How do I speed up my laptop and take good care of it?

[KantaGaming]

Hello!

I have a 6 year od laptop and the sistem on it is 4 years old(Windows 7 64-bit). And I'm just searching for some help becouse it is really slow and I don't know what to do.

Laptop specs:

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 2,26 GHz
RAM: 3GB DDR2
Graphic card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430
HDD: I have a total of 227GB and 100GB is free
Motherboard: Hewlett-Packard model: 30E9

This laptop is really old but I still don't want it to be really slow
And also if you guys could send me a link to how to clean the inside from dust becouse it's loud.

Thank you!

 

[RFM1997]

Hello KantaGaming!

For starters, since it's an old laptop, you might want to reinstall windows, that will fix everything. Then you take good care of the system and you should be good to go.

If you don't feel like defragmenting, cleaning registry, bad short cuts among other things, get this program called TuneUp Utilities 2014. I use it myself and all computers that were really slow, were blazingly fast after applying the program. It not only cleans the system, but also manages which programs are working in the background, it can disable programs while the computer is on, as well as startup programs.

To open and clean the laptop, it's really easy, just get a basic idea on the notebook's insides by watching youtube videos, keep all the screws in groups, as to not forget where they belong, clean and mount it back on.

 

[KantaGaming]

Hello KantaGaming!

For starters, since it's an old laptop, you might want to reinstall windows, that will fix everything. Then you take good care of the system and you should be good to go.

If you don't feel like defragmenting, cleaning registry, bad short cuts among other things, get this program called TuneUp Utilities 2014. I use it myself and all computers that were really slow, were blazingly fast after applying the program. It not only cleans the system, but also manages which programs are working in the background, it can disable programs while the computer is on, as well as startup programs.

To open and clean the laptop, it's really easy, just get a basic idea on the notebook's insides by watching youtube videos, keep all the screws in groups, as to not forget where they belong, clean and mount it back on.

I don't feel like reinstalling the windows so I'll try TuneUp Utilities 2014. Thanx

 

[Diox55]

I have a few solutions:

Firstly, try these free utilities, I use them on my computer, and it run's pretty nice:

1. CCleaner. This will empty your recycling bin, clear internet history, and much more. It also has a registry cleaner option too.

https/www.piriform.com/ccleaner

2. Anti Malwarebytes. This will clear out any malware, and will fix or delete any unused files, or conflicting files.

https/www.malwarebytes.org/

Also, if you don't have anti virus, I recommend Avast! Free edition. For a free antivirus it is fantastic, and will keep viruses away.

http/www.avast.com/en-us/download-software

 

[RFM1997]

I already suggested Tuneup Utilities 2014, it makes Ccleaner useless, but the anti-malware and the anti virus suggestions are welcome.

 

[KantaGaming]

Thank you everyone I used CCleaner but now I installed TuneUp Utilities 2014 (Suggested by RFM1997) and it is allready much faster I used MalwareBytes and it found over 70 "viruses" and it is more faster and I have ESET Nod what do you think about that antivirus is it good, bad, doesn't work good enought...

Thanx!

 

[RFM1997]

Good to know that your PC is much faster

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[Diox55]

Thank you everyone I used CCleaner but now I installed TuneUp Utilities 2014 (Suggested by RFM1997) and it is allready much faster I used MalwareBytes and it found over 70 "viruses" and it is more faster and I have ESET Nod what do you think about that antivirus is it good, bad, doesn't work good enought...

Thanx!

Honestly, ccleaner isn't needed with Tuneup but malwarebytes is still good. I still suggest Avast Free antivirus, that's helped me alot.