4 Tips and Tricks to keep your system running like new

(NOT RELATED TO ANTI-VIRUS OR INTERNET SECURITY MEASURES)
With all notebook OS will eventually start to degrade due to normal wear and tear within, but there is ways to keep your system running at peak performance with little effort. This "Tips and Tricks" will only focus on the easiest methods that I have found very effective using minimum effort. This is not for those who obtained viruses or other malicious bugs that have already destroyed important registry keys and program files.

1. Disk Cleanup: (this should be your first approach to removing clutter such as privacy traces, cookies, and temps files, etc)

2. Advanced System Optimizer: (This is the best Optimizer on the market IMO, but there are other effective ones as well. This program has an amazing registry optimizer program within that will clean left over or obsolete registry entries and files from previously uninstalled/removed programs. It also offers an amazing system scanner and other useful features)

3. "CMD" prompt: " SFC /SCANNOW" (must run Command Prompt under "System Administrator". This will verify and repair protected windows operating system files. In some cases after running this command prompt it will not be able to repair certain files, in this case enter " DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth" (There is a space before each "/" ).

4. Everything.exe: (Google this program, what it does is organize every single file/entry on your computer in alphabetical order, I use it to remove specific traces of already removed programs. It can also be used to located any one particular item/file with keyword entry. Now you can manually remove those stubborn left behind traces that could otherwise be missed by all traditional scanning software. USE WITH CAUTION AS YOU ARE NOW PUT IN CONTROL OF WHAT IS AND WHAT ISNT GOING TO CAUSE MAJOR SYSTEM FAILURES IF INCORRECT ENTRIES ARE REMOVED.

There are many other options that can be taken, but as mentioned this has been the most effective for me after several years of experience.

Please add what has worked for you as this is intended to help those and further educate the newest of PC enthusiast .

 

Good tips Brother Mike.

I like having a good drive image as well. If you do a clean install of the OS and all of your apps, tweak everything to perfection and then create a drive image you can use that in the event that cleanup efforts fail. It can also be useful if your drive fails. This can save many hours of work.

I use Acronis True Image and Macrium Reflect on my systems, but there are free options available as well. Western Digital and Seagate have free versions of Acronis True Image that work perfectly as long as at least one of their drives is attached to the computer. The Western Digital version works with nothing more than a USB Western Digital drive attached externally. I suspect the Seagate version might as well.

 

Great point, this is something i never dove into, creating a full image would save hours of manual installation if all else fails!

 

I hope you have seen this website Ninite - Install or Update Multiple Apps at Once

 

Thanks for the tips, we also have some on our website to keep W7 running smoothly.

 

It's important to keep your system LOOK like new too!!
1. handle with care
2. store it in pouches or cases
3. keep a cloth to clean the dirt/grease/fingerprint

Is it just me love to keep my laptop mint?

 

After a clean install I always take two disk drive images. The first with just Windows and Nortons installed (and updated) and the second after I have installed all the programs that I need for work. Don't ask me why I do that but I always have.

I also do a weekly C Drive disk image just in case I ever have a problem that requires either a new C Drive or a reinstall and I use Nortons Ghost.

 

Awesome, very protective, but fail proof as well, nice! If i am not mistaken though an image will not correct what has already been fractured, but bring it back to an earlier state prior to the infraction, measures i mentioned above will hopefully keep this step from needing to be done, so great plan B!