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Do you ever get frustrated because your computer runs too slow? Does it sometimes freeze requiring a system reset, or does it sometimes crash, meaning you lose valuable data? Don’t worry – below are ten easy steps you can take to get your computer working at its peak performance.
Hardware – check that all your hardware is connect properly and that the fans are dust free. You might want to take off the CPU fan and remove any dust buildup (desktop PC’s only). CPU overheating is one of the main causes of a computer freezing or involuntarily shutting down. Do this every 3 – 6 months Clean Up Temporary Files – the easiest most thorough way to do this is to use the fantastic free software called CCleaner. Temporary files if not periodically removed and left to accumulate on your system can clog things up and slow your computer down. Do this every week Remove any spyware from your computer because spyware / malware can really slow down your PC too. Currently, the best free software is ‘Malwarebytes Anti-Malware’ . The free version doesn’t have sceduled scans or real-time protection but it was remove any spyware currently on your PC. ‘Spybot Search & Destroy’ is totally free software that will remove most spyware too. Two of the best paid anti-spyware software are ‘Stopzilla’ and ‘Webroot Spy Sweeper’. Run your anti-spyware every week Remove any viruses from your computer as these will slow it down, cause it to crash or even destroy the file system. The best free anti-virus is ‘Avast Anti-Virus’ or ‘AVG Anti-Virus’: Run your anti-virus software every week Check your hard drive for errors. In Windows XP, go to My Computer > right click on the C drive > select properties > click on the tools tab > click on the check now button under error checking. Reset Windows and a check will be done during boot up. Run this check every 3 months Remove any unwanted / un-used programmes from your computer. Go to your control panel > click on add or remove programs > select the programmes you want to remove from the list and click on remove. Run this check every 3 – 6 months, depending on how much new software you install (you may also want to remove non-essential items from your desktop too) Disable any unnecessary background processes from running when you’re not using them. Go to Start > click on the run command > type in msconfig > click on the startup tab > untick any programmes which aren’t required (the only process I have running is my anti-virus). By doing this, you should notice a significant improvement in the time it takes for your computer to boot up. Run this check every 3 – 6 months Clean your registry – the easiest most thorough way to do this is to use the fantastic free software called CCleaner at www.ccleaner.com . Do this every 3 months Defragment your hard drive – go to My Computer > right click on the C drive > select properties > click on the tools tab > click on defragment now > select the drive you want (if you have more than one hard drive partition) and then click on defragment. Do this every 3 months Keep at least 25% of your hard drive free – as your hard drive becomes fuller, it takes longer for applications to load because there is more information to sift through. The ways to keep your hard drive less than 75% full are: using an external hard drive to store non-essential files or; partitioning your hard drive and keeping one half for your operating system and applications and the other partition for files. A good way of partitioning your hard drive is to use the Norton Partition Magic software. Check your hard drive periodically to make sure it’s not above 75% full. You can do this by going to My Computer > right click on the C drive > select properties and look at the capacity pie chart.
N.B. you can search for all of the above mentioned software on Google or www.download.cnet.com.
So there you have a solution for a slow computer. Do all the above and I guarantee your computer will run much faster!
Genuine free software (not illegal or pirated copies) comes in two categories: trialware and freeware. With trialware, the period of free use expires after 30 days or so. The main purpose of trialware is to get you to buy the paid version once you’ve had the chance to assess the product.
The second category – which this article is all about – is known as freeware. Freeware is software that is both free and completely legal to download. It is often created as a hobby, by a programmer who doesn’t need (or doesn’t want) to charge for it. Sometimes it is even created by a whole team of people, as with Mozilla, makers of the fabulous Firefox browser, Open Office and many other wonderful things.
But why do programmers go to all the trouble and expense of creating free software, producing a website and allowing anyone to download the program completely free of charge?
HIDDEN STRINGS
Mozilla software and the various others I will be recommending in this article have no strings attached. They are the genuine article. But some free software does, and the strings may be hidden. In particular, free programs sometimes include spyware, so after downloading and running one, you might find that your browser gets redirected, your home page changed, or unwanted pop-ups keep appearing all the time. With some free software there is no spyware, but during installation you have to be careful not to accidentally agree to change your toolbar or to install additional items on your computer that you don’t actually want. Always read the prompts carefully before clicking the ‘OK’ button!
Some free software is full of ads which are intentionally quite obstructive and annoying. The programmer earns a bit of money from the ads, and states that if you register the program you can make the ads go away. Registration often costs just a few dollars, and if you like the program it may be well worth the cost.
ANTI-VIRUS FREE DOWNLOADS
Free downloads of anti-virus products? Surely they can’t be as reliable as paid programs? With free stuff, where’s the guarantee? If this is what you think, you couldn’t be further from the truth. Some free anti-virus programs are actually better than paid products. I’m not going to name any names of paid programs which did not compare so well in tests – but rest assured, it’s true.
Two really outstanding free anti-virus downloads are Avast and Avira (to get the download links see my website address at the end of this article). They both have excellent reviews, and provide first-rate protection. Many people feel they have overtaken AVG Free Antivirus, which used to be top of the charts. Anti-virus products are very expensive to produce, and if you’re wondering how the makers manage to survive by providing them free, it’s because they also produce complete commercial internet security packages, which give broader protection than just antivirus. People who like the free antivirus often invest in an annual subscription to the full security suite.
OTHER FREE INTERNET SECURITY DOWNLOADS
For enhanced firewall protection, it’s hard to beat free ZoneAlarm. Many people who get this as a free download and use it together with one of the top free antivirus programs, feel that they have complete protection. But even the best anti-virus can sometimes fail when it comes to spyware and Trojans. I’ve already mentioned some of the harm that spyware can do. Free Ad-Aware from Lavasoft, and free Spywareblaster are top-rated free anti-spyware programs. Spywareblaster doesn’t just remove spyware, it also prevents it from being installed on your computer.
Trojans are just as sinister as viruses and spyware. They are small programs that masquerade as something useful, but in fact exist to steal information from your computer. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is recommended by many as supreme in Trojan detection and removal. With the free version you have to update it manually every time you use it, but the paid version (which does not cost a lot) keeps itself automatically updated.
FREE MEDIA PLAYERS
The other day I tried to play a short video using Windows Media Player, only to find that WMP rejected it as having an ‘unknown codec’. Surely a video is a video is a video…? What the h… is a codec anyway? The video was in a perfectly normal format, so there wasn’t anything I could do to make it playable.
I had heard that free VLC Media Player could play absolutely any audio or video format, and can even repair failed downloads, so I decided to download it. Lo and behold, it was not only incredibly easy to use, but played my video without a hitch. Guess what I’ll be using in future instead of Windows Media Player? VLC gets a 10/10 rating from quite a lot of reviewers on the internet, and that’s rare. It can also convert files into different formats, and there’s a Macintosh version too.
Download VLC Player to compare and see all its features and the media playable. Another top-rated free media player is free Jet Audio. This program plays your music files and you can also use it for CD ripping and burning, recording, and converting music files to different formats. Other Jet Audio features include an equalizer, ability to download YouTube videos, synchronized lyric (karaoke), and tag editing (artist, album, track title etc.)