How to Keep Your PC Clean and Fast (Speed up Tips)

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I like using msconfig to turn off unnecessary startup programs. I find that new computers and older computers have programs that really slow down startup times. I was able to get my Vista Laptop to boot less than one minute by turning off unnecessary processes.

Informative, most people tend to forget that a PC needs to be taken care of.

My vote for the NOD32 Eset too. Light to run and effective.

Is AVG any better than McAffe Virus Protection Software? I like McAffe because is very easy to use. Also, it automatically updates itself whenever they become available. The program thoroughly scans all of your files and gives you the results pretty quick. If AVG is better, I will definitely give it a try. Thanks for the info!

very good tips i would suggest this to any computer user just starting out as there is so many ppl out there that dont even try this sorta thing and just go with the go ahead

Also I take and blow out my fans and keep the pc free and clear of things that can block airflow around it. The newer processors run hot and if the fans get full of dust they can cause a system to overheat. Use a can of compressed air but make sure you hold it upright or water vapor will come out and blow it out. Great video Cris!!

Wow! I tried Revo, And Man Did I have alot of Unused Software (10GB Of Unused software and un-needed Registry Files!!!!!!)

Thanks! These tips are interesting, and I will keep them in mind when I am cleaning my computer.

I haven’t cleaned out the insides of my computer in ages and there must be a lot of dust in there!

I like startupcpl better then using msconfig. has a bettter interface and shows things that don’t show up in msconfig. Best of all its a tiny download and standalone exe. You can run it off a flashdrive.

Question, my main computer crashed (fan overheated) so I had to drag out my old one, it is usable (for very basics) but this only has a 12 gig hard drive! Any ideas how to get it to run even a little faster?

if i want my pc running like new system restore cd lol

I cleaned out my computer a few days ago, its amazing how fast you can get stuff, forget about it, and then wonder were your hard drive space has gone. I find if a pc is not regularly maintained then it leads to BIG problems in the future.

Thanks for the tips Chris. You can also use a great program called CCleaner. It also works great and its FREE!

this is great after reading this i went upstairs and cleaned out my old computer there was pounds! of dust thanks chris and lifejustis2007!

Thanks for the tips it really really helped my computer was lagging a lot lot and now it run like it should THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Very helpful tips. Registry cleaners can be a mixed bag. I have had registry cleaners take my registry size down from a 110MB (which is HUGE) to 60MB, and my computer felt new again. So they are not completely useless, just be careful. The ones I use are CCleaner(registry tab), and TuneUp Utilities 2006 (2007 I am sure is fine).

Antivirus: Norton is long gone and so are other buggy and resource-hogging Antivirus applications. Use NOD32 or AVG or something with a small footprint but a powerful engine.

Make sure to defrag all drives, especially the one with Windows and Program Files / Installations, as this will have a direct effect on performance.

Also make sure to check your startup programs with something like “Startup Control Panel” by Mike Lin I think it is… or use Autoruns or some other program to make sure there aren’t tons of programs starting up with your computer that you don’t need.

Cleaning it out with air definitely helps, because it prevents heat buildup that can damage hard drives, ram, and CPUs.

Hey Chris ,, Ibeeng washing your vidios for almost 2 months now and love it,, I wash you live ever since and I’m online all the time ,, Question >>Whay Comp. or Pc with the time they are slower slower ? Thansks Yunito

Chris, great video! I acutally got a question in my youtube e-mail today saying about this certain topic. Once I read it, i just gave me your video link to this. Great Job

You can also use cleaning programs like Easycleaner or Ccleaner. I used to use a program called System Suite Professional 7 which did everything like defrag, diagnose, and fix, aslo virus scan, spware search and also pretty much everything for cleaning you files on your computer.

Very good information. People often forget about the more obvious tips.

Make sure to clean out dust and the junk from your hdd!

i use McAfee and seems to be working fine, i have no problems since. These are great tips to live by when trying to run your system properly.

Thanks

I actually used AVG once because i downloaded a supposed flash drive and it put anoying popups all over my computer. When i downloaded avg…it worked like magic.

CCleaner is great, best app out there

These are great tips on cleaning your computer, I use some of these tips daily!

i have found that having a virtual machince for software testing is very useful so i dont have to install things on my production pc.

i completely agree! i mean my other pc had like 250 MB of RAM and i now have 192 MB of RAM! odd huh? well it happens, and it pisses me off… and that same pc is SLOOOW! and it restarts randomly, ALL THE TIME! i hate it, and on my other pc (my moms laptop (i am 11, lol)), i have 0.99 GB of RAM, lol.

The most important aspect of keep a system clean from Internet junk is to use Internet Security Common Sense. Merry Christmas!!!

I have a mac, so i dont really have to worry aboit these things, but i remember when i did have a pc and i did have to worry about these things. Im sure people with pcs will think this is very helpful so thanks again chris!

One thing you never want to do is use a RAM Booster to increase performance.
As many people will tell you, this does NOT work.

Whatever is in your computer, is what you have.

I tried using a RAM booster but it never helped mainly for one reason: the RAM Booster itself was using RAM itself!

Here is what I do to keep my pc running fast and stable!
1) First, I use this free registry program, that will get rid of unneeded registry entries its called RegscrubXP.
2) After, I clean the registry I clean all of my temp files, and all of my internet files this program is called IEPrivacyKeeper. It is free I highly recommend this for those that like to keep there pc fast, and like to keep there disk space up to par!
3) After I am done with all of that, I defrag my registry it is 100% safe, and I recommend it, why, becuase it will speed up your boot time and ,compact your registry for faster installation of programs it is also 100% free, it is called Auslogics Registry Defrag.
4) When I am all done with that, I do a good defrag with windows defrag and then, I notice the results. Instantly I can tell that my computer is a hell of a lot faster then it was before i did everything.

And thats pretty much all there is to it to keeping your pc clean and fast!!!

I’ve pretty much done all of this…cool :D
I have both Avast and AVG.

lol Kat, chris is getting tired of saying it himself ;)

NHCG

thnaks so much for all this programs

get fuck out neurd

thanx i used this

I’m glad to say that i already do most of the things listed. A clean PC makes a happy geek =P. Happy Festivus everyone!!!

Great tips! Also keep in mind, if you were to ever buy a used computer that even though it may look clean, often times it isn’t. Computers seem to be less taken care of when the price is lower.

Then why does the title say, “How to Keep Your PC Clean”, and what about laptops?

You can also go to system settings and make some of your HD act like RAM (system properties/advanced/performance settings/advanced/virtual memory/change)

I have a mac now, but I use to clean the registry like mad, and it really messed up the PC, but oh well. I learned. Just reinstall Xp =P

I didn’t see anyone tell you but the link for revoinstaller has a quote in the url that will make the link fail.

i cant hewar anything

just click the volume bar

I remember the dust bunnies my old pc machines used to get. I’ve been on a mac notebook for a while now so dust bunnies are something i dont really deal with much anymore

Hey great tips here, I enjoy your videos you explain the ideas while making it enjoyable and not some emotionless babble. Thank man I will keep watching!

OH YEAH a clean PC helps to keep it running smooth. I take a can of air to my PC every time I can that makes me paranoid. But cleaning a PCs parts isn’t all of it as explained. Thanks for the help Chris can’t wait to see more of these videos :D

cccleaner thats the program !!!!!

How many books u have at home ?it wont be normal to have only one will it ? so why is it strange to have more than one computer? this way u can have less used space in each . i get the 2 fastest computers in the world.
sometimes we need to be stupid to find the solution.

the only advice you’ll ever need: don’t download porn, don’t download warez, don’t trust your computer to the guy next door.

How come I can’t full-screen this?

Good tips… Another thing a friend told me about was to run your antiviris and antispyware programs at least once a week and do a disk clean a defrag once a week too she recommends doing it on a Fri or Sat.

i took your advice (by the way great tips!) and immediatley downloaded AVG anti-virus and anti-spyware, its working great for me, love it! i also downloaded ccleaner (i use it AT LEAST once a week) and revo uninstaller, and the first time i used these to clean my pc, it took LONG, i hope that means it cleaned alot of junk! but my computer does have alot more space on the hard drives, and works alot more smoothly! another great post chris!

Ok, so MSCONFIG is a great way to stop unwated programs from eating up your system, I was a big fan of that. But to tell the truth a few years ago, when I did some work for the public library in town, they purchased a program called deep freeze. I’ll tell you that was a great program what it basically did was freeze the system. Any changes you made were wiped out upon reboot. it was great for keeping viruses and spyware off the system. if it ever acted up all we did was restart it and boom bam, it was back to normal.

Before making any changes to the registry, one should make a backup — just in case something goes wrong.

When i used windows i setup a shutdown script that would clear out the prefetch, temp files, internet temp, and empty the recycler on all drives whenever the computer shuts down. Doing this makes a drastic increase in performance, with an especial improvement of boot times. Another thing that really helps is running a registry cleaner every so often. Windows XP without attention will no doubt dig itself a hole, but if you learn the little tricks to keep it maintained, you can make it much more stable than most people perceive it to be.

Well i had a computer that ran for 6 months with A LOT of dust in it. Killed my power supply and soundcard and it cost me 200$. since then i invested in cans of Aerosol i used that on my dell. Now that i have an iMac i have no idea how to get in to it to clean it i hope it does not die on me. Everybody should have a can of Aerosol and know how to get in your computer.

I honestly think a registry cleaning program is the best way to go -or- configuring to your liking MSCONFIG, when using Windows that is.

i wanna get fucked

here’s the best way to keep your pc clean.

-reformate pc
-install “Eset NOD 32″

thats all.

my pc is slow and i need help what should i do

its ccleaner not cccleaner

unless that guy is me, muhahaha, j/k I’m a tech, this is great advice, dump AOL is also great advice

why is this one marked as spam? NOD32 is one of the best AV softwares out there.

YEA BRO THAT ccleaner THAXS

reformat your pc.

back up all files you wanna keep.

reformating: go get your copy of your os and follow the instructions for reinstalling

NOD 32 is one of the only good anti-virus programs out there.

Norton is too greedy for processes.
AVG IS BAD FOR PROCESSES.
Avast is good.

Nod 32 is best.

my knowledge is gold because i have been through all the scenarios.

i am running nod 32 for 2 years now.
BEST WAY TO KEEP IT CLEAN.

I use a program called ccleaner and it clens out all the missing files and unneeded keys in the registry and removes temporary internet files ans so on.
It actually made my pc affectively faster and i think everyone else should try it and download it here http://www.ccleaner.com/

nod 32 is the shitest avp.
Doesn’t matter if you have the updated version or not few of the trojans will go trough.

Symantec AVP Corporate Edition is the best.

Try and then you can speak

NORTON IS GAY

What is a better AVP, BitDefender or ESET NOD32. And what is so good about BitDefender or NOD32?

how about ca internet security suit??? how in it

Agreed. NOD 32 currently is the best AVP. It has protected my computer from alot of attacks. Still running clean after one year of use. and I don’t notice it at all, dosen’t kill my cpu, low ram usage. Its beautiful.

AMD X2 2.62 Ghz
3.5Gb RAM
80Gb Sata 3Gb WD HD
Geforce 7600Gt

NOD 32 is good