Unimportant PC question

[Skydog Deac]

My Lenovo PC is five years old. I don't do much more than web stuff, email, Excel and Word, so I'm not interested in upgrading at this time. I usually leave it on. After about 10 days, it slows down a lot. I was wondering if anyone knew any diagnostics to run to keep this from happening so fast. I defrag regularly, and use CCleaner to delete files, clean the registry, and remove unneeded start up files. Anything else I should do on a regular basis?

 

[RedSoxFaithful]

Restart it?

 

[Skydog Deac]

Restart it?

Well, of course I restart it, I'm talking about regular maintenance.

 

[RedSoxFaithful]

Well, of course I restart it, I'm talking about regular maintenance.

If you're only restarting it every 10 days, you're not restarting it

 

[Skydog Deac]

If you're only restarting it every 10 days, you're not restarting it

Ok, I get it. Not a bad reminder.

 

[marquee moon]

I bet that thing weighs 12 pounds

 

[Skydog Deac]

Guess I just have just cut to the chase and asked if others use any diagnostic tools on their PC's beyond something like CCleaner and defragging.

 

[HailToTheDeacons]

I'm the exact same boat, Skydog - same computer type and age, same precautionary measures. I also use an ad-blocker and run spybot search and destroy when I get around to CCleaner and defragging.

I'll start restarting my laptop more. That's good advice.

 

[CantStandYa]

You're already doing pretty much everything you can to keep a 5 year old PC running smoothly. Possibly a silly question, but do you have a ton of files stored on your desktop? If so, archive them into folders - that will give your speed a boost.

 

[DistrictDeacon]

Clear out the spyware that Lenovo installs.

 

[Skydog Deac]

You're already doing pretty much everything you can to keep a 5 year old PC running smoothly. Possibly a silly question, but do you have a ton of files stored on your desktop? If so, archive them into folders - that will give your speed a boost.

True, too many pictures. Thanks for the advice.

 

[Skydog Deac]

Clear out the spyware that Lenovo installs.

I will look into that, I didn't know anything about it, which might explain a couple of things.

 

[Kory]

Don't use the registry cleaner on CCleaner. It doesn't delete any files that would improve performance, but it can delete necessary system files.

 

[Biff Tannen]

Don't use the registry cleaner on CCleaner. It doesn't delete any files that would improve performance, but it can delete necessary system files.

So what should he use ?

 

[bym051d]

So what should he use ?

A backup and a Windows reinstall.

 

[ImTheCaptain]

So what should he use ?

a new computer