How to keep your PC running FAST and EFFICIENTLY

This instructable will guide you step by step on how to clean up your computer and keep it running fast without paying for one of those rediculous programs.

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Step 1: Updates

One of the biggest thing you can do for your computer to help keep it running fast is to check for the latest hardware and software updates. You can accomplish this by opening internet explorer and highlighting the tools button on the main ribbon at the top of the window and clicking on the windows update option.

mr.incredible says: Aug 9, 2009. 6:50 PM

Very nice ible. It's suprising how much crap accumulates over a short period of time. I do a lot of this for a living. A really good tool (free) is ccleaner. I run it on almost every computer I work on. It only takes a few mins and really makes people happy. You can download it from http://www.filehippo.com . It gets updated about once a month. It can handle most of the task you outline here. In addition, the registry cleanup is great. Feel free to remove anything it finds. I have never had a problem after removing/fixing everything it finds in the registry cleanup. I would recommend running this once a month (at least). I would recommend unchecking everything in the first section on the temp file removal except "Temporary Internet files" Deleting cookies is not always a good thing. It's not bad to do, it just isn't necessary and it will keep you from having to retype everything on sites you regularly visit. On the second section uncheck the Recent items. The rest of the settings leave em as they are.

Vinsu says: Mar 24, 2011. 10:09 AM

I have also found that Defraggler is one of the other must-have-programs. Made by same company as Ccleaner and can be also found at http://www.filehippo.com for free. Much better than Windows' own defragmentation program, much faster and more accurate. Don't know about other operating systems...