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I want to service my computer, any suggestions?
Posted under Registry Cleaning Software by adminI’m deleting old files, uninstalling old software, backing up, disk defrag, updating software, running a registry cleaner.
Is there anything I should add?







Open it up and attack it with a can of spray air, especially on the fans.
Make sure you do a check disc! I recommend CCleaner and you can download it at http://www.filehippo.com.
Sounds like a fairly complete list of things you should do. Although I recommend that the defrag be the LAST thing you do. If you defrag and then update, the new installs with fragment the drive again.
http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/getstarted/speed.mspx?wt_svl=10073XPHa1&mg_id=10073XPHb1
Well, thats Microsofts opinion on the subject.
To make it faster add more RAM.
Registrery cleaners do not do much, but Ccleaner has some useful features.
http://www.blackviper.com/ has some advice on start-up programs, like which you do not need.
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/online/ is very useful to tell you your security vulnerabilities and let you update the programs which are used to allow malware in, which are usually browsers/adobe/java
http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/ plus Windows firewall to stop any nasties.
Best of luck, Bob.
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