How can I clean up my computer before I sell it?

July 27, 2009

I am selling my computer and I want to make sure that everything is wiped clean before I sell it. How can I totally delete everything to what it was when I bought it? Do I need to buy something or is there a free program that will delete everything? I just want to make sure that nobody can get any of my personal info from it.

hello can any one tell me were i can get a free full version registry cleaner?

July 27, 2009

i have found and tryed a few trials versions and the ones i tryed say i have 180-800 errors and thay only toke 30 or so out and thay wont delete any more unless i pay for it so is there one out there that will clean the rest of my registry iam using windows xp home thanks all

Is this a sign of the times?? My recent computer virus include?

July 27, 2009

Politically correct virus: Never calls itself a "virus" but instead refers to itself as an "electronic microorganism’.
Government Economist virus: nothing works, but all your diagnostic software says everything is fine.
New World Order virus: Probably harmless, but it makes a lot of people really mad just thinking about it.
Federal Bureaucrat virus: Divides your hard disks into hundreds of little units, each of which does practically nothing, but all which claim to be the most important part of your computer.
Texas virus: Makes sure that it’s bigger than other file.
Adam and Eve virus: Takes a couple of bytes out of your Apple
Congressional virus#1: The computer locks up, screen splits erratically with a message blaming the other side for the problem.
Congressional virus#2: Runs every program on the hard drive simultaneously but doesn’t allow the user to accomplish anything.
Airline virus: You’re in Dallas but your data is stuck in Singapore.
Freudian virus: your computer becomes obsessed with marrying itself to the motherboard.
Public Television virus: Your programs stop every few minutes to ask for money.
Nike virus: Just does it.
Elvis virus: Your computer gets fat and lazy, self destructs only to resurface in some shopping malls or service stations in rural America.
Star trek virus : Invades your system where no other virus has gone before.
Health Care virus: Test your system for a day, finds nothing wrong and then sends you a bill for ,500.

What is the best way to clean up the registry and restore corrupted files?

July 27, 2009

IE 7.0 will not operate nor will outlook express yet microsoft office works fine. Firefox works fine. Norton works but only if started by going to the total programs listings not off shortcuts which appear to be corrupted. Machine is 2.0 Ghz but is slow as ….

I use Windows XP and I want to clean out (delete) junk files. How do I go about deleting junk files?

July 27, 2009

I was wanting to clean out the junk files in my computer without purchasing a program to do it. This question is directed to a computer geek or someone with this knowledge. How do I delete or clean out the junk files in my computer for better performance? My computer is a couple years old and is a Compaq Presario SR1130NX and I use Windows XP. Thank you for whatever advice you send to me.