The computer, carrying out a multitude of tasks with which you load it, is gradually clogged by a great many so-called junk files. These are the temporary files used to install the programs, this is the cache when working with the browser, these are extra entries left in the registry, disk fragmentation and much more, including any evil spies like spyware, trojans, viruses. In the end, this leads to a noticeable slowdown of the computer and more and more frequent hang-ups - especially with a small amount of RAM.

But uncontrolled experiments with unfamiliar programs are unsafe - some can so "clean up" and "optimize" that the next time you turn on you will see the blue screen as evidence of the disappearance of the critically needed for work Windows files. Good program  First, she will suggest you create a system restore point for every fireman. Then even with " blue screen"you will be able to enter safe mode  or using the last working configuration, restore the working state of the computer. So it's better to deal with proven, quality tools.

I can recommend the following well-proven "cleaners" for my part. In any case, for my Windows XP they turned out to be very effective and neat. No problems with them did not arise.

Cloud service Click & Clean  as an application for the browser Chrome. After installation, a red icon appears with the letter "C" on the address bar of the browser. Clicking on it, you will get a compact menu with a list of features of this program. This is the removal of personal data (for clarification, which ones you want to delete, click "settings"), cache, browsing history, downloads and various confidential data that can get into the wrong hands. In addition, you can clean hDD  computer from unnecessary filesand also scan for malicious programs - and then delete them.

The program works quickly, efficiently and will not remove anything unnecessary if you work correctly with the settings - there, however, there is nothing complicated. At least, do not delete your passwords saved in the browser and AutoFill data of forms, if they are not stored in your elsewhere.

Cloud service Cloud System Booster FREE  - an excellent and extremely easy to use tool for cleaning and optimization windows Workflows  and its applications. The interface is English, but it does not matter. After downloading a small program, install it (there everything is primitive) and after launch you can safely press on the big round button "Boost" (it means performance). Four items - cleaning, optimizing, repairing and repairing applications - will be performed automatically, and a system restore point will be created beforehand (click Yes). The checkboxes in the settings of each of the items by default do not stand everywhere, so you can, by clicking on the images of the gears on each point, make your changes to the program settings - if you are sure of these changes.

Cloud service P rivazer.com -  Another cleaner, multifunctional and completely safe in operation. Download, install. The first time you start, specify the item "Help me choose the right cleaning". Next, specify the recommended items, or, if there are no recommendations, what is right for you (for example, delete all work history with programs, autocomplete history, caches, previous windows installation, disable hibernation on the computer), and also specify "save your choice in new file  "PrivaZer.ini". This file will be on the desktop and the next time you start the program you will only need to specify "use this file to configure PrivaZer". After that, click on the "in-depth scan" - OK - remove or leave the check marks on the appeared scan list, check the "start cleaning" and "create recovery point" and once again "Scan". The process has gone!

If you just need to clean up the traces of your work on the Internet - instead of "Advanced Scan" click on the button on the right "Clear my tracks on the Internet in 1 click!".

- Glary Utilites  is a link to a stationary free version of an excellent cleaner and system optimizer. When installing, remove the checkmarks from the suggestions of installing various toolbars on your browsers - if you do not need them, of course. The interface is Russian. First of all, you will see the menu item "1-Click", with which you can quickly clean the computer from virtually no settings. excess garbage  and harmful programs. For more serious use of the program, you need to go to the "Modules" menu. You can configure each of the subsections and perform high-quality cleaning and configuration of the computer. Especially useful thing - embedded memory optimizer, if you regularly feel shortage of RAM. In order not to break the firewood (and this is possible) - go short video course  work with the program:

- Ccleaner  - Free stationary (or portable version) cleaner program, recognized at the moment as one of the best in this field. I advise you to download and install it, because it is useful to you in any case - for example, in the absence of the Internet, when cloud services  will not work. The program has a simple interface and a minimum of settings. There is a function to remove programs from the computer, but it is better for this purpose to use Uninstall Tool  (see below). Working with CCleaner is simple, the interface is Russian, but someone can just in case training roller  from Youtube:

Often, computer novices turn to specialists, with one single problem: the computer seems to be new, the store said it was powerful, and not passed a couple of months and you find that your computer is slowing down. Moreover, the computer slows down, so that it seems that your computer has been at least five years old for at least five years. You called a specialist enough to pokoldovat 15 minutes over your computer - and you have it as a new one. How he does it? How do I clean my computer myself so that your computer does not brake?

We start with cleaning the dust ...

I will describe several reasons - why the computer slows down, and then we'll figure out how to eliminate all these problems. The first reason that your computer is slow can be overheating. "How?" - you object to me, "After all, the computer is new! Has he already managed to clog his dust ?! We even got a special computer table for a computer "!" As experience shows, and I had to see so many computer table designs, for myself I concluded that the producers of these very computer desks are very far from the computers themselves. That is, they design computer tables as a rule, or generally have no idea how the computer works, or simply the functionality of the table was sacrificed to "beauty." And only in very expensive and high-quality computer tables (usually imported, not our "handicrafts") is really felt on a par with beauty and functionality, caring for your iron helper.

The modern computer is equipped with a very powerful processor that consumes quite a decent amount of electricity despite all the engineers' efforts (sometimes the components of the system unit can consume at least 700-800 watts of power at peak loads, which is almost the power of a small electric kettle or a hair dryer). Naturally, heat is generated during operation and not small. From the system unit, this heat is driven out by continuously running fans.

I hope you do not need to prove for a long time that by putting it in the cradle or "blank" niche of your computer table system unit, and even pumping to the top of the system block piles with not yet necessary documents - you doom your computer to life in constant overheating. Naturally the technique suffers, but the cooling fans start to buzz more strongly. At the slightest load, they are switched on at full power. If the load or ambient temperature increases - the electronic components of your computer are triggered by a special built-in microprocessor protection - throttling is called. The meaning of trotting is the artificial reduction in the number of operations per second. That is, your computer, performing some difficult task for him, begins to make small breathers, stop for some microscopic time but repeatedly. Because of this in particular there are suspensions in games, and when performing complex programs. And if the radiator on the processor of your computer picks up dust - the transition to the throttling mode begins much earlier, and with lower loads.

To make the computer run as quickly as possible, and so that it does not overheat, it needs to be periodically cleaned. Here I mean the mechanical cleaning of the computer.

To do this, it is enough to remove the system unit from the niche that it occupies and unscrew as a rule 2 screws (less often one or three), remove one and its side covers. To do this, do not even need to call a specialist - you can clean the computer and yourself.

Here sometimes with what it is possible to meet:

Clean your computer from dust in this way.

That's how much dust sometimes happens in the computer. And how to clean a computer that nothing in it will not break? First make sure that your system unit from the outside is completely disconnected from any wires. If you can not remember where this or that wire is connected - mark it with a marker, or draw a connection diagram on a piece of paper - as it will be convenient for you. Inside the system unit, you do not need to disconnect anything. If any wire remains connected - disconnect. Take a small soft brush. Suitable for new brush for painting something, and also take a vacuum cleaner, having preliminary removed from it all nozzles. If the vacuum cleaner has a wet cleaning function - make sure that this mode is turned off. Do not let the water get inside your computer! Put your system unit on its side, flat (you can do it on the floor). Switch on the vacuum cleaner for suction. With your left hand, hold the hose of the vacuum cleaner, and bring this hose to the place where you see the fans and the greatest amount of dust. And with your right hand, brushed gently "rustle" the layers of dust on and in the radiator, while sucking them with a vacuum cleaner. Actually, a vacuum cleaner is needed in this case, so that dust does not scatter around your room.
Reinstall the cover of the system unit that you removed and screw it in with cogs. In principle, the lid can not be screwed if your system unit is in the niche of a computer desk. But if you do not like watching the insides of your computer, or just somehow it's not easy - put the lid back on.

Now your computer will not overheat and maybe stop braking.

In the case of a laptop I advise all the same to turn to a specialist. Very few laptops allow you to get to their dusty entrails by simply removing the lid. Often a complete disassembly may be required. At the same time, it is very easy to break delicate details in a laptop. In this case, I recommend that you clean only the specialists. But they need to be cleaned at least occasionally and more often than stationary computers. Since in laptops everything is very compact, it means dust is much easier to linger.

How do I clean the programs?

So the hardware part of the computer was cleaned up, but the computer is still slowing down - that means we are starting to clean up the software.

Among the many reasons why a computer slows down can be the infection of your computer malware  - Various viruses, trojans, worms and other evil spirits. Before I clean my computer, I strongly recommend that you get rid of all this nastiness. How to get rid of viruses? Install a good, powerful antivirus and run a full scan of your computer for viruses! Which antivirus should I choose? Everyone has their own preferences. I would recommend installing an antivirus of one of the eminent companies. Do not try to download and install antivirus maloizvestnyh companies - this can be the so-called pseudo-antivirus. Mighty people can do more harm to your computer instead of using it. You can install even a paid antivirus - a trial version. trial version paid antivirus is usually fully functional and has a restriction only on the time of work, usually a month. In any case, a paid antivirus is always better and more efficient than a free antivirus.

Important note! Never, under any circumstances, install two or more antivirus programs at the same time. This can serve as another reason why the computer slows down.

Viruses have been checked, the antivirus in the system is one and the same thing - and now the computer is slowing down!

Clean temporary files that have accumulated in your computer during your work. To do this, you must first enable the display of hidden files. Here my tips will differ depending on which Windows is installed on your computer.

Turn on the display of hidden files in Windows 7 (Vista):

Click on: Start=> Control Panel=> Folders settings. Go to the tab View, put the dot in the column " Show hidden files  and folders", Then remove the tick from" Hide system, protected files (recommended)". The computer curses - saying you just thought, agree and did not change your mind, and will not sue Microsoft for the fact that it will reveal to you your own system files. To all this verbiage, you press the affirmative "Yes"!

Now you are surprised to find that there are some new files and daddies on your C drive.

Warning: do not delete these files and dads, otherwise your computer may never boot!

Now the most important part of our entire venture begins. Clean the files! Read further carefully. I am not responsible for the fact that you inattentively read and deleted something wrong.

We go in A computer => Local disk  (FROM:) => Windows=> Prefetch  (we go into it even if Windows does not start from the first time). In folder Prefetch  (and only in it) delete all files and folders.

We return to the folder Windows  and now we find the folder Temp. There, too, all highlight (you can press Ctrl + A) and delete.

Now back to Local disk (with :), go to the folder Members List, from it we pass to user folder  under which you are registered in the system. Next we find the folder AppData=> Local  and only in this folder we find the folder Temp, enter it and delete everything in the folder Temp.

The next step is to perform a standard cleaning of the C drive. To do this, go to A computer, on the icon Local liska (From :)right click, go to Properties  and check to see if the check mark is Compress this disk to save space. If checked, uncheck it and then confirm changing the settings for all files on the C drive! Why? Because the files on the C drive are compressed slightly and from activation of this option you will free up to 100 MB of space, but then the computer will be braked up to 1.5 times faster. After all, on a compressed disk to perform some kind of operation, the computer needs to first uncompress your data (it takes time), and then when you write the data is compressed again - this is also a waste of time. In fact, with the installation of this daw, your archiver is continuously working, alternately compressing and uncompressing your files - do you need it ?. If space is not enough - buy a more capacious hard drive! But back to our cleaning drive. Click on the button Disk Cleanup. In Windows 7, I recommend that you activate the option Clear System Files. Then press Ok and wait.

Yes! The question here people asked - do I need to check all the checkboxes when cleaning the disk? I answer: in Windows 7 - it is possible opposite all points, but here in Windows XP not all! Do not tick "Compressing old files"otherwise Windows XP will compress all files that it considers old, which means it will slow down when opened, and it will not be easy to uncompress them.

In addition, Windows 7 with the option "Clear system files" is turned on - thoroughly removes one cunning folder - winsxs is called, sometimes reducing its volume more than twice. If you have Windows 7 - go for the sake of interest in the folder C: \\ Windows and see how much this dummy winsxs takes? ...

The end of the first part. The second part is read

Any operating system of the Windows family, as it works, accumulates a large amount of garbage. This includes tmp directory files, registry entries created by programs, but not used, logs, logs, all this contributes to reducing the speed of the computer. This article will provide information on how to speed up the response time of applications, make working with OS more comfortable.

If you do not perform these actions regularly, the speed of opening will slow down context menus, folders, startup programs. Free place  on the hard disk will all the time decrease, which will lead to freezes or even the inability to download operating system.

Built-in Windows tools

Start the story of the programs that can clean the computer, you should with the built-in utility. It works less efficiently than third-party products. It should pay attention to users who rarely work at the computer, as well as those who do not have the rights or the ability to install the software. The default utility is included in all modern versions of Windows. To run it in any OS, just type "cleanmgr" in the "Run" box. Now it remains only to click on "OK". The display shows the main utility window. In it, you need to specify which section the program will continue to work with.

The HDD analysis will continue for several minutes. Its speed is affected by the size hard drive, the percentage of defragmentation, the time elapsed since the last start of a similar operation. When the scan finishes, the utility will provide a superficial report and prompt you to select the file groups to delete. Next to each item is a check-box, and opposite is written the number of megabytes of information occupied.

To clean the computer, select the checkboxes next to the names of all the groups. Click on "OK" and confirm your intention. To delete more unnecessary information from the HDD partitions in the main utility window, click the "Clear system files" button. Applying the approach described above, you have to spend no more than 10 minutes to perform all the actions. As mentioned before, the standard windows tools  are ineffective, which means that during the scan the utility found not all the garbage.

Third-Party Products

One of the most popular programs for optimizing PC operation is CCleaner. Many users give preference to it, because you can erase a computer's memory with this tool in just a couple of clicks. The interface of the application is as simple and straightforward as possible, so even an inexperienced user will not need to learn the help book.

Installation

CCleaner is absolutely free product, so download it only from the official resource. In addition to latest version  utilities, you will know for sure that you do not infect your PC with a virus. The program requires installation before cleaning the computer. Windows after the installation of the installer will warn the user about the danger of executable files downloaded from the global network. Do the following:

1. Select "Yes".
2. A window will appear on the display. In it you need to choose the language, which is preferable to use in the interface.
3. After clicking on "Next", the user will be able to preset. All parameters will be understood by any user who has at least once installed programs in Windows.
4. Now you just need to click on the "Install" and wait for the process to finish. Installation is fast. It will take one or two minutes.

How to clean your computer: delete temporary documents

In the main window of the program there is an inscription "Cleaning". After clicking on it, the utility will perform an analysis, the function of which is similar to the one organized in the built-in tool. In the columns to the left are the names of the file groups, which will be deleted later. Some of them are marked by default. Check the box next to unnecessary files. Click on the inscription "Analysis" and wait for the application to collect the data. At the time the function is completed, the amount of system garbage is affected.

After scanning, a window with a detailed report appears on the screen. It will allow you to view the location of all the documents you delete and the amount of data that will be freed. To clean the computer, click the appropriate button. Important files for the operating system will not be deleted. However, if you do not want to get rid of the history of the browser or magazines windows Errors, it is worthwhile to study the report in advance and carefully review the names of the groups marked with check boxes.

System registry

In general, the speed of the computer depends on the garbage in the registry. However, the disorder in it negatively affects the stability of specific programs. Clean the partitions and records should be when the utilities that functioned normally began to fail sharply. If you can not install new applications because of errors during the installation, it makes sense to do some optimization of the registry:

• Click on the icon with the signature "Registry" in the left block of the program.
• Without removing the checkboxes, click on "Search".
• The utility will start scanning, which will continue for several minutes.
• When finished, click on "Repair".
• CCleaner will offer to create backup copy  data, which will be erased later.
• After selecting, a window with detailed information about the deleted partitions and keys will be displayed. In it there is a button "Fix", on which and it is necessary to press.

Service

The "Tools" section of the CCleaner utility provides the user with several tools for manipulating the operating system settings, installed applications, hard disk partitions. The main features of this section, which are worth paying attention to, are programs and management of startup entries.

It includes those applications that run either with Windows or after the user logs on. From unnecessary or rarely used programs, startup should be cleaned. Accelerate the computer using this method is unlikely to work, but the boot time of the OS will noticeably decrease. The function of uninstalling applications is completely analogous to the standard Windows tool. Advantages CCleaner - greater visibility and quick access to the functionality.

Revo Uninstaller

Revo Uninstaller differs from most programs aimed at removing garbage from the computer's HDD. If the majority of utilities erase already accumulated data, then Revo Uninstaller struggles with one of the reasons for the clutter of the PC - incorrect software removal. During its work, the application monitors the activity of the programs, remembers which files were created after each particular, what data was written to the registry and changed in it.

Removing the program using Revo Uninstaller, the user can be 100% sure that the computer does not have any garbage associated with it. Utilities installed before the equipment by the application in question are also uninstalled without leaving the tails. This is possible thanks to the built-in complex analysis system. The user just click on the item "Uninstall", and after scanning, tick all the inscriptions. Anyone who likes to fully control the work of programs, will be able to study a detailed report. It writes all the paths to the files and registry settings that will be deleted.

Conclusion

Remember: it is not enough to clean the computer once. "Windows" of any version requires regular service. The more programs are installed in the operating system, the more work is done for the PC, the less maintenance periodicity should be.