PC Optimisation Program

painter man · Post by **painter man** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 9:20 pm

I'm looking for an Optimization program for XP. I've seen a few, but they all look the same.
Can anyone give me some guidance on which one to choose?

RichieP · Post by **RichieP** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 3:27 pm

Most of them are just gimmicks. What do you want to achieve?

painter man · Post by **painter man** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 6:07 pm

Not to achieve anything really. I don't know much about them, and just wondering if they would be beneficial to the smooth running of my PC.

Are they a waste of time and money?

skiking · Post by **skiking** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 6:24 pm

I'm with RichieP on this one. Basic housekeeping of your system will keep it going.

Make sure your antivirus is up2date and running. Firewall's are useful - stops others from attacking your machine. Run anti-spyware (something like Ad-Aware) on a regular basis - there are mixed opinions on these on whether they actually do what it says on the tim or adds more stuff than it takes off. Personally, I use Ad-aware
Delete unwanted files. Running low on disc space plays havoc with Windows. Periodically run defrag to re-org the disc space so that all parts of a file are together.
Re-boot your machine.

I'm sure there's other stuff that can be done but these are the basics.

painter man · Post by **painter man** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 7:39 pm

All the usual security stuff is under control

I'm using the new virgin PC Guard, Spy bot S+D, scan and defrag regularly.

Thanks for your help guys.