BeNNy Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Rightio...My computer has been running quite slow these past couple of days..Just wondering if there are any programs or whatever that will give it a clean up? Get rid of some files..or something..Ive deleted some files..also did a disk clean up and defragment..Not really seeing any difference..So any programs or whatever that will make it run a bit faster...??Thankssss..!Benny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixed Pants™ Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 System Mechanic seemed quite good, get it from http://www.download.com, only a trial version though that only lasts for 30 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickyw Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 (edited) Keep deleting unwatned/large files,Keep doing a virus scan and keep defragging.Also re-install a fresh window's (If that's what you use). Edited January 13, 2007 by nickyw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omgnoseat Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 search google for ''Ccleaner''. it deletes unused files and left over files from uninstalled programsdeleted 3 gig of mem from my comp It also searches for issues and fixes them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poopipe Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 those cleaner program things probably work ok but most likely you've got a load of unnecessaries running in the background which they won't sort out. uninstall anything that constantly checks stuff on your machine - google desktop search is a prime example, if media player or itunes are set to check folders for new music then that'll slow stuff down. make sure there's always lot of space on your system drive (C: probably) like at least 10 gb - if you can be arsed you could defragment it but I can never be bothered. babys crying, i'd write more otherwise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeNNy Posted January 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Coool! Cheers for themmm..Yeah, Im downloading Ccleaner now..and see how it goes..Ive actually not done a virus scan in ages... - Will do that later as well!Anymore ideas..Keep them coming!Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredrico Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 That CCleaner is amazing, it deleted 5gig of stuff from my computer, i might regurlarly check my computer now, to stop so much crap building up. so thanks Meteor~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickyw Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 I dunno if this help's alot,But compessing folder's/media and program's? Made my other pc faster a little bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Clark Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Anyone know how to choose what programs start up when you start the computer?Because currently I've got loads of bollocks in the bottom right corner I don't want but can't figure out how to stop them from automatically starting up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janson Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 i think going start>run and typing 'msconfig'. then there should be a tab for autostart, where you can select whatever to autostart, or not to autostart.not 100% sure because i am not on a windows pc at the moment, but i think it works that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Cable Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 i think going start>run and typing 'msconfig'. then there should be a tab for autostart, where you can select whatever to autostart, or not to autostart.not 100% sure because i am not on a windows pc at the moment, but i think it works that way.Close, but no cigar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janson Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 pretty good for a mac user with twitchy fingers, being used to type msn though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Cable Posted January 13, 2007 Report Share Posted January 13, 2007 Fair do'z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paolo Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Get linux, my computer's running so damn fast now that I don't have anything to run on it ! Seriously, I find it's much faster, when you aren't doing anything, the computer really isn't doing anything, not running 20000 update programs and like 5 firewalls and 2 programs to check for things running and constantly checking your memory for malware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munkee Posted January 14, 2007 Report Share Posted January 14, 2007 Anyone know how to choose what programs start up when you start the computer?Because currently I've got loads of bollocks in the bottom right corner I don't want but can't figure out how to stop them from automatically starting up.Start --> Run --> msconfig --> startupalso in the same program go to services, click hide all microsoft services then deselect the ones your dont need Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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