shadowstreak
07-08-2010, 05:32 PM
http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
It seems like I have been fixing a lot of computers lately. And everyone is complaining about their computers slowing down after it getting old. What I tell them to do is download CCleaner. As you use your computer for daily things, like installing programs, browsing the web, and countless other things. Your pc collects crap. It's like a pack rat, it does not throw stuff away it thinks it needs for the future. Every time you visit a website, your pc saves images, text and tons of other stuff it thinks you need, so when you visit a site, it loads faster since you have some of the site's data stored on your pc already. But what happens when you visit a site and never return? Your pc still stores that crap, and it builds up. When you install a program, then uninstall it, your pc still remembers the file names in the registry, every time your pc boots up, it goes through it all to see what needs to be booted up. And if it looks for a file that does not exist, it spends time searching, thus slowing down your boot time. And as your pc goes about it's routine, it still remembers the programs that were installed, and it might try to run them some times, and it will take up ram space and processes to slow your pc down even more. If you didn't notice already, when you delete a program or a file, parts are still left behind, and take up more space.
All this program does is deletes all your saved files from internet browsing to free up hard drive space to you'll never need, and it deletes registry issues to speed up your computer's boot times and processes, and gets rid of any programs that did not uninstall completely.
I'm only putting this out there since a lot of people have asked me how to speed up their pc, and this is the best and simplest way. Trust me, I had 60 fps on gta4 when I first bought it, half a year later, I was getting 30. Turns out registry issues were the problem, I'm getting 60 again, and it's nice. Also got 4 gigs of hard drive space cleared from the packrat crap my pc saves(860 mb from firefox, 3 gigs from uninstalled programs that left junk behind).
So give it a download, if you have an older pc, you'll get rid of tons of crap, and get it almost like new.
Also, give your pc a defrag after to get the maximum effect, so it will put everything in nice order.
/helpful tip of the day
Also, we should have a competition on who get's the most crap out of their pc, could be interesting...
It seems like I have been fixing a lot of computers lately. And everyone is complaining about their computers slowing down after it getting old. What I tell them to do is download CCleaner. As you use your computer for daily things, like installing programs, browsing the web, and countless other things. Your pc collects crap. It's like a pack rat, it does not throw stuff away it thinks it needs for the future. Every time you visit a website, your pc saves images, text and tons of other stuff it thinks you need, so when you visit a site, it loads faster since you have some of the site's data stored on your pc already. But what happens when you visit a site and never return? Your pc still stores that crap, and it builds up. When you install a program, then uninstall it, your pc still remembers the file names in the registry, every time your pc boots up, it goes through it all to see what needs to be booted up. And if it looks for a file that does not exist, it spends time searching, thus slowing down your boot time. And as your pc goes about it's routine, it still remembers the programs that were installed, and it might try to run them some times, and it will take up ram space and processes to slow your pc down even more. If you didn't notice already, when you delete a program or a file, parts are still left behind, and take up more space.
All this program does is deletes all your saved files from internet browsing to free up hard drive space to you'll never need, and it deletes registry issues to speed up your computer's boot times and processes, and gets rid of any programs that did not uninstall completely.
I'm only putting this out there since a lot of people have asked me how to speed up their pc, and this is the best and simplest way. Trust me, I had 60 fps on gta4 when I first bought it, half a year later, I was getting 30. Turns out registry issues were the problem, I'm getting 60 again, and it's nice. Also got 4 gigs of hard drive space cleared from the packrat crap my pc saves(860 mb from firefox, 3 gigs from uninstalled programs that left junk behind).
So give it a download, if you have an older pc, you'll get rid of tons of crap, and get it almost like new.
Also, give your pc a defrag after to get the maximum effect, so it will put everything in nice order.
/helpful tip of the day
Also, we should have a competition on who get's the most crap out of their pc, could be interesting...