How do I clean my computer of 3 years of gunk to speed it up.?

Question

I have anitvirus and anti spam programs, I defrag regularly and also clean out my temp files etc often, but his puppy is still bogged down by something. I haveused hardly any memory. Thanks for any help. -Greydolfin

Answer 1

get a program that cleans up your processes.

Answer 2

Take a look at the msconfig utility and see if there isn't a bunch of software that is loading with Windows and running in the background. Here is the pate to the utility: Click Start/Run, in the run box type "msconfig" without the quotes. This will open the System Configuration Utility, now click the "Startup" tab. Remove the check mark from those programs that you don't want to load with Windows. You should leave your Anti-virus, your Firewall, any Anti-spyware running. Just about everything else can be shut down.
After you have made your choices, click "Apply" and then "Ok". You will now have to do a "restart".

The only other suggestion that I can think of would be to add more RAM. These days you should be running a minimum of 512 megs, but 1 gig would be much better.

Answer 3

First go to Start>Settings>Control Panel>Add/Remove Programs. Any software you have not used in over a year that does not run in the background (antivirus, etc.) can be removed.

Second, go to Start>Run and type in "prefetch" (without the quotes). This will open a window with a ton of files that are actually cookies for not only the Internet, but other programs installed on your computer. Click on "Edit", "Select All", then hit your "Delete" key. Click on "Yes." This will not affect any of the programs you use or run in any way. Make sure you empty your Recycle Bin as well.

Answer 4

Using registry cleaner can fix your computer and then make your computer faster,Why?the reason is that there are some regsitry errors and remnant,corrupt files and temp files in your computer to cause "computer slow".
Everytime you install and uninstall software on your computer and surfing online you create junk in the computer registry.over time, the registry can grow to enormous proportions, especially if the various programs you've installed do not do a good job of deleting and/or updating it's Registry entries.You need to scan and clean your computer with registry cleaner to make it fast.Good Regisry Cleaner will improve your computer and Internet performance dramatically!It even can speed up your computer by 300% or more!
There are some comparison and review of TOP 5 registry cleaners.
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You can download and scan your computer for free.

Answer 5

Go to the website at the below link, and download the free version of "Advanced Windows Care Personal" by clicking on the "Get Freebie" bar on that page. Install the program and run it, and it'll do an excellent job of getting rid of a lot of "stuff" that is slowing your pc down. Hope this helps.

Answer 6

try downloading CCleaner, it'll clean up the registry, and all other unnecessary files on your computer. also go to the Run option in the start menu and type in "msconfig" then go to the Startup tab and uncheck any programs that arent necessary, it'll speed up the bootup process tremendously. if u arent sure which ones to uncheck (some are essential windows components, let these run) then just enter in the file name into google or yahoo and check to see if its needed or not.

Answer 7

Windows or mac? on the win/ start pc hold down the f10 key for a couple seconds then let up, you can bring it back to factory settings, On a mac start and hold down the apple and c key and do a clean system restore. GL

Answer 8

go to this site www.spywareinfo.com an click on Online Spyware Scanner/ then go to housecall an click on scan now it's free, they will tell you if there is any thing going on with your computer

Answer 9

Format your computer and reinstall the operating system if you still have the disc.

Answer 10

hmm
well, delete extra software that are not needed as well as non-needed files