My Laptop is running very slow. What can I do to clean out the files?

Answer 1

go to download.com
upload spybot onto your computer.
its free and wipes off any viruses onto your computer

Answer 2

Using registry cleaner can clean your laptop and then make your laptop faster,Why?the reason is that there may be some regsitry errors and remnant,corrupt files and temp files in your computer to cause "laptop 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.
http://www.fixslowpc.info
You can download and scan your laptop for free.

Answer 3

get Ccleaner (program free) at www.ccleaner.com

That will clean all cookies, and also the mistakes, errors.
Cleans the following
Internet Explorer
Temporary files, URL history, cookies, Autocomplete form history, index.dat.
Firefox
Temporary files, URL history, cookies, download history.
Opera
Temporary files, URL history, cookies.
Windows
Recycle Bin, Recent Documents, Temporary files and Log files.
Registry cleaner
Advanced features to remove unused and old entries, including File Extensions, ActiveX Controls, ClassIDs, ProgIDs, Uninstallers, Shared DLLs, Fonts, Help Files, Application Paths, Icons, Invalid Shortcuts and more... also comes with a comprehensive backup feature.
Third-party applications
Removes temp files and recent file lists (MRUs) from many apps including Media Player, eMule, Kazaa, Google Toolbar, Netscape, MS Office, Nero, Adobe Acrobat, WinRAR, WinAce, WinZip and many more...

Answer 4

If it;s Windows XP/Vista for to Add/Remove Programs in Control panel and clear some junk out. Also, delete cookies by going to Tools, delete cookies. To clean the disk go to Start, Accessories, System tools, Disk Clean Up, wait for it to load, and choose the files to delete carefully, it has descriptions to help. Also go the the same System Tools and choose De fragment disk. And De fragment the C:/.

Answer 5

For me, I just run antivirus, spybot, registry cleaner, ad-aware, and do a disk defrag.

If its still running slow, the final solution that works really well, but may take a long time, is to just do a fresh reformat. be sure to back up all your files!

good luck

Answer 6

You can download and install a program called CCleaner and it will clean your cache. You can go to tools on top, click internet options and delete history, cookies and files .

Answer 7

i reformat my computer every 6 month or so and it speeds it up by a lot. i just backup all the important files by burning them to a DVD, and then reformat the computer and reinstall windows.

a slow computer can also be caused by lots of errors in the registry, try to use a registry cleaner if you don't want to reformat your computer

Answer 8

Empty your temp files and cookies. Defrag your HD

Answer 9

first go to control panel...add/remove programs....and then uninstall anything you dont want or use.

then go to programs.....accessories....disk clean up...and clean up your hard drive

then in accessories go to defragment and defrag the hard drive

restart your CPU and it should run smoothly

Answer 10

Get a cutip dig it in there so easy I do it all the time.