Once again spring is here, which means it is time to spring clean your home. You should also take this time to do some spring cleaning on your computer also to help it run better. If you are having problems with slowness this is a great time to speed it up.
It is very simple to spring clean your
computer yourself. You do not need to hire someone to do it for you.
Simply follow the below directions to get your computer back to normal.
Manage your files
The first thing you can do to spring
clean your computer is to remove files that you no longer need. Most
people will have many files, such as pictures, movies, songs, and
documents on their computer over the past year that they no longer want
or need. Removing these files will free up space on your hard drive, and
help your computer run much smoother. Uninstall any programs that you
no longer use on your computer. Open up Computer on your Windows 7
computer and delete any files that you see that you no longer want. If
you have a large amount of songs or movies, these can take up a large
amount of space on your hard drive. You can also purchase an external
hard drive to store these files on to save room on your computer.
Clean Temporary Files
Once you have removed unwanted files on
your computer, you should then remove temporary files left on your
computer. A computer can have a large amount of junk on it that you can
remove, such as temporary files, log files, and temporary system files.
You can use a built-in utility on your Windows computer called Disk
Cleanup to easily remove these files. Click the Start button, type Disk
Cleanup in the search field, and then click Disk Cleanup in the list of
search results to run this tool.
Clean Your Computer
Over time, a computer can easily get
dust inside of it and this can damage your computer very easily. Too
much dust can actually cause your computer to overheat. If you have a
desktop computer, open up the case and inspect the inside of it. If you
see dust inside of it, simply purchase some canned air at any store that
sells computers and clean it out.If you have a laptop, you can blow the
canned air into the ventilation holes to clean out the dust. You should
also clean out the keyboard on your desktop and laptop.
Taking the time to spring clean your
computer can help it run much better for you. It will also help your
computer last much longer. The tips above should help your computer run
like new again.
