Clean Up Your Act!

Tweak One - Daily Maintenance

Essential!

Everyone knows that computers running 'Windows' can sometimes be a pain-in-the-arse and slow down over time.
While not an exhaustive list of solutions to these problems, this collection of remedies offers several ways to speed up your computer.
Complete with step-by-step instructions, even novice computer users should be able to follow the steps. The instructions apply to all versions of Windows.

Has your computer ever crashed, making it impossible to shut it down properly? Have you ever experienecd a power outage? These problems and others can cause damage to your system files. Windows provides a utility called scandisk that will automatically detect and fix much of the damage, improving your system's performance in the process.

• 1.) Run Scandisk Daily, or programs such as this FREE crap cleaner:CCleaner and this great FREE registry cleaner to clean your 'temp' files and registry, at least EVERY DAY!
• 5.) Scan for Viruses

  Viruses can wreak havoc on your computer. Detecting and cleaning viruses is an excellent way to improve your system's performance. There are many antivirus programs to choose from, but the best one is AVG by Grisoft.

• 3.) Check for Spyware and Adware, download this Free product:AdAware

  Spyware is software that allows companies to monitor what websites you visit or even access your computer. Adware is software that displays advertisements. Both use system resources and slow your computer down. Detecting and removing the programs will improve system performance.

• 4.) Stop Programs from starting on Windows boot

  One way you can speed up your computer is to prevent programs from launching themselves at start-up. Not only do the unwanted programs delay the start of Windows, they also continue to slow down your computer since they use system resources. The FREE Startup Inspector checks what programs are started, when you load windows. If you don't know what these programs are, you can check the windowsstartup.com database for information, and decide to allow or refuse to load the programs - cool eh?!

• N.B. I urge you to change to 'Firefox' web browser,
  also free, as it has an anti-pop-up blocker built in, and it is much more stable, reliable and user-friendly than those other lumps of rubbish from microsoft: IE5, (Internet Explorer) IE6 and IE7!!
• I write XHTML and CSS code, and if there is anyone needs help
  with this or anything to do with computers, M.S. Office, etc., just drop me a line...