How to clean your computer: simple and really working tips from a professional

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When you use your computer for a long time, you may notice that its performance begins to drop, it takes longer to turn on than usual, or you have to wait for a particular window to open. In most cases, the culprit is dust, junk files or unnecessary programs. It doesn’t matter whether your computer is powerful or not. All this means that everything unnecessary needs to be removed. Detailed description about how to clean your computer in different ways, given below.

Reasons for computer slowdown

Once you buy a new computer or laptop and start using it, everything works pretty quickly, which is very nice. But, unfortunately, over time, factors that worsen the performance of the computer will begin to manifest themselves - it begins to overheat, slow down, or even reboot on its own. All this brings inconvenience, and the question arises: How to clean your computer so it doesn't slow down? First, you need to identify the reason why the technology began to fail. There may be several of them:

the processor overheats;
the body is dirty with wool, dust, etc.;
there are viruses in the system;
heavy loading of the hard drive with junk files;
RAM is loaded with unnecessary programs.

Once the cause has been identified, measures must be taken to eliminate it. There are two options here: do the cleaning yourself or call a specialist. If there is a possibility that you cannot figure it out yourself, it is better to call a specialist. But if you still decide to try it yourself, follow the recommendations that we advise you.

Cleaning your computer from debris

Cleaning your computer from debris yourself

If you want your computer to work quickly and smoothly again, you will have to get rid of excess junk. To clean Windows, you will need special utilities, and to remove dust it is better to use a compressor or just wet wipes (a vacuum cleaner will not help you in this case). Using various programs you can get rid of unnecessary files, but still, first of all, it’s better inside the case.

Cleaning your computer from dust

When you have decided that you will clean your PC yourself, the question arises: How clean your computer from dust? First, of course, you need to disconnect the side panel (if it is a desktop computer), and if it is a laptop, then you need to remove the bottom panel so that all the hardware parts are accessible. Due to the large amount of dust in the room, the cooling system sucks it in, and it accumulates on the board, fan blades and radiators. A vacuum cleaner will not help get rid of it for one simple reason: an electric field is formed in the computer, and the dust becomes magnetic, so the vacuum cleaner will not be able to blow it out or suck it in. To clean your PC:

turn off the computer completely and unplug the power cord from the outlet;
first, it would be better to take a compressor and blow out all the elements (we recommend doing this outside);
after this, carefully wipe them with wet wipes, avoiding the ingress of large amounts of moisture;
now wipe everything with a dry cloth;
It would be ideal to remove all the parts and clean them individually, but if you are not sure that you can put everything back together, it is better to limit yourself to blowing.

When the cooling system is clogged, it will not be able to perform its functions 100%, so the computer will overheat and begin to slow down even during simple work (not to mention games or applications). And if you have TOP parts, then you need to monitor them much more often, since they heat up much more. Sometimes overheating occurs due to dried out thermal paste on the video card or processor chip. In this case, you need to remove the part, wipe it off the old paste and apply a new one.

Virus removal

Buying a licensed antivirus is an expensive proposition. Therefore, you can download the DR utility. Web Cureit is free and quite effective. You can find it on the official website in the “Download” section.
When installing the Cureit utility, agree to the terms of use.
After installation, open the program and run a scan (the antivirus will start scanning).
This procedure may require a lot of time. It all depends on the size of the hard drive. After the scan, detailed information on all detected viruses will appear.
Click on the big orange “Disarm” button.
Once all viruses are removed, the PC will reboot.

Experts advise cleaning computers from viruses at least once a month.

Cleaning your computer from unnecessary files

If you need help, special programs will come to your aid that will analyze the registry, system, hard drives and offer to delete those objects that are unnecessary or not useful. According to most experts and users, the best program in this area is CCleaner. Detailed instructions for using this utility will be described below.

To download this program, you just need to go to the official website and download it. This program is free and registration on the site is not required. After installation, launch it. Next we go through the list:

At the bottom of the window on the right there is a “Clear” tab, with its help you can clear temporary browser files (cache). In the left menu you can make edits to the objects that the program will clean, but it’s better to leave everything as it is. If you click on the “Analysis” button, the utility will find all “broken” copies, documents, etc. After the analysis is completed, click “Clean”.
Next, you need to clean the registry - this way you can rid your computer of errors that cause slowdowns. To do this, in the left menu there is a “Registry” section; by clicking on it, select the “Search for problems” button. CCleaner will give a full report on the documents found and offer to make a backup copy (it’s better to agree and save). Then click the "Fix" button.
And finally, select the “Service” tab and in the “Startup” section, turn off programs you are unfamiliar with.

This utility performs all actions automatically - this means that you do not have to enter or configure anything. In case some functions stop working after fixing errors, a backup copy of the registry has been created. After the cleaning is done, you need to restart the PC.

After you complete the computer cleaning procedures, it will work quickly and without slowdowns. Experts advise carrying out such operations once every three months. If you live in the city of Vladimir and are not sure that you can handle the cleaning yourself, call us and we will come as soon as possible and help you and your computer.