When your PC slows down it does not mean that you have to rush to a computer store and buy a new one. That is what people with little or no knowledge of how to speed up their PC do. An up to date PC covers several aspects like cleaning, updating and compressing. So go ahead and follow these steps to make your PC work as good as new.

1. Securing Your Applications
You may know how to update your antivirus software and may also do that regularly. But that is not the only application that runs on your PC. There are several other applications that work individually or collaboratively on your PC to make your PC run smoothly like Acrobat 8.0 for example which also needs regular updates. So you need to religiously check and update the security status of these applications to ensure that a fast PC. Software that helps keep check of all your applications is Personal Software Inspector which is available on  any search engine.

2. Cleaning Up Your PC
Cleaning is an essesntial step to make your PC work faster and more efficiently. Both your PC and Windows need to cleaned on a regular basis. You may not know this but accumulation of dust on your PC may jam the fans and slow down your PC for good. So make sure that your blow off all the dust and dirt from your PC to ensure that its sensitive parts are not affected. You can use a small vacuum cleaner to suck out the dust from the external parts such as the monitor or thr keyboard. But if you want to clean the motherboard you might as well opt for a device that cleans with compressed air.

3. Cleaning Up Windows
Cleaning up Windows is as essential a step as cleaning your PC physically. Use the Disk Clean Up option to remove all the unnecessary files that you do not use. These may include all the Temporary Internet Files, Microsoft Error Reporting Temporary Files, Recycle Bin, Temporary Files, Web Client/ Publisher Temporary Files, Temporary Offline Files, Offline Files, and Downloaded Program Files. Once you do away with these you’ll see the change in pace of your PC.

4. Compressing Files
Ypu may have files on your PC that you may ot have used for months but you may not want to delete them altogether either. Since a disk that is almost full will mean slowing down of your PC, the best option is to compress these files with the in built compression device of Windows. Go to Disk Clen Up and make sure that the Compress Old Files is selected. The compressed files can be accessed as easily as the uncompressed ones.