Run Faster
Common causes of a slow computer are spyware, malware or viruses, a corrupt or bloated registry, less than ideal system settings, unnecessary programs loading during boot-up, poor use of memory and a fragmented hard drive. The good news is there are many free and shareware utilities that do a great job of fixing these problems. If you know where and how to look for them, you won't waste a lot of time in Google looking for the right tool. Here's how to find top-rated software that will optimize your PC and restore the speed it had when you bought it.
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Learn why computers run slowly by searching technical computer forums like tomshardware.com and bleepingcomputer.com. You'll find posts by computer enthusiasts who fixed their PC and shared what they did for the benefit of everyone.
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Write down the software tools that forum users recommend to speed up slow computers. Make a note of how often the same programs are endorsed to weed out the less popular ones.
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Visit software download sites, like download.com and tucows.com, and check out their popularity ratings for the programs in your list. The rating system varies from one site to the next, and sites like download.com also include user reviews. If one of your software choices is highly rated by several sites, you have a winner.
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Your final choices will boil down to what you're willing to pay, if it's shareware, and whether the program will run on your system. If the shareware meets your system requirements, you can try it before you buy it. If you decide not to purchase a shareware license, some software features will be disabled or your free trial will expire.
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All software download sites have a download button, which you click to save programs to your hard drive. To keep everything in one place, you might want to create a new folder on your desktop and save the files to it.
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Tips & Warnings
For an all-in-one solution, you can download Advanced SystemCare. This utility will automatically repair and optimize your system, and you won't believe the price.
PC World reviewed and endorsed 15 free utility programs, and the download links are provided so you don't have to do any heavy lifting.
At acmefiles.com you'll find loads of software tools that are carefully categorized by function. It's everything you need in one place.
The top software download sites scan programs in their database to make sure they're virus free. You should scan each file as well to avoid any possibility of contamination.
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