[UK-CONTEST] Windows PC's slow down Why?

[David, G3YYD]

All good stuff.

I personally avoid anything from Norton after too many bad experiences 
over the years with mine and other peoples PCs. I also suggest Avast as 
an alternative anti-viral, which is available free for home use.

Also remove all unused software from your system and then run CCleaner 
as often the uninstall does not clean up the registry.

David G3YYD

Ian Maude wrote:
> There are lots of reasons why a machine might slow down.  Assuming no
> hardware faults and speed perception some of the common issues are...
>
> Fragmentation (easily solved with either the built in defrag tool or
> defraggler)
> Registry issues (CCleaner is excellent)
> Spyware/Malware (Malwarebytes and Spybot(without teatimer!)
> Temporary files etc (These can be cleaned out with the inbuilt tool or with
> CCleaner)
> Some security tools (Norton and the one from Talk Talk spring to mind!)
>
> You can also get issues the the prefetch catalogue getting corrupted but
> this is more of an advanced fix :)
>
> In order then
>
> Malwarebytes (quick scan)
> Spybot
> CCleaner (registry and disc clean)
> Defrag
>
> Restart your machine and hopefully you should see an improvement in speed.
>
> If you have Nortons on, you will need the Norton Removal Tool from Symantec
> to remove it successfully.
>
> I suggest AVG as a good replacement.
>
> I hope this helps
>
> 73 Ian
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