Can you please advise the regular maintenance that I should preform on my computer for peak performance and the frequency of running the maintenance operations I run XP windows home edtion Thank you 1477 1 person got this answerI do too

Can you please advise the regular maintenance that I should preform on my computer for peak performance and the frequency of running the maintenance operations I run XP windows home edtion Thank you 1477 Please perform followinf steps to increase your system speed and stability. Step-1 Delete Temporary files: - Click on Start/Run. A box will open. Type “%temp%” (without quotes) A window will come showing you all temporary files. Select all those files by pressing ctrl + A And after selecting delete them by pressing DEL button Step-2 Perform the following steps to Empty Prefetch Folder. 1. Click on start/run. Type PREFETCH and click on OK to launch Prefetch folder. 2. Under Prefetch folder select all the files and delete them all and empty the Prefetch folder. 3. To delete all the files simply press CTRL+A keys from your keyboard to select them all and then press DELETE key to delete them all. 4. Close Prefetch Folder. Step-3 Disk Defragment: - Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Disk Defragmenter. Click the C: drives that you have to defrayment, click OK, and then click Yes. Step-4 Disk Cleanup: - Click on Start/ All Programs/Accessories/System Tools/Disk Clean up. It will launch a window with heading Select Drive. Select C: drive from the drop down menu and click on Ok. Disk Cleanup Process starts. It will show you some files to delete. Please be sure that all the files are checked. Click on yes when ask for confirmation to delete those files. Let the process complete Please reply, If you face any problem. K M JHA Technical Support Executive (INDIA)

Thank you K M JHA very much for your comprehensive list. I will work through it and I am confident it will benefit my computer I will return if there are are problems Thank you

DO NOT empty the PreFetch folder on a regular basis - doing so will actually slow your PC down! The folder may occasionally need to be emptied if it gets corrupted, but otherwise is best left alone except for VERY occasional clearouts. -- Noel Paton CrashFixPC Nil Carborundum Illegitemi www.crashfixpc.co.uk

Thank you K M JHA very much for your comprehensive list. I will work through it and I am confident it will benefit my computer I will return if there are are problems Thank you You're welcome anytime. K M JHA Technical Support Executive (INDIA)