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21 Mar 2008 6:57 PM

OK......i'm no expert so comments are welcomed but first off all, personal computers (PC) run slow because of all the websites you've ever clicked on and things your computer has saved that you don't want anymore...first thing is to clean it all up.

I do this daily:
...open Internet explorer,find tools,Internet options, then delete files,cookies, history,delete all,you must trust me on all of this. Doing this only deletes temporary files that your computer saved without your knowledge.
...find days to keep history,I'm sure you have it on 20 or 21,every time you visit a web page this stays on your hard drive,that's why pages take so long to load,Because its searching your hard drive......put it on zero.
OK that's cleaned a little.

...download a free virus scanner like ad-ware. A computer needs baby sitting and has to be cleaned up regularly...at least 2 times a week.

EXTRA TIPS:
...also you can add some more ram to your computer. ram is your "water pipes"... if its not big enough for the things you are using then, your computer slows down. Just buy more Ram for your computer...the more RAM the faster your computer should start up or run programs.

...move some of your songs to a CD so you can free up space on the 

...you can disable startup programs. Start, Run
type in msconfig...be careful and don't disable any Microsoft System files.

...delete stuff you don't want from you mailbox...especially attachments (photos, songs, jokes, etc that take up lots of MB


THINGS YOU SHOULD DO ONLY IF YOU UNDERSTAND IT:

I've never done this but just learned that i should:
...next click start,all programmes,accessories,system tools,disk clean up...do both drives.
...next click start again,all programmes,accessories,system tools,disk defragment,analyze both c and d to see if they both need a defragment.

Here's more you can do but you must be careful not to disable programs you want (but if you do you can always go back and enable them again...you might want to leave this to a professional if you don't understand it:
...you can click run, in run type in msconfig...here is your system configuration,which show you what programmes are starting up,be careful not to disable what you don't recognize or what you want to keep...,you will see in there for instance...look around to see what you want to start up or not...?
3w's dot spybot dot info/en/index dot html

I don't understand this but someone told me you can do this...don't if you don't understand what you're doing though:
...go into Start - run - type in Prefetch, select all, delete then go into start - run - type in %temp%, select all, delete. They said they learned this from someone they called in regards to their Dell computer running slow. She does this every once in a while.

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