Malware
Maybe the most important factor to a badly performing computer is malware.
Stage 1. Revise the definitions of your anti-virus and run a complete scan of your hard drive in Safe Mode. Resolve any unfixable problems. Notice that some infections require additional measures until they may be removed; generally a websearch will find specific directions or a particular removal tool. Use the Bc forums to request support, if you fail to find a answer.
Step Two. If the sluggishness is unexpected, and you have recently saved an application, the problem might live there. Test this by entirely eliminating it. A wise user will generally perform a web search about the application before installing because in most instances, any potential problem with malware or poor performance will have surfaced.
Step 3. Adware and Spyware can drastically effect your computer’s performance, and these are around the Internet. A very recent research indicated that one out of every 20 executable files on Web sites is spyware, and 1 in 25 domains contain at least one piece of spyware waiting for sufferers.
Revise the definitions of your anti-spyware applications and scan your hard drives in Safe Mode. Experienced customers will routinely operate two or three of the applications, because each company has its own standards for what constitutes spyware and will only search against their own established. (A listing of quite good, free antispyware programs is supplied by BC). Again, resolve any open issues before continuing to the next phase.
For further reading about Malware and some malware removal applications, use BC’s Tutorial section; most of the applications have really good Help documents that describe how they work also as the distinctive attributes of each.
Uncontrolled Applications
Stage 4. Evaluation apps that self-launching on startup. You computer can be a arena for your attention. Many programs, for instance, install a fast-launch feature which permits them to be opened immediately; other programs may include an automatic update feature that demands them to be working in the background. Your launching Windows are slowed down by each of these and each needs a little bit of resources while your computer is running.
In case you are uncertain about what can be safely removed, remember that BC maintains a really complete Startup Database that contains information about whether the item is needed, elective, or not needed.
At the same time, remember that all those icons in your Desktop also take a small amount of trunk time to place themselves.
Absence of Care
Step 5. Delete unused programs and exchange old files into a CD. Unplayed games, lots of family pictures, zipped files that you have previously opened, applications you have not used in two years, software for that old printer you put away last year—these are some examples of files you can delete. Then use Window’s Disk Clean-up to delete temporary internet files, temporary PC health files, etc.
(Note for advanced users: some professionals would comprise the additional maintenance step of cleaning up the Windows registry, and you’ll find plenty of apps to assist do this. For the most part, so this step isn’t included, you may do severe harm by making registry modifications, registry maintenance won’t make a vital difference, and unless you are quite comfy with Windows, and carefully make backups of the registry
Step 6. Run scandisk / checkdisk in Safe Mode. Have it repair Code 15002.
Action 7. Defragment your pc.
Hopefully, since you have have concluded, you will find a marked improvement in computer performance.