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Don't you just hate how your computer starts to slow down after a while? The worst part is you have no idea why is it doing this? Most people would say maybe it's because of a virus, but sometime people just lack in maintaining it. It's true an old system might not work as well as a newer one, but there are ways to keep the computer going longer than usual. With a faster functioning computer your performance on starcraft1, 2, and other games will be a lot more smooth! This guide will show you how to do so in very simple methods.
Deleting things you don't need
Yes! delete all the junk you do not need anymore. Have a game you never touch anymore? Clean it up! Go to control panel->add/remove programs and uninstall it. Have music you don't listen to anymore? or movies you do not watch anymore? Delete it off you pc! If you spend 15 minute just looking through your files and programs and removing the ones you do not need, you will notice a big space difference. The more space you have the faster your computer speed will increase.
That's an example picture of removing a program!
Destroy spyware and virus!
Everyone hates virus and spyware crap. Get an antivirus..Avg is a good one, if you haven't already have one give that one a try. You may download it and install it. Run the scan and try to kill any virus that you already have on your computer. If you have never scanned before you might see a lot, but it's okay just get rid of it.
System Cleanup
Using the Disk Cleanup Utility to clean up all that junk. If you have never done this or haven't done it in a while it might take sometime, but be patient and wait it out. You will notice a big change in memory and computer performance. Another great thing to do is to cleanup all those leftover junk in your registry. Best to use a program such as CCleaner to cleanup cookies and non usable junk. Another great thing that surprised me in saving memory was the clearing "all old but recent system restore save points" woo that saved me a couple gigs. You can do this by looking in the other options part of the disk cleanup utility.
Using Msconfig
This next step will also speed up your computer booting speed. When you turn on your computer you might notice it gets slower overtime. This is a step that can make things a little bit faster, and increase performance. Go to Start-->run-->msconfig in there select Performance and Maintenance and then choose "Rearrange items on you hard disk..." and "Free up space on your hard disk." After that you want to go to startup section in msconfig and uncheck the programs that you do not need to be run during startup. With these steps done your computer will boot faster and also increase performance and speed.
Comments
These are just basic things that you should do from time to time. If there is anything else you would like to be placed on here please let me know and i will try my best to do so. Thanks again for viewing.
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Pitcairn19291 Posts
Nice and simple guide, but I do think you could possibly add links as to where to get some of the programs you mentioned.
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45 342 912 kilobytes = 43.2423706 gigabytes
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Great guide, a lot of these are pretty self-explanatory but still useful for people don't know about this stuff.
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pretty good guide for the basics but maybe you should include stuff like dusting your fans, its a pretty simple task to perform and can help improve computer performance a great deal (especially in dusty environments)
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great i will try and add it
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quite poor to be honost.
i think the the average tl.net user knows all of these steps.
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i did know all these things, but at least it reminded me to do them. thanks!
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Two guides and you have only been @ TL for 2 days....you must really want a beta key.
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Just wondering, does all of this apply for vista too? Ive just gotten a laptop with vista and im not really sure how to perform a proper maintance on it, though i suppose its the same im not really sure.
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On June 07 2009 06:02 Resonance wrote:
Two guides and you have only been @ TL for 2 days....you must really want a beta key.
Well if I read the news post correctly, only accounts registered before May 10th are eligible.
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Glary utilities has alot of maintenence stuff in one
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On June 07 2009 06:45 DrTJEckleburg wrote:Show nested quote +On June 07 2009 06:02 Resonance wrote:
Two guides and you have only been @ TL for 2 days....you must really want a beta key. Well if I read the news post correctly, only accounts registered before May 10th are eligible.
^^
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Sweden33719 Posts
Hm, I can't find that in the newspost - where is it? It's not supposed to be there. The only contest with a restriction is the Ironman tournament (and we *might* change that, not sure yet).
Are you sure you are not confusing this with the Blizzcon contest?
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defraging your harddrive will help too.
vista does this automatically now from time to time i think.
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On June 09 2009 01:33 Cali wrote:
You forgot the most obvious and most important thing to do. RUN Microsoft Update.
How bout no -_-
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Add Defragmentation too
And also a registry cleaning software.
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I like to use CrapCleaner for most of my cleaning needs.
You should probably mention anti-adware, spyware programs. I run spybot S&D every once in a while, and use something else (I forget the name) for real-time blocking.
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I second dusting case/fans, also the ultimate way to clear garbage out is to reformat your hard drive and reinstall the OS. There you eliminate viruses, hard drive fragmentation, registry problems and however else Windows has managed to slow itself down in one fell swoop. It is a lot more trouble than a piece of software, but a lot more effective. I do it annually. Another good thing to do is to check out what services are running and stop what you don't need (this is separate from startup items). Also, make sure Windows's prefetching service isn't using an aggressive behaviour, and clear out the prefetch folder. Finally, remember that the fewer programs you have installed, the better (usually) so try to have programs that will "do it all", eg VLC for any video/audio, 7-zip or izarc for any archives, etc.
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