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How do you think your personal computer will run if you don't perform regular upkeep on it? If your PC is running sluggish, if it periodically needs to be rebooted or does not boot up as fast as it used to, it sounds like it's time for a Clean Up. The following instructions below will give you step by step directions on how to guarantee your COMPUTER continues to operate at its fullest potential. These instructions are topical for machines running Windows XP and using Internet Explorer.

Here are the steps:

1. Open up Web Explorer

2. Next click the word Tools up at the top of your screen.

3. Click Net Options.

4. In the middle of that box you’ll see a section called Non-permanent Internet Files. Click the Remove Files button.

5. Click the box Delete offline content too , then OK.

6. Once that is done, click the Remove Cookies button in the Short lived Web Files section. Click OK there too.

7. Next push the Settings button. Check for newer versions of stored pages should be clicked to automatically if it isn't already.

8. Change the Amount of Disk Drive Space to use to 8MB. Click OK twice.

9. Next go to the green Start button in the very lower left corner of your screen. Click My Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Check Disk Clean up.

10. Use offline content or anything else it asks. It will take a few moments even though it is checking what kind of space it can clean up. When you get the new pop-up window, make sure there are checks in every box. Click OK

11. After running Disk Clean up, go to Ad-Aware, update and run the program. If you do not have Ad-Aware SE Private, it is a free very comprehensive spyware removal tool and it’s remarkably simple to use. You can download it through Lavasoft. After running Ad-Aware, reboot your personal computer.

You need to perform the above upkeep about once each week. Then on an as-needed basis, run Disk Defrag, which you'll find in Start, My Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defrag. By following the above simple steps your computer should continue to run at optimum performance!

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