How to Keep Your PC Clean and Fast (Speed up Tips)
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People ask every day about ways they can keep their computer running smoothly, and how to make it faster. Here are some excellent tips that will help you accomplish both tasks. Keep those top five lists coming!
- Only install software that you need to have running on your system. Having software on your computer that you don’t actually need only increases the amount of used disk space on the said drive, whether it be your operating system drive or a secondary or external drive. If you have any software that you no longer use and would like to get rid of it, you can download a freeware program called Revo Uninstaller, which you can download for free. I can safely say that I’ve used this program to uninstall old programs I don’t use anymore or software I’ve installed just to test out. This program does a
great job of scanning the system for invalid registry entries that get left behind after using this program to uninstall your programs compared to using Add/Remove programs in the control panel. - Do some research and use before downloading any random program off the Internet. It is true that there are a lot of great free ware and shareware programs out there, but you have to understand, that the Internet is a big road to be driving on with your computer. Do your homework and do a little research about the program you wish to or are thinking about downloading and trying out. You would be surprised how much software out there is designed to give you the impression that it will do something like make your PC faster or make your Internet speed faster when in reality it will make your PC even run slower and might even have some nasties built-in! Be careful what you download!
- Don’t mess with anything inside the Operating System you know nothing about. Changing even the slightest zero to a one or one to a zero in the registry could leave your system unusable immediately or on the next reboot of the system. Don’t mess around the core of the operating system if you don’t know what you’re doing and especially if you’re only a basic user who checks E-Mail and rarely surfs the web. If you are a basic user and are still inclined to learn how to work with the inner workings of an operating system, use Google. Google is the biggest search engine and you can find just about anything on it.
- Use Anti-Virus software, even if you don’t want to pay for security software, there’s no excuse not to download a free Anti-Virus program such as AVG or Avast. I prefer AVG for performance reasons when choosing a free AV but Avast has slightly better detection rates. If you don’t care about paying for Anti-Virus software try out ESET’s NOD32, it will not slow down your system and is highly recommended by download the video:
