How to Clean your Windows PC and Make it Run Faster

Breathe new life into your old computer Many people have older model laptop's and desktop computer's, possibly XP machines, that they don't really want to part with. The problem with these machines is that the modern internet and modern programs are too fast and heavy for these machines. There are a few ways that you can make improvements, but if you have a machine running, for instance, Windows XP, then Microsoft are no longer supporting this Operating System (O.S.) This means that you have your XP laptop upgraded to maximum memory, a nice big Harddrive and a fresh install of XP, the machine then downloads all the old updates from the Microsoft server, then basically updates no more. Any threat towards the XP operating system after 8 th April 2014 will not be catered for. XP ran for 14 years but was quite heavily flawed from day one, they released 3 service packs, and hundreds of majors updates, but it is no longer supported so what do you d

Increasing PC performance – Upgrading Hardware The modern internet and modern software can sometimes drain the resources of the older PC, even dual core machines. Sometimes software tweaks and general housekeeping can improve performance, but if you want to really make improvements, budget permitting, physical upgrades are always going to be your best option.    The first place to start with your desktop PC is the power supply. This often gets forgotten about, because most people want to make a laptop run faster rather than a desktop, but a desktop power supply is changeable. If your machine is, for example, a vista oem machine with a 250watt power supply, that unit has to power the motherboard, graphics card and all of the hdd and optical drives. Feeding power to the equipment in the machine can be a drain on the system, so by replacing it with a 500watt or even a 900watt will increase power delivery and will give you the extra power if needed.

Customising Windows 7 – The Easy Way   When you have owned a PC or Laptop for a while, you may want to change a few things to personalise the desktop, or maybe some of the functions. You may want to get as much speed as possible from what you have by turning off non essential programs, or even uninstalling programs that you don't use, in order to free up space and maximise efficiency.    You may want to change the desktop wallpaper from standard to a photo that you have taken, or a wallpaper downloaded from a website. Maybe even change icons or folders. The easiest way is to use the Personalisation Panel built into W7, and you can download themes as themepacks (usually as a .themepack file, which has an integrated installer) and you simply double click the downloaded theme and it self installs. This will change the look and feel of the desktop, but wont change anything else, such as the boot screen or logon screen. A fr