what free software can i use to optimize and speed up my computer?

Answer 1

Using registry cleaner can fix your computer and then make your computer faster,Why?the reason is that there may be 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.
http://www.fixslowpc.info
You can download and scan your computer for free.

Answer 2

With Windows, you already have it:

1. Set wallpaper and screensavers to blank or none — they run continuously in the background and use memory.
2. Review your start menu – remove anything you don’t need on a daily basis — load games, etc. on an as-needed basis.
3. From Internet Explorer, Tools, Internet Options: delete cookies, delete files (offline), and clear history. (You can also set days to store history to 0.)
----- These actions will clear your computer’s cache. (For a description of cache, go to http://help.yahoo.com/l/ph/yahoo/mail/access/access-27210.html )
4. Run Disk Cleanup, Scandisk, Defrag at least every two weeks (the more frequently they are run, the less time they take).
5. Periodically, click Start, Programs, Run — they type ipconfig renew
(that’s ipconfig space renew).

These things should increase speed and free up memory as much as possible.
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Re: Organizing your computer -- your job. Your PC cannot think. It doesn't know what is important to you and which take priority.

Create Folders for certain files, then cut and paste files into the folders.

Answer 3

There are programs that do this, but those programs themselves may slow things down too or may even do harm (like some registry cleaners).

Look for best practices on Microsoft's web site (after all they wrote the operating system). The probably will tell you to clean your disk, defrag the disk, limit the startup programs to a minimum (msconfig) and defrag some more. If you want to see how successful you are, you can look into WMI (performance counters) to see how fast a certain benchmark program works.

You also want to see if your system's performance is memory- or CPU-bound. Adding memory is not too expensive these days.

The worst you can do is to download something unknown from one of those online ads "system slow? download this!" which may do the opposite (and drag in spyware).

Answer 4

To make a long story short, most free software will not help you. What i can recommend is regularly Defrag your Hard Drive. (Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Disk Defragmenter.) Also, regularly scan for viruses and spyware. Lots of freeware for spyware and viruses. (TrendMicro HouseCall is a great option)

Answer 5

THIS IS A LONG LIST OF INFO THAT WORKS
TO MAKE OUR COMPUTER FASTER CLEAR YAHOO CACHE

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/original/settings/settings-15.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/getstarted/speed.mspx?wt_svl=10073XPHa1&mg_id=10073XPHb1#ELC
these steps below will help clean up your computer and make it faster
In Internet explorer at top of window select tools - then delete browser history
- then another box will open - select delete all- this will not remove your book marks
-Then close explorer then open again .At first pages will be slow once
and then will load fast after it loads 1 time.Also email etc you will have to sign in 1 time with pass word etc.
This will create new cookies.

Also go to start at bottom of on task bar.
click start 1 time then select find or search depending on your operating system.
Select all files and folders - then type in defrag and click search.When icons come up double click
and new box will come up - select analyze then you will see how fragmented you are -
then choose defrag.You can put this program on your desk top by right clicking on the icon you found in search for defrag.
Right click choose create short cut.This will put a short cut on your desk top.Then you can use as needed in future.


GO TO THESE SITE

http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/getstarted/speed.mspx

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/default.htm

SEARCH
type in disk clean up
go start on blue bar (task bar)
choose search or find
then choose all files and folders
type in word you are looking for
when you see these icons
double click on them until you find what you are looking for
so you dont have to do this again
go back to same icon
right click
choose create short cut on desk top
close all windows
a new icon will be on your desk top
click to open
with disk clean up icon on desk top
open it
choose c drive
let it run
then click ok
you can also choose more options
you will see remove programs i am not using

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ADD AND REMOVE PROGRAMS

remove programs you are not using
click start bottom left on task bar(the blue bar probaly at bottom of your screen)
control panel
add and remove programs
find the program(s) you want to remove
choose remove
reinsall if needed
check status as you do it
be safe

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