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  • TheDefiner May 26, 2012 @ 6:23 pm | delete
    I have put on here what I use personally. I have had nothing but headaches with AVG, never tried Avira. All I know, is that whenever I use a "free" program, they leave out features that you need so you have to upgrade to the paid version, or they are not very good. So say what you will, but I am telling people what I use because I know it works. A lot of people don't like Norton, but I have never had any problems with it.
  • Phrophet May 25, 2012 @ 11:40 am | delete
    Are you a sales rep?........These progs are awful, in fact there are many free progs out there that do a much better job, Norten is crap and free Avg or Avira are much better, it just seems like you are trying to advertise to people who are new to computers, at least be unbiased and give them options.
  • jazziyarbrough May 20, 2012 @ 1:50 am | delete
    Great lens, great information. Thank you for sharing.
  • samurai293 May 10, 2012 @ 6:24 pm | delete
    Tons of interesting content . Very well thought out lens, what do you think of online registry cleaners.
  • jUrkY May 9, 2012 @ 4:39 am | delete
    Wow, the suggestion on using external hard drives never came to my mind. Thanks.
  • jnadenik Apr 17, 2012 @ 1:08 pm | delete
    This was awesome! The only suggestion I have would be to put things in best order. ie: disk clean prior to defrag. - but maybe your intention was for the folks that would only do the top three items. Or to combine the items that you use Control Panel for. You can connect by saying see #X for more. This way people only go in that area once and clean up everything. How about telling folks how to clear up cookies & temp files too.
  • JY Apr 5, 2012 @ 9:18 pm | delete
    thank you so much, it helped out alot. Good job
  • laura Mar 3, 2012 @ 5:04 pm | delete
    Thankyou so much for your effort into this site. Your detailed info saved mr from throwing my laptop out and buying another one!!
  • mr.yun Feb 9, 2012 @ 1:25 am | delete
    thanks a lot...i satisfied this lens,,i'm a computer technology student,,although this look very familiar with me but still i refresh my knowledge and i learn some of this lens..
  • gunsock Dec 20, 2011 @ 1:43 pm | delete
    Very useful lens. Thank you!
  • Vivek Dec 9, 2011 @ 11:48 am | delete
    so good yaar........keep it up
  • Cara membuat ada Nov 11, 2011 @ 2:16 pm | delete
    wah banyak iklannya ini lens. suskes yah.

    Cara Mempercepat Kinerja Komputer Pc dan Laptop Sendiri
  • TheDefiner Mar 3, 2012 @ 5:52 pm | delete
    Cara, thank you so much. You seriously made my day. That is why I built this lens! I really appreciate your appreciation!
  • cory2081 Nov 1, 2011 @ 9:16 pm | delete
    Great lens! I like how you broke everything out into step by step instructions. My suggestion would be to install a SSD, single best upgrade ever! I wrote a lens about it :)
  • mahasson Oct 25, 2011 @ 7:03 pm | delete
    Great tips here. You could also encourage people to use virtualization tools and avoid these problems. :)
  • trattacker Oct 10, 2011 @ 7:28 pm | delete
    thnx this tips have helped me a lot
  • Osee Enos Solomon Sep 10, 2011 @ 3:10 am | delete
    Am Osee Enos Solomon.
    With a program on how to make a computer run faster, i was also one time eager to seriously "Bang" my computer down within a tinkling of an eye!! it was doing crazy things, very slow, but i found out some tricks; adding what we call video card in a motherboard to increase its virtual memory is also very important, secondly, themes usually use heavy virtual memory, that communicates with ram, a theme contains colours and designs for the beautiful display appearance, so to display those colours, it uses heavy task that even slows down the system, however, with the theme without colours, is just a matter of clicking anywhere on the desktop, then properties, on theme tab, click on "windows classic" then apply, wait and then click ok button!!!!!
  • Sequoia-Technology Aug 12, 2011 @ 2:47 am | delete
    Brilliant lens packed with great advice of how to make your PC run faster. These tips really work! Fab!
  • pulp5iction@gmail.com Aug 11, 2011 @ 8:35 pm | delete
    Thank you very much I found this article very helpful and simple for anyone to understand.
  • Yj Jul 29, 2011 @ 10:36 am | delete
    yoooooooo..........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thnks dude it helped me a lot.....................
  • CHEM5 Jul 25, 2011 @ 11:05 pm | delete
    Thanks alot for this list, some were a bit obviouse but i just hadn't bothered to use until now, it sped up my parents desktop to almost as fast as my new laptop! and believe me that a massive change, imagine an old man who is blind deaf has demensia, ADHD (not trying to be offensive) cant read and doesnt remember the date ever!!! well thats how bad my parents desktop was but now its way faster! just imagine an old man.. well thats all! its only problem now is that its just getting old.
  • Travis Jun 20, 2011 @ 2:59 pm | delete
    Excellent advice, I have used all 10 tips and it has increased the speed of my computer emensely!!!! I would recomend everyone follow these tips to improve their computers performance! I also am not a big fan of Norton, however, I have been very satisfied with Trend Micro products and have been using them for several years now. I would recomend Trend Micro Titanium, works great. It is a liitle expensive, you will save if you sign up for a two year subscription. Thanks for the great advice!!!
  • dani3l Jun 9, 2011 @ 12:45 pm | delete
    Very nice, I couldnt have said it better, Only I disagree about Norton. My experiences with Norton have been very slowwwww. I much prefer Microsoft Security Essentials, its free and is much less intrusive, I hate Norton's popups.
  • DinaDLG Jun 2, 2011 @ 6:44 pm | delete
    Very instructive! I use ccleaner that I get from cnet... it's a registry cleaner and a temp file cleaner as well. You can also use it for defragmentation and startup programs. An all in one! lol Of course it's free though, and you get what you pay for, so it's good to know how to check up these things on the computer the 'hard' way.
  • lllorigirl Apr 21, 2011 @ 7:33 pm | delete
    Thank you for taking the time to simplify instructions on tips to make our computers run faster. I truly appreciate your efforts.
  • JennySui Apr 8, 2011 @ 5:40 am | delete
    Thank you so much for the tips to make computer run faster. A very useful lens.
  • madrinian Apr 2, 2011 @ 6:13 am | delete
    thanks for the info
  • Atul Manandhar Mar 31, 2011 @ 8:17 am | delete
    Thanks for the Tips :)
  • mistee Mar 19, 2011 @ 9:03 am | delete
    Helpful, straightforward language with resources (ads). Thanks for sharing.
  • MamaBelle Mar 16, 2011 @ 11:24 am | delete
    Great tips and info. Thank you for sharing!
  • Sean Jan 29, 2011 @ 5:04 pm | delete
    This was awesome, thanks so much, I didn;t really have to buy anything becauxse I had most of it just did not know how to use it. Thanks so much!!!! Your the best!!!
  • Stimulus Dec 25, 2010 @ 5:38 pm | delete
    Number ten (10) was the one I needed to see today. Thank you! Come visit...
  • snape21 Nov 28, 2010 @ 2:35 pm | delete
    enjoyed reading through your lens

    It obvious that you have put a lot of time into this
  • Awesome357 Nov 19, 2010 @ 9:44 pm | delete
    Well, it didn't help me at all. I've got Ubuntu, can you make one of these for Ubuntu? It would help a lot.
  • bwcabound Nov 8, 2010 @ 9:27 am | delete
    Nice lense, some good information on it for sharing.
  • gogy Oct 12, 2010 @ 8:43 pm | delete
    This is something that everybody should read... it really help!
  • TheDefiner Oct 5, 2010 @ 8:47 am | delete
    Hi MIke! To be honest my friend, most producers of software or programs these days pretty much assume that most people are running at least 500 MB+ of RAM on their PC. You should find a 1 GB stick of compatible RAM and do a quick upgrade on your computer. You will notice a HUGE change in speed especially when using multiple programs.

    If you just can't upgrade the RAM and need something to protect yourself try this.

    http://www.eset.com/home/nod32-antivirus

    If you look at the bottom it only requires 44MBs of memory to run. That will be your best solution. Thanks for the question Mike!
  • Mike Racine WI Oct 3, 2010 @ 8:33 am | delete
    How do I find an antivirus that fits on a laptop (hp compaq nx9010) that has say 150 MB of RAM...my PC has 195 MB and when I try to add Norton antivirus it consumes too much RAM...HELP!!)
  • ElitePoetz Oct 25, 2010 @ 3:24 pm | delete
    Google "panda cloud" antivirus. It's a cloud-based antivirus program that consumes very little system resources. The only catch is that you'll need to remain online for it to be effective.
  • Harro Aug 17, 2010 @ 3:16 am | delete
    I found number 9 really helpful for windows 7 i left enable desktop composition on, as it turned most things blue, but turning this on fixed it and still improved the speed of my computer
  • TheDefiner Aug 13, 2010 @ 9:01 am | delete
    @1000xRepent- Thanks for your comment, its comments like yours that keeps driving me. Just want everyone to know that each and every comment on this lens are 100% legitimate. I have never fudged any of them. If I were going to fudge comments I would have done a lot more. You can see that they are spread out a lot since I made this lens. I love hearing from the people I helped, it really keeps me going. Thanks for your support everyone and I hope many many more people get use and help out of this tutorial!!
  • 1000xRepent Aug 13, 2010 @ 4:38 am | delete
    WOW!! took me a long time because my computer is slow.. lol I knew how to do a few of those things already.. but I use my computer for gaming mostly.. It has grown slow from how fast I blow past these games. Fixed my registry, and the autostart (didn't know I could remove that) and now it's fine ^.^ THANK YOU!!

    BTW, I'm a huge skeptic of the comments.. My name is Ben and I AM A REAL PERSON!! LOL
  • gamboahelen Jul 9, 2010 @ 9:36 pm | delete
    nice article, your snapshots really helps.

    some of the the cleaning process I use ccleaner.
    thanks for sharing.
  • TheDefiner Jun 9, 2010 @ 8:00 pm | delete
    @RX Hey man, I'm sorry it has not worked for you. There have been a few times where I saw computers that were just well beyond saving. But I have also seen registry fix work miracles. I would try the registry fix and if that does not work you may have to do a hard boot. Clean your system completely and start new. If that doesn't work you may have to bite the bullet and get a new computer.
  • Rx Jun 3, 2010 @ 11:49 pm | delete
    This is sad. It seemed to work 100% for everyone. My computer is still slow...the only step I didn't do was the registry fix. Should I wait a little while before I see the improvement? It is very good though. You explain everything very well! A lot better than the other stuff I read.
  • donna May 27, 2010 @ 10:16 am | delete
    Great!! Thanks!
  • ShirakoDX-TEKU May 23, 2010 @ 11:36 pm | delete
    Wow. I already saw a differance halfway through this. i was no longer clicking something, then picking up my psp and playing to make the time pass. I'm going to see if my games play better now. You are a god lol. Thanks for the help with getting my dinosaur going again. No more lag and I don't get kicked out of games for lagging too much
  • monrod May 16, 2010 @ 8:11 am | delete
    thank you for the easy to follow instructions and for the other suggestions. Good instructions for my level of computer knowledge, which is low to average.
  • Asia Davidson Apr 14, 2010 @ 2:42 pm | delete
    Thank you so much! I never even knew that my computer could defragment itself without me downloading a program! You're amazing, and I look forward to reading more from you.
  • jessica Apr 1, 2010 @ 7:43 pm | delete
    thank you very much for these tips they were very helpful! and very easy to understand now my computer works alot better! thanx again
  • Loretta Mar 10, 2010 @ 6:02 am | delete
    Thanks this has been a great help and I actually understand what you are saying. Will get working on it this week end.
  • Len Feb 13, 2010 @ 6:55 am | delete
    Thanks a lot. This is very helpful. I am not a computer wizard, but it's very easy to understand the explanations here. It guided me step by step. Thanks for your effort putting these stuffs together.
    God Bless.
  • Tisha Feb 7, 2010 @ 3:40 am | delete
    Wow, its about time something i can understand it helped me out alot Thankyou.
  • Vetgirl Jan 4, 2010 @ 6:21 am | delete
    Thanks for taking the time to provide some really useful advice. I am not overly technically minded and often shy away from computer jargon, however I found all the information easy to follow and written very comprehensively. It made me wish I had my laptop available so I could put some of these tips into action ASAP! Cant believe how dangerous spyware is, I will be much more careful next time im asked to tick the "I agree" box!
  • ClearTechInfo Jan 3, 2010 @ 6:48 pm | delete
    #9 tip is really good. Good lens.
  • johnsonyip Jan 1, 2010 @ 7:46 pm | delete
    Very nice tutorial. I love that you added so many screen shots to your lens. Your instructions are very simple to follow.
  • liysays Dec 19, 2009 @ 10:23 am | delete
    thank you!
  • Carl Dec 13, 2009 @ 8:22 am | delete
    thanks this helped
  • JTravers Nov 11, 2009 @ 7:53 am | in reply to Anonymous | delete
    Yeah like your stuff
  • Anonymous Oct 22, 2009 @ 2:07 pm | delete
    Thank you!!! these instructions are priceless !!! Now I don't have to call my friend's computer nerd boyfriend anymore for half answers from his computer degreed highness. LOL. Seriously, though , your instructions are SIMPLE TO FOLLOW and that is something computer-stupid people like me can appreciate. So THANK YOU!!!
  • amal m Oct 16, 2009 @ 2:31 pm | delete
    thank you it was really hlepful
  • mahesh Sep 5, 2009 @ 8:01 am | delete
    than u for giving dis wonderful tips nd i learned a lot 4rm this
  • UHelpedME~) Aug 7, 2009 @ 12:50 pm | delete
    Thank you. My comouters are faster now and with your help I found 3 trojans that the spyware missed!
  • john pack Jul 30, 2009 @ 3:06 pm | delete
    yeah i have the pc version of the ghostbusters game and it was slow on playing and other files dont need to be remove i was woundring does this help?
  • Chenglam Apr 12, 2009 @ 2:43 am | delete
    Thanks for the wonderful tips. It so easy to follow with screen shots.
  • denise Mar 16, 2009 @ 3:04 pm | delete
    Thank you...it really was great to find reliable advice without spending a crazy amount of money. Real awesome!
  • Squiggles Jan 18, 2009 @ 2:06 am | delete
    Thanks so much my computer was running incredibly slow then i did most of the steps and now it runs like new!
  • YOLANDA Jan 9, 2009 @ 12:25 pm | delete
    THANK YOU SO MUCH I DID NOT HAVE TO SPEND MONEY TO MAKE PC FASTER
  • Al Dec 27, 2008 @ 5:21 am | delete
    I want to thank the writer of this article and everyone that was involved in creating this. You have no idea how much this has helped me. You have given me the knowledge to finally fix a computer that i thought was beyond repair. It has many important files on it, me being a music producer, I could not afford to have my computer crash or lag. So again guys I wanted to thank you a lot. the web should be filled with more information like this. 10 out of 10 Al
  • clanton14th Dec 21, 2008 @ 1:36 am | delete
    your 100% correct about your step by step instructions..........
  • Anonnomus Dec 16, 2008 @ 11:34 am | in reply to TheDefiner | delete
    oh and i would of rated it a 5 star but im not a member
  • Annonmus Dec 16, 2008 @ 11:27 am | in reply to TheDefiner | delete
    i read it and need my brothers help to see if it is ok for me to tinker with some of the stuff but besides that i have no clue on how it works, YET but i will probably find out soon so if it works then thanks ALOT i have a 504 MB of RAM on my computer and several programs so i thought i would see if i could find any help on making it run faster. Agin thanks if it works.
  • SammySpam Dec 16, 2008 @ 12:03 am | delete
    very nice, simple and easy to follow instructions.
  • zuhiiiiid Dec 6, 2008 @ 1:25 am | delete
    thanks a lot.you are very amazing and make me so proud.now my computer run fast and better.
  • bhtex71 Oct 26, 2008 @ 9:24 pm | delete
    Thanks for the great information, my computer runs much faster now that I read your site. And of course did some of the things talked about to speed it back up. Very informative information. http://www.people-hunters.com
  • regina Sep 20, 2008 @ 1:49 am | delete
    nice thanks!
  • TheDefiner Sep 10, 2008 @ 9:47 pm | delete
    I love your guys feedback! Thank you so much for the kind words. This is the reason I make sites like this, I really get a thrill out of knowing that I have helped people!! And you guys are just the only ones who have taken the time to comment. Im assuming I am helping others too!! Thanks for your support!
  • Nugget Sep 10, 2008 @ 9:31 pm | delete
    i thank you and i did all you said i see a differance thanks
  • ROYG Aug 28, 2008 @ 9:01 pm | delete
    THX YOU SO MUCH .BIG BIG HELP FOR EVRYBODY ,ADVISES IS GREAT
  • TheDefiner Aug 20, 2008 @ 10:15 pm | delete
    I appreciate your honesty, I really do. However I have tried "free" programs before. And believe me you get what you pay for. Believe it or not, I downloaded one of the free programs before and my anti-virus shot up like 3 alerts of different viruses it was loaded with. That way it can detect them and it makes it look like its working. Then it tells you to get rid of the viruses you must upgrade to the paid version. The ones I have showed you are tried and true, ones i KNOW work.
  • George Aug 20, 2008 @ 9:50 pm | delete
    I think u shouldve help us but with free programs
    because many of us cant afford those programs
  • BusinessPowerIT Aug 11, 2008 @ 8:51 pm | delete
    This is sound advice. Good lens.
  • RocketDog Aug 6, 2008 @ 9:08 pm | delete
    This looks great! Can't wait to go through all the steps. THANKS! X O X O X O Definer you ROCK!!!
  • hansley Aug 5, 2008 @ 10:51 am | delete
    thank you very much....Too good??????
  • Cherrie Jul 27, 2008 @ 7:51 am | delete
    thanks a lot this really helped me...i recommend this lens to my friends :)
  • Bobo Jul 13, 2008 @ 1:39 am | delete
    Thank you for this, great article! Simple, straightforward, easy to understand, and my comp has been running faster. I might not even throw my crappy computer over a bridge now (well, I probably will lol, but at least I will be less stressed when that time comes hehe).
  • TheDefiner Jun 3, 2008 @ 8:28 am | delete
    Thanks for your comment John, it makes me happy to see that these methods are being used and utilized to help your guys computers go faster!!
  • John May 30, 2008 @ 10:54 am | delete
    this was right on point, followed through the ten steps, bought registry fix(cant wait to see how it does) i have used these ten steps for months and it seems to be doing a great job for me, would recommend this to everyone!

    thank you,
    -john
  • WOWKID Mar 30, 2008 @ 8:25 pm | delete
    yo this will help mea lot playing wow thanks yyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
  • wiper Mar 25, 2008 @ 1:24 am | delete
    This is a real nice lens. Thank you for all these tips. windowsregistryrepair
  • TheDefiner Feb 13, 2008 @ 2:39 am | delete
    Thank you all for your comments! I worked pretty hard on this lens!
  • thomasz Feb 13, 2008 @ 2:36 am | delete
    I like this lens. 5 stars to you.
  • ArizonaRealtor Jan 27, 2008 @ 2:30 pm | delete
    One of the things I didn't see was some of the freeware available online (thats not too bloated) so users can get an idea if that particular area is the cause of the slowing. Tools like AVG for free and Spyblaster just to name a couple are readily available. Of course, they may or may not be as great as some you pay for. That is an opinion thing. I really enjoyed your writing. Excellent job, and I am rating it. Please feel free to check out any of my lenses and let me know what you think. Steve
  • Make-money-online Jan 21, 2008 @ 5:47 am | delete
    Amazing...Thanks for your terrific tips!! Your lens is very good and strong. If you desire to get massive traffic to your website, check TBTOYL
  • Jon Dec 27, 2007 @ 7:30 am | delete
    Excellent. Truly helplfull and left me feling satisied
  • Sue G. Dec 20, 2007 @ 9:39 am | delete
    Thank you for the information! I can not wait to try this!!
  • AanaEdwards Dec 4, 2007 @ 1:28 am | delete
    Thanks!! A lot of tips I learnt. Otherwise I used to have lots of probs.
  • LynnM Aug 23, 2007 @ 2:48 pm | delete
    Very useful info, with good clear instructions, thanks.

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