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your computer registry. The free version allows you to clean or repair ten items at
a time, so you will have to re-run it numberous times if you have many problems.
4) Internet Speed - If you use dial-up, or have a computer size of a calculator,
you may wish to use RamBooster to help give you best speed possible for
limitations you have.
Go to http://www.download.com for these and other great resources.
PROGRAMS
Now that you've taken out garbage, you should keep place neat and tidy by
using programs already existing in your computer. Once again, you should do
this once a week:
1) Clear your Internet History
2) Defrag your Computer
3) Use a Firewall
You can find programs that will do this for you by looking in System Tools or
Security Center sections of your computer.
Another option for those of you who've got smoke billowing out of back of your
computer, with no seemingly useful solution in sight; you may wish to look at
System Restore feature that your computer may have. This allows you to revert
back to a state when your computer actually worked well. It doesn't work all
time, by it is an option ... and not an end all be all ... use it only when absolutely
necessary.
Austin Culley is the Chief Operating Officer for Oil-Net.Com Inc. http://www.oil-net.com