| So your once trusty and reliable computer that was | | | | scans. Spyware can wreak havoc on your internet |
| fast and error-free is now slow and buggy. You turn | | | | speed and viruses can literally disable your computer. |
| on your PC and it takes more than 5 minutes for it | | | | Spyware is mostly put on your computer without |
| to boot up. You start Microsoft Word and minutes | | | | you even knowing it. When you visit certain websites |
| later it is still loading or your surfing the internet and | | | | they will put what is called a 'cookie' on your |
| the screen freezes and stalls forcing you to turn it | | | | computer to track what kind of sites you visit and to |
| off and back on again. | | | | gather statistics. Every time you close out internet |
| Believe it or not, the above is more common than | | | | explorer you can delete the cookies and temporary |
| not. AS time goes by, your computer gets full of | | | | files. This will definitely give you more speed when |
| programs, applications, spyware, malware, and | | | | surfing the internet. There are a handful of free |
| becomes loaded down with software that mostly is | | | | programs to sort out spyware as well as anti-virus |
| not needed. Below are three things that you can do | | | | programs to guard your PC from any attacks. |
| right now to speed up your PC and make it blazing | | | | Last, but not least you should periodically clean your |
| fast! | | | | registry. Your windows registry is the command |
| The first thing you can do is clean out your hard | | | | center of your computer and everything that runs, |
| drive. Go through and organize your files, music, | | | | first passes through here. A corrupt and bloated |
| media, movies, etc... Just like you clean your office | | | | registry will make a fast computer a slow one. It can |
| and clutter can make you less efficient. Organize your | | | | also accumulate corrupt entries and invalid ones. This |
| files and deleting the ones you no longer need can | | | | is often caused by installing programs and uninstalling |
| free up dome extra space. For the big files mostly | | | | them. Every time you do this is marks an entry on |
| media, store them on a separate CD which can save | | | | the registry and then deletes it. Manually trying to |
| you lots of space. | | | | clean your registry can be slightly tricky and it is |
| Then after you organize your files you need to | | | | recommended you invest in a good registry cleaner. |
| defrag your hard drive. This can be done through the | | | | There are a handful of registry cleaners out there, |
| Start Menu >> Accessories >> System tools. Then | | | | but you will want to invest in a solid one. Many offer |
| from there pick disk Defragmenter. Defragging your | | | | free scans to show you the potential threats that |
| hard drive will organize your files that are written and | | | | my affect your computer speed. Take advantage of |
| group them together to make it easy for your PC to | | | | this and run the free scan. You may be surprised in |
| find and use it. | | | | what you find! |
| Second you should run weekly spyware and virus | | | | |