5 Free Tools That Can Help You Improve The Performance of Your Computer

The time will come when even that powerful personal computer you purchased more than 5 years ago will feel tired, slow, and sluggish. When this happens, you don’t need to break your bank account and buy a new PC. There are existing and downloadable tools for your PC that can make it run faster and smoothly and thus, push Windows to work at optimum speed with the interface you want and not just what the operating system left you with.

The best thing with these tools is that they’re free to use.

Advanced Windows Care V2 Personal

This free all-in one tool straightens out your Registry, handles Windows startup programs, erases your surfing history, removes spyware and protects you from future infections, and gives your system an all-around optimization. Just direct the program to scan your system, see what it wants to do, and let it do its business.

Glary Utilities

This great free tool will provide one-click cleanup and optimization, and has been proven to deliver on its promise. It scans your system for problems with the Registry, shortcuts, startup programs, and spyware, and then gives you the option of which to clean up. It also deletes traces of your Internet surfing and erases temporary files. This is a simple optimization at its best.

PC Decrapifier

When you purchase a new PC, it unfortunately comes with a number of “unnecessary software” or sometimes called bloatware. PC and computer manufacturers are paid to include it. To get rid of bloatware on a new PC, you can use PC Decrapifier, which will automatically remove known bloatware. However, it may not be able to identify all bloatware, so you’ll probably have to go into the Uninstall a Program pane in the Windows Control Panel and uninstall the software you don’t want yourself. If you’re not sure about whether a program is necessary on your PC or not, try doing a search engine on its name before uninstalling it.

Free Up Space

If you’ve been using your computer for a while, you can probably free up disk space by running this excellent and free CCleaner utility. It will scan your computer for temporary files and other unnecessary system files, then delete them and free up space. Of course, if you don’t want to install CCleaner, you can instead use the Disk Cleanup tool built into Windows.

Run an Antivirus Scan

Truly, this is the most oft-ignored free utility that most users forget about, and when your PC is full of viruses, malware, and spyware, it will either slow down or not function properly. With most Windows you already have Windows Defender installed. You can get slightly better protection by downloading and installing Microsoft’s free Microsoft Security Essentials. If you don’t want to use Microsoft’s antivirus programs for some reason, there are many free and solid antivirus programs out there like Avast, AVG, and Panda.