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Many Users who do not are Computer Learners have problem intalling the .NET Framework. Thsi is a Guide for them.
First for the Users using Windows Vista.
1. Windows Vista comes bundled with the >NET Framework 3.0 or above. Users can install them by going to the Program and Features option in the Control Panel.
2. In that they should click the Add/Remove Windows Features Link on the Left Side Bar.
3. in the Wizard that Opens tick the Checbox in front of .NET Framework and Click next.
4. It will Install the .NEt Framework and will ask for System Restart which u must do.
5. .NET Framework is now installed on your System.
This tweak is for broad band cable connections on stand alone machines with winXP professional version – might work on Home version also. It will probably work with networked machines as well but I haven’t tried it in that configuration. This is for windows XP only, it does not work on win2000.
I use 3 Com cards so I don’t know how it works on others at this point. It does not involve editing the registry. This tweak assumes that you have let winXP create a connection on install for your cable modem/NIC combination and that your connection has tcp/ip – QoS – file and print sharing – and client for microsoft networks , only, installed. It also assumes that winxp will detect your NIC and has in-box drivers for it. If it doesn’t do not try this.
In the “My Network Places” properties (right click on the desktop icon and choose properties), highlight the connection then at the menu bar choose “Advanced” then “Advanced Settings”. Uncheck the two boxes in the lower half for the bindings for File and Printer sharing and Client for MS networks. Click OK
From the windows XP cd in the support directory from the support cab, extract the file netcap.exe and place it in a directory on your hard drive or even in the root of your C:\ drive.
next, open up a command prompt window and change directories to where you put netcap.exe. then type “netcap/?”. It will list some commands that are available for netcap and a netmon driver will be installed. At the bottom you will see your adapters. You should see two of them if using a 3Com card. One will be for LAN and the other will be for WAN something or other.
Next type “netcap/Remove”. This will remove the netmon driver.
Open up control panel / system / dev man and look at your network adapters. You should now see two of them and one will have a yellow ! on it. Right click on the one without the yellow ! and choose uninstall. YES! you are uninstalling your network adapter, continue with the uninstall. Do not restart yet.
Check your connection properties to make sure that no connection exists. If you get a wizard just cancel out of it.
Now re-start the machine.
After re-start go to your connection properties again and you should have a new connection called “Local area connection 2″. highlight the connection then at the menu bar choose “Advanced” then “Advanced Settings”. Uncheck the two boxes in the lower half for the bindings for File and Printer sharing and Client for MS networks. Click OK.
Choose connection properties and uncheck the “QOS” box
Re-start the machine
after restart enjoy the increased responsivness of IE, faster page loading, and a connection speed boost.
Why it works, it seems that windows XP, in its zeal to make sure every base is covered installs two seperate versions of the NIC card. One you do not normally see in any properties. Remember the “netcap/?” command above showing two different adapters? The LAN one is the one you see. The invisible one loads everything down and its like your running two separate cards together, sharing a connection among two cards, this method breaks this “bond” and allows the NIC to run un-hindered.
Wireless Internet access in homes and offices has emerged as the easiest option for terrorists to abuse. After Ahmedabad blasts, in which WiFi system of an American resident in Mumbai Ken Haywood was hijacked to send the terror mail, they used the wireless network of a firm Kamran Power Control to send their sinister mail about Delhi blasts to media.
In both the cases, the users had not secured their WiFi networks. Wireless Internet access is a huge convenience that we have got used to, but it is important to secure them. Most Internet users do not even realise that connecting their system to Web through WiFi routers can make them more vulnerable to hackers.
Here are some simple ways to secure your WiFi network and prevent its misuse.
1. The first thing to do to make your wireless network secure is to access Internet through a password protected router be it home or office. Every router comes pre-configured with a standard password, and hackers know this. This makes it very easy for hackers to simply gain access into your network, gain control over its administrative rights and use your network and computer the way they want. Wardriving, in which any person within the peripheral reach of your router’s wireless signal (between 20 to 100 metres) can simply stand outside your premises in a car or on a bike and send a terror mail by using a laptop or handheld device.
2. To prevent this, a password must be fed at the time of setting up the router and connecting it with the DSL. This password can be written down and kept with you, and inserted each time when your system asks for it before connecting you to Internet. The large WiFi systems at most airports, hospitals, enterprises, or educational and scientific institutions, are password protected. Such access control is intended not only at revenue collection, but also security of the system. There is no reason why individuals or small organisations should not follow the same principle as a misuse of their IP — be it for sending out pernicious mails or hacking other’s computers — can make them liable to be accused by the police. If you do not know how or where to put the password, call up your service provider and insist that the engineer puts in the password in front of you. Ensure this each time you change the settings, or your machine and hand-helds. Similarly, auto logins may be a great convenience, but are a taboo from security perspective.
3. Change this administrator password on the router from time to time like you should change any other password so as to minimise the risk to your network. How you change your password varies from router to router. There are several sites on the Net (even sites of the company that owns the brand of router you use) which will tell you how to go about changing the password of your router. If the task is still insurmountable, call up your ISP to understand the process. But remember not to have a wireless network without password.
4. SSID is defined as the name of a wireless local area network (WLAN). Your network router sends this out. If someone knows your SSID, it makes it easier for him to connect to your router. If you turn off SSID broadcasting, you can keep casual users away from seeing your network. However, just doing that would not solve the problem. As even if you stop broadcasting your network’s name, people might still be able to connect to your network as manufacturers generally ship their wireless routers with the same generic SSID. To improve the security of your home wireless network, change the SSID to a different name than the default like your unique name.
5. One of the best ways to secure your WiFi network is through encryption. There are primarily two encryption WiFi standards — Wireless Equivalent Protocol (WEP) and WiFi Protected Access (WPA).
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is the original wireless encryption standard, which is now outdated. The main problem with it is that it can be easily “cracked.” Cracking a wireless network means defeating the encryption so that you can establish a connection without being invited. A 128-bit WEP is an updated, more secure version of the original WEP. However, skilled attackers can still crack 128-bit WEP in a few hours or less, giving them access to your network.
6. WPA-PSK (also known as WPA-Personal) is a more secure alternative to WEP. However, since it is newer, it is not as widely supported. However, if you have wireless devices that don’t support WPA, such as media extenders or wireless cameras, you will have to use WEP on your network instead.
You might also see the security method called WPA-Enterprise. As the name suggests, this method of network encryption is designed for business use. Setup for WPA-Enterprise is more complex than for other types of encryption, and it requires special network infrastructure. The newest type of wireless encryption, WPA2 provides the highest level of encryption available. WPA2 encryption should be your first choice if your wireless router — and all of your wireless computers and devices — support it. Also, remember, if you use WEP encryption, change your encryption key once a month. So even if someone manages to learn your key, they will be locked out again when you change it.
7. A very simple tip which goes a long way is to turn off your network when not using it. All you need to do is to just turn off your router when you are not using your network. Remember, the lesser time your wireless network is on, the less are the chances of it being hacked. So, switch it on only when needed and then switch it off. Treat WLANs as untrusted networks. Always remember to check your network to see if intruders have made their way in. There are several free programmes available on the Net which will help you monitor wireless monitors.
Hard disk getting full? Time to change My Documents location on your system.There are a number of reasons why you may want to change the physical location where the content of the “My Documents” folder is stored on your computer. Most people don’t know that it only takes about 30 seconds to change the physical storage location of the “My Documents” folder on their system.
You simply wouldn’t believe how many people lose time and valuable files trying to clean out files they no longer need in order to free up disk space when they run into this problem. Be smarter. Use this one little tip and give all your programs the disk space they need. So many people get frustrated because they upgraded their computer with a second hard drive and they just don’t understand why they still run into disk space problems. That’s because Windows was initially installed on their original hard disk. When given a new hard disk with extra space, Windows isn’t smart enough to recognize this extra storage automatically. This little “Change My Documents Location” trick will simply help Windows make better use of your hard drive capacity. While I wholeheartedly agree that it’s not a very good idea to run Windows on a system with only 383MB free space on the system disk, the point that I’m trying to drive home here is that this is a very common problem. Follow the steps below to get the solution.
1. Click on the Start button
2. Right-click the “My Documents” folder and select “Properties”
3. Windows will open up the My Documents properties window:
4. Click on the “Move” button and browse to a location on your other hard disk
5. Click ok
6. Windows will aks if you want to move the current files in your “old” My Documents folder to the new location. Select “Yes”.
7. You might get additional dialogs about moving read-only files or system files. Confirm those as well
8. That’s it! That’s all you need to do to move your “My Documents” folder to a location with more breathing room. Provided that you have an additional hard disk with extra space of course.
Your broadband connection screams compared with the dial-up days of yore, but it could be faster. These days, your internet connection can’t be fast enough. That is why we’re here — to show you the way to a faster internet connection by tweaking the hardware and software you’re using.
There are a potentially infinite number of switches and gateways between you and the web. The trick to speeding up your connection is finding the shortcuts and only downloading the data you want, leaving behind the tacked-on cruft that’s gumming up your web experience.
Most ISPs are overburdened and dealing with traffic headaches on a scale that would make your brain sputter, and your internet crawl. Our tips will show you how you can manually offload your connection to a less-burdened server.
We’ve culled a list of our favorite tips. So if you’re up for faster downloads and down for faster uploads, read on and learn to burn internet rubber.
Some of the Methods are Described Below:
1. Use a Router
A home router (sometimes called a residential gateway) is designed with one purpose in mind: to optimize the connection between your home network and the internet at large. It does this by taking some of the connection hassles off your hands. For example, the router will log in, authenticate your session, distribute an IP and further initiate connections with your ISP’s DNS and proxy servers. It even generates a local area network for you and, if configured, maintains a pretty decent firewall. This takes the burden off your computer, which would do the exact same thing except take up memory and processor in order to maintain the connection and keep the firewall up.
2. Open DNS
DNS servers are the devices on the internet that help direct you to the correct server when you enter hash-tech.info in your browser. Chances are, your ISP’s DNS servers are slow or out of date. Also, they may be all the way across the country, or even on the other side of an ocean. There are better DNS services out there. We recommend OpenDNS, a free service. OpenDNS speeds your internet connection by ensuring you hit a DNS server geographically closer (and more reliable) than your ISP’s. A bonus for parents: parental controls. All it takes is to manually configure your router or internet connection to direct all DNS requests to OpenDNS instead of your ISP’s DNS servers. The service is free with registration, and OpenDNS has easy to follow instructions on its website. The trade off is that Google search results will show up (complete with ads) when you mistype a URL. It’s a small price to pay. And chances are, your browser already performs these typo searches anyway.
3. Turn Media Off
Downloads are faster when you remove the junk you don’t need. Only download the parts of the web you want by filtering all those extra images and media files. It’s mostly done through your browser settings. Add-Ons and plug-ins add cool features and media to your web experience, but those experiences are bandwidth-intensive. If you streamline your add-ons, you’re bound to find a faster internet experience.
First, you can speed up individual page downloads by installing the Adblock extension to your Firefox browser. Google Gears will download some site operability to your hard drive on Gears enabled sites. Depending on your computer for some functions is faster than depending on transferring processing between your computer and a far-off server.
Then, when you discover the internet still works without banner ads or their dancing monkeys and whack-a-moles, you might want to consider stripping back media even further. Of course, if you go hog-wild with these settings, there may not be much internet left. As they say, your mileage may vary.
Let’s experiment with how much bandwidth we can save by removing elements of the web. We’ll start with Add-Ons. In Internet Explorer
Head over to the Tools menu and select Enable and Disable Add-Ons. Under Toolbars and Extensions you’ll see a list of all the browser toolbars, add-ons, plug-ins and Active-X controls which bloat your browser. Select the ones you don’t need and click Disable. Delete the ones you don’t want.
In Firefox
Go to Tools >> Add-Ons. Click on the Extensions tab. Start clicking Disable next to the extensions you don’t need or Uninstall the extensions you don’t want.
Next, click on Plug-ins. I bet you’ll find a lot of media extensions you didn’t know you had (or needed). Start disabling these plug-ins. When you come across this content in the future, the browser won’t automatically download the content. Instead, it will show you a missing puzzle piece or something telling you to download the “needed” plug-in.
Ready to really strip down? Let’s get rid of some of the animations and downloadable applications your browser downloads automatically. In Internet Explorer
Select Internet Options from the Tools menu. Once you’re there, jump over to the Advanced tab. Start by removing Java first. Uncheck JIT Compiler for Virtual Machine Enabled. Under the Multimedia section, uncheck any or all of the boxes there. Bah! Who needs images?
In Firefox
Set your sights on File menu >> Preferences. Here, click on the Content tab and uncheck Load images automatically, Enable JavaScript and Enable Java. Your web experience will be so streamlined, you’ll be blazing through pages. However, you’ll miss out on images (unless you right click on the image and select download image), and some rich media.
Unchecking the JavaScript option means you won’t download heavy scripting, sometimes taking up a surprising amount of processing power. It also means no more Ajax-powered applications and various tabs and buttons will stop working. If that bothers you, leave it on.
4. Basic HTML Will Always be Faster
Most web applications these days use a lot of JavaScript to give a web page an application-like feel. However, many of them, like Gmail for example, also provide a “Basic HTML” mode. Choosing this option will sacrifice neat-o functionality for a more streamlined and faster-loading experience. In general, you’ll miss out on drag-and-drop mouse actions, automatic content refreshes and things like chat, but your pages will be faster and they will work better in less capable browsers.
5. Turn Off Virus Protection and Firewalls
Normally, we would never advise turning off a firewall or any other type of malware or virus protection. However, these software protections do add a buffer to any internet transactions you perform. If you’re 100% certain you can handle the evils of the internet single-handedly, you could turn off the firewalls and gain some speed. If you have any doubt, or if you just like your laptop and credit rating as it is, keep the protection up.
You would had read many reviews and digested the key feature enhancements and operational changes. Now it’s time to dive a bit deeper and uncover some of Windows XP’s secrets.
1. It boasts how long it can stay up. Whereas previous versions of Windows were coy about how long they went between boots, XP is positively proud of its stamina. Go to the Command Prompt in the Accessories menu from the All Programs start button option, and then type ’systeminfo’. The computer will produce a lot of useful info, including the uptime. If you want to keep these, type ’systeminfo > info.txt’. This creates a file called info.txt you can look at later with Notepad. (Professional Edition only).
2. You can delete files immediately, without having them move to the Recycle Bin first. Go to the Start menu, select Run… and type ‘gpedit.msc’; then select User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Windows Explorer and find the Do not move deleted files to the Recycle Bin setting. Set it. Poking around in gpedit will reveal a great many interface and system options, but take care — some may stop your computer behaving as you wish. (Professional Edition only).
3. You can lock your XP workstation with two clicks of the mouse. Create a new shortcut on your desktop using a right mouse click, and enter ‘rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation’ in the location field. Give the shortcut a name you like. That’s it — just double click on it and your computer will be locked. And if that’s not easy enough, Windows key + L will do the same.
4. XP hides some system software you might want to remove, such as Windows Messenger, but you can tickle it and make it disgorge everything. Using Notepad or Edit, edit the text file /windows/inf/sysoc.inf, search for the word ‘hide’ and remove it. You can then go to the Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel, select Add/Remove Windows Components and there will be your prey, exposed and vulnerable.
5. For those skilled in the art of DOS batch files, XP has a number of interesting new commands. These include ‘eventcreate’ and ‘eventtriggers’ for creating and watching system events, ‘typeperf’ for monitoring performance of various subsystems, and ’schtasks’ for handling scheduled tasks. As usual, typing the command name followed by /? will give a list of options — they’re all far too baroque to go into here.
6. XP has IP version 6 support — the next generation of IP. Unfortunately this is more than your ISP has, so you can only experiment with this on your LAN. Type ‘ipv6 install’ into Run… (it’s OK, it won’t ruin your existing network setup) and then ‘ipv6 /?’ at the command line to find out more. If you don’t know what IPv6 is, don’t worry and don’t bother.
7. You can at last get rid of tasks on the computer from the command line by using ‘taskkill /pid’ and the task number, or just ‘tskill’ and the process number. Find that out by typing ‘tasklist’, which will also tell you a lot about what’s going on in your system.
8. XP will treat Zip files like folders, which is nice if you’ve got a fast machine. On slower machines, you can make XP leave zip files well alone by typing ‘regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll’ at the command line. If you change your mind later, you can put things back as they were by typing ‘regsvr32 zipfldr.dll’.
9. XP has ClearType — Microsoft’s anti-aliasing font display technology — but doesn’t have it enabled by default. It’s well worth trying, especially if you were there for DOS and all those years of staring at a screen have given you the eyes of an astigmatic bat. To enable ClearType, right click on the desktop, select Properties, Appearance, Effects, select ClearType from the second drop-down menu and enable the selection. Expect best results on laptop displays. If you want to use ClearType on the Welcome login screen as well, set the registry entry HKEY_USERS/.DEFAULT/Control Panel/Desktop/FontSmoothingType to 2.
10. You can use Remote Assistance to help a friend who’s using network address translation (NAT) on a home network, but not automatically. Get your pal to email you a Remote Assistance invitation and edit the file. Under the RCTICKET attribute will be a NAT IP address, like 192.168.1.10. Replace this with your chum’s real IP address — they can find this out by going to www.whatismyip.com — and get them to make sure that they’ve got port 3389 open on their firewall and forwarded to the errant computer.
11. You can run a program as a different user without logging out and back in again. Right click the icon, select Run As… and enter the user name and password you want to use. This only applies for that run. The trick is particularly useful if you need to have administrative permissions to install a program, which many require. Note that you can have some fun by running programs multiple times on the same system as different users, but this can have unforeseen effects.
12. Windows XP can be very insistent about you checking for auto updates, registering a Passport, using Windows Messenger and so on. After a while, the nagging goes away, but if you feel you might slip the bonds of sanity before that point, run Regedit, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Explorer/Advanced and create a DWORD value called EnableBalloonTips with a value of 0.
13. You can start up without needing to enter a user name or password. Select Run… from the start menu and type ‘control userpasswords2′, which will open the user accounts application. On the Users tab, clear the box for Users Must Enter A User Name And Password To Use This Computer, and click on OK. An Automatically Log On dialog box will appear; enter the user name and password for the account you want to use.
14. Internet Explorer 6 will automatically delete temporary files, but only if you tell it to. Start the browser, select Tools / Internet Options… and Advanced, go down to the Security area and check the box to Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed.
15. XP comes with a free Network Activity Light, just in case you can’t see the LEDs twinkle on your network card. Right click on My Network Places on the desktop, then select Properties. Right click on the description for your LAN or dial-up connection, select Properties, then check the Show icon in notification area when connected box. You’ll now see a tiny network icon on the right of your task bar that glimmers nicely during network traffic.
16. The Start Menu can be leisurely when it decides to appear, but you can speed things along by changing the registry entry HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/Desktop/MenuShowDelay from the default 400 to something a little snappier. Like 0.
17. You can rename loads of files at once in Windows Explorer. Highlight a set of files in a window, then right click on one and rename it. All the other files will be renamed to that name, with individual numbers in brackets to distinguish them. Also, in a folder you can arrange icons in alphabetised groups by View, Arrange Icon By… Show In Groups.
18. Windows Media Player will display the cover art for albums as it plays the tracks — if it found the picture on the Internet when you copied the tracks from the CD. If it didn’t, or if you have lots of pre-WMP music files, you can put your own copy of the cover art in the same directory as the tracks. Just call it folder.jpg and Windows Media Player will pick it up and display it.
19. Windows key + Break brings up the System Properties dialogue box; Windows key + D brings up the desktop; Windows key + Tab moves through the taskbar buttons.
20. The next release of Windows XP, codenamed Longhorn, is due out late next year or early 2003 and won’t be much to write home about. The next big release is codenamed Blackcomb and will be out in 2003/2004.
Here is way to decrease the loading time which OS Windows XP takes at startup. Follow the Instructioin below to do it. It decreases your startup time by 10 seconds
Step 1 > Click on the start button then press R it will take you to Run . Open Run.
Step 2> type Regedit and press enter.
Step 3> this will open Registery Editor now look for the key
Step 4> Now there find the Key Called “Startup Delay”. Double Click On It
Click Decimal, its Default Value Is 4800000 (75300:hexadecimal)
Change The Value To 40000. And click OK.
Step 5> Its Completed. Now close the Registery Editor and Restart Your Computer
Has your PC slowed in recent days. If you have a small amount of time at the end of this year. Spen 15 minutes to increase the speed and efficiency of your PC considerably. So just follow what i have written below for it.
There are many ways to improve computer performance, from hardware upgrades to editing the Registry. But upgrading hardware can be quite expensive and editing the Windows Registry can seriously harm your computer if you do something wrong. In this article I’ve focused on simple and safe tweaks that will not cause any trouble and will make your computer run faster.
2) Optimize Appearance Settings
We all are used to how Windows XP looks. But actually its visual effects waste system resources. The graphics card is not the only one that has to deal with it – the CPU and the memory are affected as well. Windows Vista graphics are even more advanced and can dramatically slow down your PC, especially if your computer is not one of the latest and the fastest ones.
Luckily there is a way to configure Windows XP for best performance by reducing the effects in the graphical user interface. This will free up RAM and increase computer speed. To configure Windows XP for maximum performance do the following:
> Go to Start - Settings and select Control Panel
> In the Control Panel, click System and then Advanced tab
> In the Performance Options window select Adjust for best performance
> Click OK to confirm and close the window
This will turn off all visual effects, which is good for less powerful PCs and laptops. However, if you would like Windows XP to look more like what you’re used to, leave the following boxes ticked:
> Show shadows under menus
> Show shadows under mouse pointer
> Show translucent selection rectangle
> Use drop shadows for icons labels on the desktop
> Use visual styles on windows and buttons
3) Uninstall Unused Device Drivers
Once you have uninstalled a device, it’s a good idea to remove any device drivers that were left behind. Otherwise those drivers will still be using valuable system resources. Here is why this happens.
When you install a device, you also install its drivers and they get called each time you boot up your PC. And even when the device has been removed, but the drivers are still there, your system continues to load them at boot up. What a waste of resources!
If you have Windows XP, follow these steps to remove any unwanted device drivers:
> Press the Windows key + the Break key on your keyboard. System Properties box will appear
> Select the Advanced tab
> Click Environmental Variables
> Under System Variables click New
> In the variable box type devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices
> Type 1 in the Variable value text box
> Click OK to return to the System Properties box
> Click OK again
> Go to the Device Manager tab
> Click View – Show hidden devices
Then you will need to expand all the branches and look for washed out icons. Those icons show unused device drivers that you can uninstall.
Once you have found a device driver you wish to uninstall, highlight it, right-click it, and choose Remove. Delete only washed out icons. All the other icons show drivers of connected and used devices. If you delete them, your devices will stop functioning properly.
4) Remove Software You Don’t Need
One more way to speed up your PC is to check what software you have installed and see if you need all the applications or not. To do this click Start - Settings - Control Panel – double-click Add/Remove Programs. Most likely you will find programs you’ve used only once or twice. Removing them will free up disk space and make your PC run faster.
When Uninstalling Software Fails
Uninstalling software doesn’t always go as smooth as one hopes it would. A very common problem is that some programs don’t remove all their data completely, thus leaving some files behind. These files are called junk files.
Sometimes you have to uninstall the software trial version in order to register the full version. But if the uninstall process is not complete, you might fail to register the program that you have paid for.
If the uninstaller doesn’t work, it may be possible to remove the software manually. This means that you will need to remove all related files and configuration data from your hard disk. Usually software uses the Windows Registry to store configuration information.
Firstly, you will need to find the folder where the program was installed. Most likely it’s the Program Files directory. Locate the software folder and delete it. If it’s impossible to delete some files, try restarting your computer. This will help if the files were used by the system. If you can’t delete the files even after a restart, try booting in Safe Mode (tap F8 during PC boot) and then delete the files.
After that you will need to remove invalid Registry entries. Microsoft offers a free Windows Installer CleanUp Utility to help you do the job. After you’ve installed and opened it, select an application you wish to uninstall from the list. The utility will remove all registry entries related to that software. Double check what applications you select and also backup the Registry in case something goes wrong.
If running Windows Installer CleanUp Utility does not solve the problem, you can use a third party registry cleaner. Be careful and only use well-known software that has received positive reviews and trustworthy awards. There are lots of programs that claim to be great, but in fact they contain malware and spyware, and can damage your computer.
Another way to uninstall software without having to worry about the Registry is to use a software uninstaller. Program uninstallers track down and remove all application-related components from your system, thus ensuring that the software gets completely uninstalled.
5) Disable Indexing Services
The Indexing Services use large amounts of RAM and can often make a computer pretty slow and loud. This service indexes and updates lists of all the files that are on your computer in order to enable you to search for the files and folders faster. To tell you the truth, this service is not really needed and you can safely disable it.
> Go to Start
> Click Settings
> Click Control Panel
> Double-click Add/Remove Programs
> Click Add/Remove Windows Components
> Uncheck Indexing Services
> Click Next and then click Finish
So just follow the above steps to speed up your PC’s perfromance.
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