nice, UP for this..

My two cents.....I don't know if any of you use Microsoft's Windows Tools.  One program I love to use Autoruns (do a google search, I believe Microsoft Tech Net has the download).  What this program does, is shows you what is running on your computer, but also shows you what is running at startup.  So you can walk through these startup programs and determine which are not necessary.  Now this will increase your boot up some, but remember it is always safe to take a little more time to boot (for you virus scanner) then to worry about speed.  But there are tons of stuff most people have running that they don't need to run.  Some examples of this are Microsoft Live, Yahoo Messenger, Google Desktop, Google Messenger, and many others that do not need to be running when you turn your computer on.  So hope this gives you a little insight into how I look at it.  Have a wonderful day and let me know if you liked this program Autoruns.

Hi,

Can you please share me some tips on how to improve the efficiency and performance of PC?

Thanks,
Kiran.

My pc maintenance utilities are as follows:
Avira Antivir for virus scans
MBAM and Super AS for anti-malware scans
I run scans once a week with the above applications.

Windows built-in utility for disk cleanup. You can also use ccleaner if need be, but I've not found that the native utility works pretty well too.

Diskeeper 2009 professional for filesystem defragmentation. Excellent utility that does deep defrags (system files etc) and runs nicely in automatic background defrag mode.

ProcessExplorer for checking up on background processes.

This goes against everything this forum is about... but finding the right antivirus and firewall (not norton, mcafee enterprise or kaspersky might do you some good) can really help your performance.  I prefer none at all, but that's obviously not as safe.

This is one interesting opinion and questions:

1. Do you prefer/want "strong" protection and "slower" PC

2. Or you prefer/want "weak" protection and "faster" PC


I don't have any doubts and chose No.1, but i would also like to hear more opinions??

if you use winxp usually a good antivirus (McAffe), zone alarm, AdwareSE, these programs will help you check the proper functioning of your pc

there are many things u can do....
defrag your drive...(i use diskeeper pro premire 2009)
check for any malware/spyware/virus ect. ....these can put even the most powerfull pc into a sluggsh p.o.s.
remove any bloatware/trialware that might have come with your pc preinstalled
keep your os updated..
and yes disable any processes you dont need running(as said above)

Hi,

Can you please share me some tips on how to improve the efficiency and performance of PC?

Thanks,
Kiran.