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Old 14-01-2011, 01:05   #1
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speed up my P.C.
Hi there is a free download on Virgin for this Speed up my P.C. I downloaded it but I got to register its suposed to be free is that right cheers take care best regards
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Re: speed up my P.C.
I personally wouldn't use that type of software, to speed up your PC just do the following
Run a full anti virus scan
Run a full spyware scan
clear internet cache
use ccleaner (run once a week)
defrag your hard disk
uninstall old software

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Re: speed up my P.C.
If you have either Windows Vista or the newer Windows 7 there is an online tool from Microsoft I use once a month which does the trick for me it's available at http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/default.htm run a full scan option, sit back and relax.
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Old 14-01-2011, 09:31   #4
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Re: speed up my P.C.
As above but include a disk cleanup and also get rid of some of the older restore points.
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Old 14-01-2011, 10:26   #5
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Re: speed up my P.C.
Thanks guys thats a great help cheers take care best regards
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Old 14-01-2011, 12:32   #6
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I personally wouldn't use that type of software, to speed up your PC just do the following
Run a full anti virus scan
Run a full spyware scan
clear internet cache
use ccleaner (run once a week)
defrag your hard disk
uninstall old software

regards,

plus limit start up programs
possibly add more ram
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Re: speed up my P.C.
nice tool

One problem

http://tinypic.com/r/2ln9092/7 (largeish pic so link rather than image embed)
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I personally wouldn't use that type of software, to speed up your PC just do the following
Run a full anti virus scan
Run a full spyware scan
clear internet cache
use ccleaner (run once a week)
defrag your hard disk
uninstall old software

regards,
On top of this, goto start, run, type services.msc and set to manual anything you will not use. Also, goto start run, type msconfig, choose start-up tab and un-check anything u do not want to load at start-up.
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Re: speed up my P.C.
I dont have manual in there only extended and standard whats that for cheers take care best regards
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Old 21-01-2011, 02:20   #10
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do not go into services and change anything you may make a mess
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do not go into services and change anything you may make a mess
I agree, unless you have the experience, messing with servives is not something you should be doing, you may make your PC unbootable or unstable.

Might be better to start with the basics. has your PC ever been faster than it is now? What ate it's specs ie CPU speed, amount of memory?
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Re: speed up my P.C.
its not to bad at the moment i just heeded a program like speed up my P.C. to keep it in tip toe condition a scan every couple of weeks something like that cheers take care best regards.
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I agree, unless you have the experience, messing with servives is not something you should be doing, you may make your PC unbootable or unstable.

Might be better to start with the basics. has your PC ever been faster than it is now? What ate it's specs ie CPU speed, amount of memory?
Check out this guys tutorials, they're dead easy to follow if you're not confident in doing it yourself...

http://www.blackviper.com/
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Re: speed up my P.C.
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Check out this guys tutorials, they're dead easy to follow if you're not confident in doing it yourself...

http://www.blackviper.com/
Yeah....I gotta second that.
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Re: speed up my P.C.
If you're a bit unsure about what programs boot on startup and may be slowing down your pc there's this great little tool

http://www.soluto.com/

Very easy to use interface, it puts the various things on start up into 3 sections, then gives you the option to delay the start, or not run unless you run the program it relates to.

It certainly helps reduce the boot time and might be worth a look.
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