what is the best and cheap way to clean up my Computer?

5 Comments

1. rph on da beach says:

   March 18, 2010 at 8:45 am

   type avg.com it works perfect i use it protects everything even e-mail download the free AVG do it now and it’s free seriously.run complete computer scan. after that defrag your computer hardrive then run disk clean-up there you go
2. Persian says:

   March 18, 2010 at 8:45 am

   to clean the dust use vacumcleaner

   to clean from spyware download http://www.malwarebytes.com and install it and it would clean ur OS .

   both ways are cheap
3. kallmetigger says:

   March 18, 2010 at 8:45 am

   http://www.ccleaner.com/

   I had the same question, and was given this website. It is free too.
4. howfuzzywuzee says:

   March 18, 2010 at 8:45 am

   Take it to a reputable computer shop and have them clean the hard drive and all if you wish.
   For just dust, I still would.
5. Bumbleshank says:

   March 18, 2010 at 8:45 am

   Manually, with some automated help!

   I’d suggest the following… (If not talking about PC then use a mac or whatever equivalent)

   - Use Add/Remove programs to get rid of anything you don’t use anymore (or never used).

   - Check your Startup Folder in your Start Menu, get rid of crap you don’t want running every time you start up.

   - Check HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and get rid of some more crap (If you aren’t sure about anything, don’t delete it!)

   - Check HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run too

   - Go INTO the Windows\Prefetch folder and delete everything inside (Don’t delete the folder itself)

   - For God’s sake, organise the start menu (Doesn’t speed things up, but it makes it look soooo much better)

   - Run CCleaner, RegCleaner or some equivalent.

   - Get rid of all but the standard browser toolbars

   - Finally… Get rid of iTunes!! – or anything made by Apple (I’ll get letters about this, but every screwed up laptop I’ve had to sort had iTunes on it!)

   - Probably best to run CCleaner (or whatever) again after that, ’cause I don’t trust it to remove properly

   - Run a good Defrag program

   To be responsible, I should probably say "Do a backup before you do anything"… but do what you wish!