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i am looking to clean out my laptop of extra files and stuff to make it run smoother?
i have a compaq presario laptop that is about 4 years old. althought it runs great, i am looking to hopefully get rid of some of the stuff i don't need to help it run faster and hopefully solve some little problems. some problems i have are when it does a CPU intensive thing (say opening photoshop or using many programs at once) the fans get loud and fast and it spits out a ton of heat. i also have a problem where if there are no wireless internets for the wireless to connect to, it takes forever for windows to start. it can also do some wierd things on sites like espn.com. for instance, if i scroll over different sports at the top, it keeps the drop down menu open after i am no longer over that spot with my mouse. i am pretty good at keeping hte computer clean and keeping open programs at a minimum. thanks for any ideas on how to clean up some little things on the computer that might help with the bigger problems.
5 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
if your talking about getting rid of temp files and the stuff that has accumulated over time on the hard drive I recommend Clean Up 4.0. its a free program for personal use you can find it on Download.com. Don't set it higher than Standard on the cleanup slider bar or you can wipe out your Hard drive. if your talking about stopping stuff starting at boot up of course check (on XP) start ---> all programs---> start-up and see if you can delete stuff from that drop down. The ESPN thing sounds maybe like RAM issue or something big time running in the background. There are some registry tweaks you can do for start up stuff BUT unless you know about the registry I recommend you don't play with it. For a long time I knew enough about the registry to know that I didn't mess with it. Deleting stuff in there that you don't know about it a great way to kill your machine
good luck
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Using a registry cleaner can clean up your computer and then make your computer faster,Why?the reason is that there may be some regsitry errors and remnant,corrupt files and temp files in your computer to cause "computer slow".
Everytime you install and uninstall software on your computer and surfing online you create junk in the computer registry.over time, the registry can grow to enormous proportions, especially if the various programs you've installed do not do a good job of deleting and/or updating it's Registry entries.You need to scan and clean your computer with registry cleaner to make it fast.Good Regisry Cleaner will improve your computer and Internet performance dramatically!
There are some comparison and review of TOP 5 registry cleaners.
You can download and scan your computer for free.
- CirricLv 71 decade ago
Hi. Try this program. Free. WindowsCare. http://www.iobit.com/advancedwindowscareper.html It cleans out a lot of problems. Defragment of course after running.
- 1 decade ago
i would say defrag it or if you have windows live onecare, you can run a tune up which will defrag, remove unnecessary files, and scan your computer. It works great for my presario!
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Check http://www.pcoptimizerprodownload.com/
With pc optimizer pro you can safely clean, repair and optimize your computer.
It will help improve your system performance.
Good luck!
