How to Speed Up Your Computer by Cleaning Files

The lack of memory affects the speed at which your computer processes data and connects to the Internet. In order to improve the processing and connection speed, you should remove excess files and programs from your hard drive. An inadequate supply of memory will eventually prevent your computer system from running at all.

How to Speed Up Your Computer by Cleaning Files:

Step 1: Clear your history, temporary files, and cache. Select Control Panel found within your Windows Start Menu. Select Network and Internet. Select clear history. Click Delete All.

Step 2: Open My Documents, found in the Windows Start Menu. Hold down the Ctrl button and highlight each file you want to delete. Right click the last file you selected. Scroll down to delete. Repeat this step for My Pictures and My Music.

Step 3: Open the Control Panel again. Click on Programs. Select Add or Remove Programs. Delete each program you want to delete by selecting the name and clicking uninstall.

Step 3: Select the Recycling Bin on you Windows desktop. Once the Recycling Bin loads click Empty Recycling Bin.

Step 4: Run your anti-virus, ad-ware, and spyware software one after another. Delete any files found by these programs.

Step 5: Select Accessories found in the Windows Start Menu. Select System Tools. Select Defragmenter. When the defragmenter loads select Start. Wait for this program to completely finish running.