1. Run a defragmentation of the hard disk every week, even though your computer might announce you that this isn’t necessary. You don’t have to follow computer courses in order to be able to do that. The program is included with the operating system and you’ll be able to find it in System Tools. If you want, you can also try this registry scan program which will show you if there are any registry errors. Showing is free, for fixing you’ll have to buy the software.
2. Don’t keep items on your desktop. Put everything in other folders, then drag some shortcuts on your desktop if this is easier for you to find your things
3. Keep your antivirus program up to date. Some anti virus programs announce you every time they need to update their virus definitions. Always choose yes, let them update, otherwise your computer is at risk of getting infected
4. Always check how much free space you have on the disk where your operating system is installed. Good operation requires some free space, and if it isn’t enough, you’d get in trouble because some programs won’t start at all, while others would run very very slow.
5. Don’t install programs which you don’t know what they do or who made them. You might get infected with adware and spyware and this is very hard to get rid of. The effect is slowing down the computer.

If you follow these tips, you’ll enjoy your computer’s speed for a long time and you’ll save some money for some nice hot kicks shoes or anything else.

In such cases, a PC-Diagnostics Novice Kit would save you lots of nerves and time. However, if you don’t want to test this elegant solution, you can do at least a few things which would help you maintain your PC in good shape:

• Run a defragmentation every month, even if your PC says it is not necessary. You can find the defrag command in Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Defragmnet
• Clear your cache and delete the temporary internet files every month. If you browse a lot, you can do this more often.
• Run your antivirus program every week. You can schedule it to start automatically each Friday, for example, at an hour you desire, so you won’t be working something important. It is known that running the anti virus will make all other programs slow down.
• Don’t install unnecessary software: you don’t want to be the tester of all software currently in alpha or beta stage. Let others chase the bugs, and learn from their experience. If you don’t know what a software does, try to find some reviews and read them prior to installing it on your system.

Keeping your PC clean and fast running is not so difficult after all. In fact, it is easier than installing a solar panel or some other do-it-yourself household operation. All you need is a bit of discipline or a PC-Diagnostics Novice Kit to help you, if you don’t think you can cope with all the above operations.