If your computer is running slow while you’re using it, it’s
quite possible you have too many programs running in the background.
Take a look at the bottom right hand corner of your computer. If you have a
bunch of little program icons there then you have too many things running. My
father used to have about twenty different things running at the same time,
even though he didn’t open those programs up they were still hiding in the background while he tried to use his computer. Many programs will automatically
do this when you download them, so read those instructions carefully before
clicking I Agree. If it asks you do you want to have a short cut, say no! You
can always click on your programs and find it, or put your own shortcut on the
desktop. In order to stop the programs
you’re not using you need to right click the icon (in the bottom right hand
corner of your screen) and there should be an option to stop it. If there isn’t
then you must go into the program’s preferences and change the settings.
Your computer gets used a lot, and if you don’t clean it up
after each use, I can hop on there and see exactly where you have been and what
you’ve been doing. That’s were CCLeaner comes in again. Simply open up the
program and click the Run Cleaner button in the bottom right hand corner. This
will remove your history, clean your temp files and get rid of your cookies. Be
careful though, prior to cleaning up your system you want to make sure you have
the proper boxes checked off. For example: I uncheck my Desktop Shortcuts and
Start Menu Shortcuts because I want to keep these.
Emails are another problem. If you are using a program like
Windows Mail, Outlook and certain other computer based email programs, you
could very well be filling up your computer with a bunch of needless trash.
Make sure you’re deleting your old emails and that your email program doesn’t
automatically save them. I once cleaned over a thousand emails off of a
friend’s computer and she didn’t even know they were there.
Basic maintenance on your computer is a necessity in this
day and age. If you want your computer system to last...protect it, clean it,
defragment it, don't keep clicking I Agree every time you download something unless you know what you're agreeing to and take good care of it.