Here it is; the computer that you have always wanted. The manual tells you very little about why or how to use many of the programs on it. You know you are supposed to clean the hard drive but you are not quite sure how to do that. What is antispyware? Well I can answer many of those questions for you and a few more.

You should have a firewall, antivirus software, and a disk cleaner on your computer. When you save files to your computer you should have a folder that they will go into such as, pictures, music, documents and so on. Clean off all the icons from your desktop that you do not often use, as you can find them in the start menu or under programs. Take off any programs from the start up menu as it can slow down the start up process.

Each website you visit places files on your computer. You need to clean these files out. This is what a disk cleaner will do. It searches for duplicate files, or files that are no longer needed or used by your computer. It cleans them off of your hard drive. These would include files from your temporary folders cookies and cache. This should be done daily or every few days depending on your computer use.

When you download and run a program, many files are left in temporary folders and other folders that you know longer need. Every website you visit leaves a file on your computer so you need to clean out the cookies and cache files. There are some good programs out there that will do this for you with just a few clicks. You can find them free or at a small cost. Make sure to keep all of your software up to date.

A registry cleaner can keep your registry clean by removing old file strings, which will keep your computer running better. Keep an anti spyware program on to help you to avoid and clean any spyware from your computer that comes along with some programs like free ones.

Run your disk defragmenter bi-weekly or monthly to compress and move files on your hard drive that will make it run smoothly. This should depend on how many files you place on your computer over a week or month as to how often to run this. Run the registry cleaner weekly to keep stray files out of your computer hard drive.

If you follow these instructions you should keep your computer running up to speed and also running well without problems. If you do see the computer acting up, run your antiviral software. If nothing is found you can go to an online forum or live help website for help.

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