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The easiest way to make an old computer faster!

Buy the eBook Price: Available in Russia Shop from Russia to buy this item. Has it slowed down? We show you how to make your computer faster with this easy to follow, step-by-step guide. Even computer experts may not know some of these tricks! Ratings and Reviews 0 0 star ratings 0 reviews. Overall rating No ratings yet 0. How to write a great review Do Say what you liked best and least Describe the author's style Explain the rating you gave Don't Use rude and profane language Include any personal information Mention spoilers or the book's price Recap the plot.

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We appreciate your feedback. Removing all the junkware may not speed up your PC to any noticable degree but it can make your PC safer from hackers who use these programs to get into your PC.

What Can You Do About a Slow Computer?

However, if you have more than 10 percent free space on your hard drive removing files may not speed your PC very much. It never hurts to do a bit of spring cleaning though. Use the Windows Disk Cleanup utility program to get rid of temporary files and other files you no longer need on your PC. In the window General tab you will find a button to start Disk Cleanup. To learn about Disk Cleanup before using it click the How does Disk Cleanup work link near the bottom of the window.

You should use Disk Cleanup at least once a month to get rid of junk files that do nothing more than fill your hard drive and may also slow down your PC. Also try Ccleaner In addition to or instead of Disk Cleanup. Download the free version of Ccleaner program then install and run it to remove temporary files from your PC.

Ccleaner has other features you can use to uninstall programs and disable unwanted startup items that may be slowing your PC's boot time. When installing Ccleaner be sure to watch the installer to deselect any unwanted software installs Google Chrome and Toolbar other than the Ccleaner program itself.


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Check to see how much disk space is being used - and for what. In the same window disk C: Properties where you found Disk Cleanup is a graphical representation that tells you how much space is left on your drive - and also the size of your drive. Normal files that take up an unusually great amount of space on a hard drive are music files, graphics files photos , and especially video files movies. If, by chance, your hard drive is near full yet you have none or very few of the above mentioned files then you may simply have a rather small hard drive - if not you may have another problem.

To solve it or at least discover what it is you can download a small program called Treesize Free. Download it from Jam Software's page. TreeSize Free is a small program that displays the size of every folder and file, including every subfolder, in a series of expandable Explorer-like tree views. With this handy little program you'll easily be able to see what's eating the space on your hard drive. And hopefully delete the bloated files.

If any of the extra-large files you find with Treesize are located in the Windows folder you should go online to seek help in deciding whether it is safe to delete these files.


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Another great program for this purpose is called WinDirStat. WinDirStat is open-source freeware available from Fosshub , a site that hosts open-source software. You certainly don't need to keep old installer programs that you have already used to install your programs.

If you need to re-install a program it's usually much better to download it again to get a newer version than to keep using the same old one. Also if you have personal documents in your Download Folder they should be put into your Documents Folder where you'll be able to find them. Clean out your Downloads Folder! There's no telling how much space you can reclaim on your hard drive until you start looking.

The hard drive may have data errors that keep it spinning too much looking for the proper data. In addition the data on the hard drive may be scattered all over the place requiring the hard drive to spin longer to find data. It is neither necessary nor desireable to defragment a SSD Drive.

To check your primary hard disk: In the new window that appears you will find three utilties: One to check your disk for errors. Another to check your disk for fragmentation. And one to backup your PC. This one is covered elsewhere. Check your disk for Errors and file corruption - and fix them if possible. If you suspect a problem with your disk then: Yet another small window will appear to notify you that Windows can't check the disk while it's in use.

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Clicking this button does not do anything immediately. At reboot the Check Disk utility will run unless you stop it before it starts. When the Check Disk Utility finishes Windows will start - it may take a while. Check your disk for file fragmentation: In the same window tools tab of disk C: Properties there is also a utility to optimize and defragment your drive. This will not start anything yet - it will simply open another window in which you can see if any of your drives are fragmented - and how much.

If your drive has a lot of data it may take quite some time to complete the defragmentation - especially if the fragmentation is severe. Note if your PC is running Windows 7, 8, or In Windows 7 the primary hard drive is optimized defragmented automatically by default but not checked for errors by default. If you have too many programs set to start along with Windows and run in the background this can slow your PC to a crawl - especially if you don't have sufficient RAM installed.

It's relatively simply to look to see what's starting up and running alongside of Windows - simply open MSConfig. Here you will see all the startup programs enabled or disabled on your PC. If you installed the Ccleaner program earlier you can use it to perform this function if you wish. After starting Ccleaner choose Tools on the left then choose the Startup tab to see a list of startup programs on your PC.

The next window contains information about whether you should leave it alone or if you can disable it safely. If you use Ccleaner you can right-click the startup window in Ccleaner and choose to save a text file of your startup items. Be sure to save the file where you can find it! This will help when you are trying to decide whether to disable a startup item.

It's easy to mistype and get the wrong answer or none at all. Just highlight the item name then copy and paste!

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If you have lots of startup items this task will be time-consuming but not all that difficult. Restart your PC and you will notice the list of little icons in the Task Bar will not be so long now. And your PC should boot faster if you have eliminated enough of them. Many programs, when installed, place icons in the Task Bar. Prime examples of this are Yahoo Messenger, Skype and Printing software of different brands.

None of these programs need to run all the time. When, and if, you need them simply double-click their shortcuts or choose them from the Start Menu. Too many Fonts installed? Extra installed fonts can slow your PC down. You can delete or hide extra fonts easily. You can also install new fonts by dragging them into this window. For more information see this Microsoft Page. If you like, you can check to see what's starting up along side of your internet browser. There are three things you need to check for here. Generally you should do this unless you must run a third-party extension for some specific purpose.

If you know that you connect normally using a Proxy server leave this setting as it is. However if not you should change it since malware will sometimes change this setting to enable a connection to an unwanted homepage.

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If not change it. If your connection to the internet is plagued by interuptions and slowdowns, before complaining to your Internet Service Provider ISP , if your connection is still up at all, you could navigate to www. To Check this setting: In Windows 10 all Windows updates are downloaded and installed automatically by default unless you tell Windows you are on a metered connection. They will normally be updated automatically but it never hurts to check. You can uncheck the box before clicking install to avoid extra software if you choose.

Older versions of Java are not always removed when updating. It never hurts to check. The primary purpose of updates for these programs and runtimes is to close holes through which hackers can attack your PC and place malware on it - in addition to adding new features. For more information concerning updating these programs see my file Freeware. You submitted the following rating and review. We'll publish them on our site once we've reviewed them. Item s unavailable for purchase. Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item s now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.

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