What Program Do I Use To Cleanup My Window XP?

Question

Okay my laptop is very low on memory and is getting really slow. What's the best program to download in order to clean up my desktop?

Answer 1

You can use a program called Registry Repair Pro from 3BSoftware.  You are able to purchase this from the website:  www.3Bsoftware.com

Answer 2

To speed up your computer and free up space and memory for free:

Go to the Start Menu> Run

Type in "appwiz.cpl"

Uninstall whatever you don't need.

Next, go to Start> Run and type in "msconfig".

Go to the Startup Tab and uncheck everything you don't want to startup. If you want, you can uncheck everything, and your anti-virus will still restart itself when you log on.

Now go to My Computer> Hard Drive> Documents and Settings> [USER NAME]> Local Settings> and delete everything inside the Temp Folder. (This is a hidden folder so you will need to have "show hidden files and folders" checked in Folder Options) All the files in this folder are just temporary files that your Internet stored for certain websites.

Then go to My Computer> Hard Drive> Windows> Prefetch and delete everything inside it. This folder is like an cache for programs and should be emptied about once a month.

Next, you should install CCleaner, it will get rid of alot of temporary files on your computer. It also has a registry repair system, which is easily the best free one available on the Internet:

http://www.ccleaner.com/download

Another option is to try defragmenting your computer.

Go to the Start Menu and go to All Programs

Go to Accessories and System Tools.

Choose Disk Defragmenter and when it loads click defragment.

Next, go to Device Manger (Start> RightClick My Computer> Properties> Hardware Tab> Device Manager) and update all drivers.

Another thing I would say is to compress your files if you already haven't.

Open My Computer and right click on your hard drive

Check the Compress Drive button and let it do it's thing.

Finally, make sure your Hard Drive doesn't have any bad sectors. Go to My Computer> Right Click Hard Drive> Properties> Tools Tab> Check Now> Check both boxes and Start. It will ask you to reboot, so reboot. This will clear out any bad sectors on your Hard Drive.

These are short-term solutions however. the easiest way is to just upgrade the RAM on your system, but at least the ways above are free.

Good Luck =]

Answer 3

There should only be shortcuts along with a few folders here and there on your desktop. Not entire programs.

You need to go into Add/Remove Programs (Start>Settings>Control Panel) and decide which programs you don't need anymore.

Also download CCleaner to get rid of temporary files

Answer 4

You can also just use Disk Cleanup and Disk Defragmenter which is already on your computer under Start > accessories > system tools.

You can download (if you don't already have it) Windows Defender from Microsoft and under the tools > software explorer, you can disable some startup programs that may be bogging your computer down.

Answer 5

there are many things you can do. you can get the program bug fix which helps find and solve errors or you can go to "my computer" right click your disc drives and select properties then press disk clean up and leave it alone do this to all of your drives.  

Answer 6

The above answers are all great answers to get you XP clean and running like new again. Make sure that once you clean your desktop that you run a registry scan to make sure that with those files being moved around, no damage to your registry has been done.

http://www.registry4repair.com is a site that has some good articles on registry repair and I also used one of the free scans to scan my registry. Hope that helps and good luck!  

Answer 7

CCleaner. Its free and works miracles.