Posible solution for slow pc

[patrickfeeneytamayo]

Hi! Well, I have a question... Which is the best program for erasing trash, etc from your pc? At the moment I'm using JetClean. Do you guys think its ok? or I shall use ccleaner. Recommend me another option if you think both programs are bad.

 

[sneekypeet]

Best way to go about speeding up the OS is to install it fresh. It may also help if you provide system specifications, at least which OS it is you are working with.

 

[MrGenius]

Process Lasso. But don't expect it, or any cleaner program, to make a huge difference. It's all about your hardware.

 

[95Viper]

Which is the best program for erasing trash, etc from your pc?

Don't know if they are the best; but, I like PrivaZer or CCleaner.

It may also help if you provide system specifications, at least which OS it is you are working with.

What @sneekypeet said, it would help...

Without any info...
If you are not worried about or care about saving energy... set your power options to the High Performance or Ultra High performance.
Go through your startup (using taskmanager, autoruns, or your favorite app) and turn off any not needed apps that start and run, like java updater, adobe updater, etc.
Get rid of any junk and free up as much drive space as possible... then defrag your drives, if you don't have it set to do so, already.

Before you go deleting and changing things... make a clone of your drives or some other backup option... if not, you might be looking at a complete re-install. At least it would fresh and clean.

Good luck.

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

Hi! Well, I have a question... Which is the best program for erasing trash, etc from your pc? At the moment I'm using JetClean. Do you guys think its ok? or I shall use ccleaner. Recommend me another option if you think both programs are bad.

At first I thought you were talking about dishwashing soaps.

I would not install an cleaner, not just yet. Its best to take some basic steps yourself, windows has a few pre-installed programs that will help you tremendously. Before going into all that can you update your system specs > https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/account/specs

 

[Vayra86]

Don't use third party 'cleaners'. Use Windows functionality. Add/Remove programs being a great starting point, followed by run command msconfig and checking the startup tab

 

[Bill_Bright]

I feel reinstalling Windows is a last ditch effort for many reasons. First, it can put you months or even years behind in security updates. It often does not fix the problem. The restore process often re-introduces the offending problem! And nothing is really learned to prevent recurrence. But when you have run out of options, starting from scratch with a fresh install does typically work.

Of course, a slow computer can be caused by many things. Have you scanned for malware? Running Windows own Disk Cleanup can rid the system of clutter. Alternatively I recommend CCleaner - but only if not already critically low on free disk space. This is the only third party cleaner I recommend.

Avoid any program that promises to make your computer run better than new. That's marketing hogwash that often makes matters worse.

Which brings us to free disk space. Windows needs a big chunk to operate freely in. Do NOT go by any percentage based on disk size. That's just silly today with monster disks. I like to keep 30GB free.

If running low, uninstall any programs you installed that you don't use. If still low, install more disk space.

See what starts with Windows. If you don't use it, go into its preferences menu and disable the "Start with Windows" option. Except for Windows itself, and your "real-time" security program, disable any "auto-update" option. These option add resource hogging services that run all the time. You don't need them, except with the OS and your real-time security programs.

 

[FireFox]

What @sneekypeet said, it would help...

Not worth it if you are using old hardware, you do a fresh install and after a month or so it will we the same

 

[patrickfeeneytamayo]

Best way to go about speeding up the OS is to install it fresh. It may also help if you provide system specifications, at least which OS it is you are working with.

Dell inspiron n4050 with last version of windows 10

Don't know if they are the best; but, I like PrivaZer or CCleaner.



What @sneekypeet said, it would help...

Without any info...
If you are not worried about or care about saving energy... set your power options to the High Performance or Ultra High performance.
Go through your startup (using taskmanager, autoruns, or your favorite app) and turn off any not needed apps that start and run, like java updater, adobe updater, etc.
Get rid of any junk and free up as much drive space as possible... then defrag your drives, if you don't have it set to do so, already.

Before you go deleting and changing things... make a clone of your drives or some other backup option... if not, you might be looking at a complete re-install. At least it would fresh and clean.

Good luck.

I usually make fresh installs

At first I thought you were talking about dishwashing soaps.

I would not install an cleaner, not just yet. Its best to take some basic steps yourself, windows has a few pre-installed programs that will help you tremendously. Before going into all that can you update your system specs > https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/account/specs

I have 2 pcs, and this is my secondary one (laptop).

 

[eidairaman1]

Don't use third party 'cleaners'. Use Windows functionality. Add/Remove programs being a great starting point, followed by run command msconfig and checking the startup tab

I will use ccleaner for hard to remove cruft.

 

[Komshija]

Yes, CCleaner is a very good tool for cleaning various rubbish and even the registry, but it has one major flaw - it's dead slow. TuneUp Utilities have various tools for cleaning a PC, but it's not a freeware.

 

[theFOoL]

It would appear judging from the specs the cpu is just too weak to do anything sadly. Like my G'Pa laptop which has a similar laptop but it's older and even on W7 it was a crawl but when I tested with a SSD for testing it was somewhat usable LINK

 

[Bill_Bright]

Yes, CCleaner is a very good tool for cleaning various rubbish and even the registry, but it has one major flaw - it's dead slow.

Dead slow??? It takes a few seconds! I just ran it on this system. Analyzing and cleaning both drives took just 22.076 seconds. Scanning my registry too less than 15 seconds.

Tune Up Utilities is not in the same category of tools as CCleaner. I do not trust Tune Up Utilities.

 

[Komshija]

Dead slow??? It takes a few seconds! I just ran it on this system. Analyzing and cleaning both drives took just 22.076 seconds. Scanning my registry too less than 15 seconds.

Tune Up Utilities is not in the same category of tools as CCleaner. I do not trust Tune Up Utilities.

Literally for me it is dead slow, regardless whether I select 1 pass or 3 passes or 7 passes... After approx. two hours on the web, it needs around 25-30 seconds to clean up and sometimes even longer. The most problematic are Firefox and Opera files in Users/*User name*/AppData/Local/Opera Software/Opera Stable or Mozilla/Firefox... which took most of the time to clean.
I also checked several additional boxes as opposed to those which are already checked by default after the installation, but that shouldn't significantly prolong cleaning. I have a free version, so that might also cause slowness.

 

[Bill_Bright]

Literally for me it is dead slow, regardless whether I select 1 pass or 3 passes or 7 passes...

The 1, 3 or 7 passes is part of a totally separate feature you should rarely ever need to use. That is part of the Drive Wiper (or Secure file deletion) feature. You only need to use that if you are disposing of your drive and don't want anyone to accidentally (or intentionally) find any files you previously deleted.

If you are using Drive Wiper (or Secure file deletion) regularly, all you are doing is significantly increasing wear and tear on your hard drives. And of course, you should not be using these features at all on SSDs - ever.