Also, make sure that your "real-time protection" is always in "on" mode to make sure nothing sneaks into your computer.

3) Purchase and use a hard drive cleaning program.

And I'm not talking about Norton Clean Sweep, here! While those applications do have their place, you need something that is much more comprehensive in useless information it clears out.

These things are an invaluable tool, and they’re not just for sneaky husbands who surf those “undesirable” sites late at night!

I personally use Web Eraser, which cost me $30, but was well worth investment. It cleans out useless and undesirable junk that only serves to slow down your computer, and frees up lots of wasted memory on your hard drive in meantime.

A cool feature is that you can tailor it to clean out only what you want and leave rest untouched and implements Department of Defense’s strict standards for cleaning and sanitizing hard drives.

Keep in mind that, as with Spybot S&E described above, it’s important to go through simple tutorials and help sections to fully understand what you should erase, and what is better left untouched.

For example, you might want to save certain “cookies” on your hard drive to make your internet surfing quicker and more efficient while visiting sites you frequent most or do business with.

4) Defrag your computer’s hard drive.

Some folks do this far too often, but others totally neglect it, and this can definitely contribute to slower performance in some computers.

Defragging, simply put, consolidates related information on your hard drive so that your computer doesn’t have to spend as much time looking for it when you want to run a certain application.

If you use any version of Windows, a defrag program is included. I would recommend, depending on how full your hard drive is, defragging every two to three weeks to help keep that hard drive running smoothly.

Although there are many other ways beyond scope of this article to boost performance of your computer whether it be newer or a relative “dinosaur”, following above four steps will go a long way to keeping you happy with your investment and not feeling like you’re wasting years of your life waiting for thing to complete simplest tasks.

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