| Has your computer slowed down lately? Does seem | | | | or you got a new printer and still have the old |
| like it takes forever to start up your computer and get | | | | software on your computer taking up space. Delete |
| to your desktop. When you click on an icon or | | | | them by going to start, control panel, add/remove |
| application does it just hang there leaving you | | | | programs, and click on the one you don't want any |
| wondering if anything is happening? | | | | more (highlight it) and click remove. |
| Well you're not alone. Computers are not perfect and | | | | There are also many things that can be done in the |
| this happens to millions of people. You don't have to be | | | | Registry to speed up your computer but you don't |
| one of them. Forget spending hundreds or even | | | | want to go in there unless you are trained or have a |
| thousands of dollars on a new computer. Just repair | | | | program to help you. |
| the one you have now. How? | | | | Also, check your performance. Go to start, control |
| Get ready to repair your pc now! | | | | panel, administrative tools, computer management, |
| I am a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) | | | | system tools, performance and see if your computer |
| and have worked with Gateway for many years. I will | | | | is using most of it's resources. It normally will run very |
| give you some simple steps you can try yourself. | | | | low maybe 1% to 3%, if its running %20, %30 or higher |
| Some of these steps you may know or have already | | | | you could have a virus or a lot of spyware and will |
| tried, but for those of you who have not. | | | | need additional help to repair your pc. So what can |
| Go to start, control panel, Tools and/or performance | | | | you do? |
| info, open disk cleanup and run it. | | | | If none of these things help then trust me, you are in |
| Also you can go to start, search and type in.tmp and | | | | need of some outside help. Before I was trained in this |
| search for them (temp files) delete all of them, this will | | | | field I wasted hundreds of dollars and time bringing my |
| free up space from all the temporary files your | | | | computer in somewhere to be looked at (where they |
| computer stored over time. | | | | try to talk you into buying unnecessary hardware), or |
| Then get rid of any unwanted programs, for example | | | | bought a new computer. |
| you may have some games you don't play anymore, | | | | |