Today's home computers are nothing short of fabulous! The way they fly through hyperspace and perform operations is absolutely amazing! Yet many times a PC, for no foreseen reason will slow down, sometimes intolerably. When this happens it is maddening to say the least as suddenly this powerful speed merchant computer starts acting like a doorstop!



I can see how it can make a computer owner angry because they paid for a fast computer, so they think it is reasonable to expect a fast computer. However, they find themselves sitting at their computer desk waiting and waiting and waiting for something to happen. Moreover, it is confusing. Most people who have this experience ask, "what did I do wrong?" Actually, they didn't do anything wrong.

So, what can we do about it? How can we get the hare back into that Pentium IV tortoise? This article will explain how a perfectly good, relatively new computer can lose all its speed and what we can do to get it back

Spyware, Anyone?

For most computer owners, the first step is going to be a snap. Most times, when a computer comes into my shop because it has become insufferably slow, it already has a spyware cleaner installed on it. This is good because certainly, spyware has the potential to slow a computer down to almost a dead stop!

Maybe the computer won't have a spyware cleaner installed, but it will have a virus scanner on it. This is just as good. You see, spyware cleaners and virus scanners are practically the same thing. Under all but the most unusual of circumstances, a spyware cleaner will take care of keeping a computer free of viruses and a virus scanner will keep all the spyware out. All types of spyware and viruses are really types of malware, or malicious-software and all good virus scanners and spyware cleaners take care of all that stuff.

The bottom line is; if you have used a virus scanner or spyware cleaner since your computer has lost its speed and this cleaner is up to date, then chances are great you're okay with the spyware and viruses and the like and we can look elsewhere for your problem. However, if you haven't scanned for malware, malware could be your problem. This stuff can kill your computer!

Unfortunately, you may not be able to install a new spyware cleaner on a computer that is hardly running. So, if this is the case, you may have to bring your computer to a repair shop and have it scanned from another source.

Spyware Free?

So, you're virus and spyware free, huh? Great! In a case like this when a computer is very slow, there is about a 99% chance there is registry corruption present and it is making your operating system work really hard to perform operations it should perform easily. So go on-line and get a registry scan. That is once again, if your computer is capable of going on-line.

If however your computer is operating, albeit slowly, simply go to the website of a top rated registry cleaner and get a free scan. Yes, all the good registry cleaners I know of will give you a free scan so you can see if registry corruption is your problem.

If you do have corruption in your registry, you will have to purchase the registry cleaner's license so you can let this program repair your registry. Don't worry, registry cleaners are dirt cheap when you consider the great service they perform, like making your computer fast again.

Unfortunately, a spyware cleaner or virus scanner just doesn't make it as our only tool needed to keep our PC's functioning these days. For many reasons, the registry takes a lot of abuse on today's computer and so we need to do frequent cleanings to keep it in good shape. One final tip is this. The best registry cleaners around also come with optimizing software which will possibly make your computer even faster than it has ever been.