How To Clean Your PC


How To Clean Your PC

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PC users these days start off with the internet unlike in ancient times when PCs were mostly standalone. However with constant use of the Web a lot of junk files tend to get accumulated in the PC and unless cleaned regularly, they really slow down the system.

Here are some basic maintainence steps that have worked very well for me in the last decade for my PC/laptop. You can try them before calling in the experts. The steps are for Windows users

Clean Temporary Internet Files

Go to Internet Explorer/Tools/Internet Options

At Temporary Internet Files
Delete Cookies and delete temp. internet files

Reduce the No. of Days to keep in History to 3. The default option is 20

Clean Temporary Files

Go to Run at the Start Menu
Type %temp% and click ok
Select all the temporary files that appear and send to Recycle Bin

Empty the Recycle Bin

Empty the recycle bin at periodic intervals as it tends to slow up the PC.

Here's another way to clean those temporary internet files and the recycle bin. Use this regularly.

Go to Start / Program / Accessories /System Tools / Disk Cleanup
Run the Disk cleanup

Defragment Disk

Go to Start / Program / Accessories /System Tools / Disk Defragmenter

Analyze and defragment the disk if recommended. This can be carried out once in two months or so.

Last but not the least scan the PC with an antivirus (that has not expired!) regularly.

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user-icon Submitted by mamamia07 on Wed, 2008-06-11 05:57


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Mia Northwest's picture

This is a good guide

Submitted by Mia Northwest on Wed, 2008-06-11 08:48.

This is a good guide and a good reminder for me! I used to be more diligent about doing these things and my PC ran better. Now it's bogged down with junk. I'd been planning on taking time to get this done....thx!

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Classic Tips

Submitted by Xomba Moderator on Wed, 2008-06-11 10:46.

These are tips that have consistently worked for me since I got my first Windows computer back in 1995.

mamamia07's picture

thanks mia

Submitted by mamamia07 on Sat, 2008-06-14 04:28.

glad to be of help. its so often we dont do the simplest of things!

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Scanning with a pirated copy of virus software..

Submitted by Free SEO Resources on Sun, 2008-07-06 11:31.

In Thailand I saw a guy buying a copy of a virus program to run on his computer. I don't think that's such a good idea. His problems probably stemmed from the fact that he was running a copy of Windows and not the real thing. I personally don't trust putting anything pirated on my computer..especially an operating system or virus scanning software...I don't think it's a good idea. Not to mention, it contributes to high prices on legitimate software. You also need to be careful of some freeware!

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