What exactly is a Computer Tune-up?
August 13th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed
People more and more are hearing the term computer tune-up. They know there computer is slow and yes they want speed it up but they have no idea what a PC Tune-up is.
Every computer repair company has their own version of what a computer tune-up shold entail. Here are tha basics that almost every company out there does.
Registry Repair and cleanup of the Registry: Your computer registry is nothing more then instructions for Windows. It tells Windows how to handle certain applications like Outlook, word, anti-virus software and the like. Over the course of time these entries can become obsolite and invalid. Most tune-up services including ours goes into the registry and removes invalid entires and corrects entires that are wrong. The will not speed you computer up dramatically but it does prevent your computer from crashing and freezeing. It will boost the speed a little but nothing to write home about. At least in most cases.
Start-up Optimization: This by far is the thing that will speed your computer up the most. Removing those never used programs and rarely used programs from the starup menu will give you the biggest boost. Almost any program out there that you install will have some sort of auto start-up feature. Most of the time it is update software. Hp printers, Adobe, google desktop things like these auto start and have another auto update program that runs. By eliminating programs that just aren’t needed to run when you but up you can see a dramatic boost in speed.
Removal of Junk Temp Files: This while in a whole does not speed your computer up you should feel far better by doing it. Everytime you vistit a website, even this one those images get stored onto your computer. Cookies and past documents you have worked on are all still on your computer. Not to mention many temp folders that just take up a ton of space. On average you can clean up a good 4-5 Gig’s worth of nothing but junk files on any computer that has not had a tune-up done in the last year.
Which brings us to a great piont. How Often Should I get a Computer Tune-up Done?
The answer will varry depedning on the individual. If you work on your computer everyday and spend a few hours on it then you are looking at getting a by anual tune-up.
If you use your copmuter a few times a week then you can easily go a year before getting a tune-up done. Computers are a lot like cars. With regular maintenance you can avoid many serious issues. By getting the tune-up done you are looking at extending the overall life of the computer.
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