HOW TO SPEED UP A SLOW PC OR INFECTED PC. (a mini guide)

debitcardmayhem

Bossmanboost wrote: »

Yea CC cleaner is a bit heavy, but not too bad. If you really need a light non-spammy registry cleaner I would suggest XXXXXXXXXXXXXX. It runs pretty smoothly, and does the trick. Its important to keep your registry clean, specially if you have installed and uninstalled lots of programs in your computers lifetime.

Goodluck!

Newbie two posts, recommends same pants bit of software smells like :spam: even without the tin being opened

waddler_8

Bossmanboost wrote: »

Its important to keep your registry clean,

um... No, it isn't. Any perceived benefits are far outweighed by the potential pitfalls of such programs.

Miroslav

Super thread.

My PC has had a noticeable improvement in many areas.

I still need the new RAM and Graphics Card, but even without it my PC has picked up thanks to closed's offerings.

annaflax

thanks for sharing

Sajjad_Rahman

Thank you very much for posting such valuable information. I currently use CC Cleaner as you suggested, which has fastened by browsing and pc speed too. Thanks again

Madharry_2

Have you tried deleting all but the last System Restore Checkpoint. These files can take up a lot of space if you don't delete periodically.

This is good advice indeed.I do this regularly ( about once every 2 weeks) and i usually get rid of about 10gb.

murphydavid

Madharry wrote: »

Have you tried deleting all but the last System Restore Checkpoint. These files can take up a lot of space if you don't delete periodically.

This is good advice indeed.I do this regularly ( about once every 2 weeks) and i usually get rid of about 10gb.

How do I do it? If its just find them and delete Where are they? What are they called? Is it possible to configure windows to do it automatically when a certain (lesser) size is reached?

waddler_8

murphydavid wrote: »

How do I do it? If its just find them and delete Where are they? What are they called? Is it possible to configure windows to do it automatically when a certain (lesser) size is reached?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555367

http://bertk.mvps.org/html/diskspace.html

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/How-much-disk-space-does-System-Restore-require

Skeenfleent

waddler_8 wrote: »

um... No, it isn't. Any perceived benefits are far outweighed by the potential pitfalls of such programs.

Worth defragging the registry files (and other hard drive files), which I haven't seen mentioned much on here... not every day, but, say, once per month depending on usage.

murphydavid

Windows XP: Not speed up your computer but speed up your computer boot up. If your computer does not need a re-boot then try selecting hibernate instead of shut down.