Making my computer what it used to be?

Question

does anybody know a free software to make my computer faster? and to clean it i think i might have a virus! Please Help!

Answer 1

Yes.

Use System Mechanic from http://iolo.com

For virus issue - use AVIRA http://www.free-av.com/

Well.. to be frank there is no one way of making a PC faster. The job depends on the machine and varies from pc to pc.

Try removing unnecessary installed applications from Control Panel Add remove programs.

Defragment your hard drive. Use the built in windows one or get JKdefrag from http://www.kessels.com/Jkdefrag/

Lower startup items. Start > run > type "msconfig" > startup > " uncheckmark programs that you dont need running all the time or can be ran manually'

Answer 2

Ccleaner, this does wonders - http://www.ccleaner.com/

Avg is free antivirus software that works great - http://free.avg.com/

Delete all of your cookies

If your using internet explorer, dont lol Download firefox 3, its so fast & better

You can upgrade your RAM if its really slow. Go to bestbuy, they'll understand what you want if you tell them you want more RAM

Something else that will do alot

go to My Computer, right click your harddrive, click properties, then uncheck "allow indexing service...". If you have more then one hard drive do it for both.

Defragment your computer

go to my computer ---> right click hard drive ---> click properties ---> tools ---> deframenter.  Do the same for other hard drives

Uninstall all programs that you dont use or need

hope this helps