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'font-style:italic;' class='uawbyline'>by Anne Torres

There are a lot of reasons or grounds that a computer will start to slow down. Unfortunately it’s a reality that PCs tend to get filled with a lot of junk files. This is one of the main reasons why you will notice a computer start to bog down as it gets older.

There are some great ways to clean out the clutter and restore your PC to like-new condition.

Clean Up Your Desktop

Desktop icons can drain off a lot of reserves and be grounds for your computer to run a bit on the sluggish side. This is more than ever true of computers with lower memory.

Clean up all those icons and you will enjoy greater speed and less hang-up.

Remove Desktop Wallpaper

One more thing people don’t become conscious is that desktop wallpaper is a huge drain on memory, especially since those wallpaper images can be deceptively large in terms of file size. A 1 Meg wallpaper picture can put an enormous drain on your system resources.

Clean Up The Registry

A clean Windows registry is a must if you want a computer that’s running at its peak performance levels. Did you know that the registry is one of the biggest causes of common computer problems amongst Windows PCs? Most people don’t even know that they have a registry let alone that it can cause problems.

The registry tends to get messed up with superseded and empty registry files and folders. These superseded entries can cause the computer to bog down as it tries to read and look back over them.

Fortunately taking away all the clutter from your registry is very easy. It’s also one of the most effective ways to speed up a slow computer. Use a registry repair program to do the job and it will only take you a few minutes.

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