8 Easy Steps To Freeing Up Your Computer

Over the years I've use laptops, I have noticed a pattern: the longer I've owned a Laptop, the slower it seems to run!

There are a lot of people, including me, who will keep using their existing notebook until it runs so slow, they just upgrade to a newer model, thinking that newness equates to better speed. This is not always the case.

Some think like the basis it is getting slower is because it is getting older, when this is clearly not the issue. Your PC should be running just as fast as the day you brought it home – all you must do is follow these 8 easy steps to have it running like new again! notebook.

1. You should empty your Tempory Files on a regular basis, at least once a week to be safe. You need to clear this storage space, because it gets filled up with junk files your PC just doesn't need to run, usually from startup. This will slow your notebook's processing ability, or run-time, thereby slowing down the launching of your programs and applications. To empty your Temporary Internet Files, you go to your Control Panel and double-click the Internet Options icon. Then choose to Delete Cookies and Delete Files. This will empty all of your Temporary Internet Files.

2. To further speed up your computer, shut down any programs you aren't using. Unnecessary programs and/or programs that you leave running simply eat up your laptop's run-time, or processing speed, thereby slowing down everything else.

3. Scan your hard disk(s) for errors.In general, most notebooks only have one hard disk, although you can purchase another exterior hardrive for additional storage space.

For a Windows 95 onwards, double-click My notebook. Right-click your C-drive, and then click on Properties. Click on the Tools tab and choose to check your notebook for problems. For Windows 2000 and XP, double-click My notebook. Right-click the C-drive and click Properties, then click on the Tools tab. If you choose to do a Thorough Scan, this will check your notebook's hardware for any physical disk damage or sector damage. You may then choose to fix any errors it finds. Click on Check Now. You will then have two check boxes. The top alternative is for the file check, and the second option is for the hardware (physical disk) check. Check either one, or both. At least check the top one. Hit OK, reboot your notebook, then let it run

4. If you can't pay for software to tune up your PC for you, they can be costly, if you have Windows XP, you can streamline the performance yourself. By default, unfortunately,EVERYTHING is turned on in Windows XP. It isn’t very well-organized for performance, but rather for appearance. That's just Windows for you, like it or leave it. You can turn off a few of the unnecessary features, and Windows will still work just as well, and possibly a little faster.

To do this, right-click on My notebook and click on Properties. Click on the Advanced tab. Under the Performance section, click on the Settings button. On the Visual Effects tab, you will see a list of check boxes. By default, these are all on. You really don’t need any of them for Windows to run. Go through the check boxes one by one, and determine which ones you can and can’t live without.

6. Use a high-quality AntiVirus program to prevent viruses from taking over your system, such Norton 360, which I use.

7. Block Spyware. Most notebook users have Spyware and don’t even know it, and when they're notebook alerts them to this fact, they have no idea how to get rid of it. If you've been taken to websites that you had no intention of going to or you get pop-ups when you aren’t even on the Internet, or if your laptop has been running extremely slowly lately, for no reason, you in all probability have Spyware.

In some situations, when the Spyware has become too entangled into your system, at this point, all you can do is just backup your essentials, and do a complete re-boot of your laptop's operating system. This is the ultimate, desperate act, only to be done if you have (a) backed up everything first, and (b) feel you have no other option. It is a difficult thing to do, belive me on this, since you know you will only have to set up your desktop exactly the way you like it, and this takes time. Again, this is a last resort, so look into all other avenues ahead of doing this.

8. Lastly, Defragment your hard drive(s). NOTE: Your PC requires at least 25% of free space for the Defragmentation to execute. The defragmentation will still work with only 15% free space, but it can take quite a bit longer. If you can, delete any redundant files before deframenting your drives.

a. To defragment your hard drives (in any Windows operating system), double-click on My Laptop, then right-click on the C-drive and click on Properties. Click on the Tools tab and choose the bottom button, to Defragment Now…

If you follow these steps, your PC have to start to run a lot faster and more efficiently. It in all probability won't be running at the speed when it was new; that takes the purchasing of registry cleaning product for that, or an IT person to "clean it out" for you.

Happy 'puting, everyone!

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