If the thought of reinstalling Windows is filling you with dread and you’d really like to try and put it off a while longer (hey, you know eventually you really are going to have bite the bullet and do this don’t you!) there are a few things that you can try first.
First off, you have made sure that you have performed a full system virus scan haven’t you?
It’s all too easy to keep aborting the full scan
and just rely on a quick background scan but you really must do a regular deep files and folder scan at say 1 week intervals to ensure you have weeded out any nasty’s lurking in the corners of your hard drive.Personally I like Norton Internet Security 2011, the latest version, as it does a great job of constantly updating the virus definitions automatically in the background and scanning emails etc ‘on the fly’ and the latest versions do not seem to slow down my PC noticeably which versions previous to 2010 seemed to.
Other good offerings are available from AVG, Avast and BitDefender and I would recommend you get the full ‘Internet Security Suite’ versions which are available from all of these manufacturers.
Secondly, download and run Spybot ‘Search and Destroy’ from www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html - this little program does a great job of protecting your Windows operating system registry and weeding out spyware etc.
Thirdly, you should also download Adaware from www.lavasoft.de which will search your machine for spyware, keyloggers and malware etc. downloaded on to your machine during your Internet browsing activities.
Use of the above three programs will help remove spyware, malware and Trojans etc and free up your PC from the burden of running these programs in the background which are preventing it from running smoothly.
You should run these software tools on a regular basis to keep your PC running smoothly once it is running correctly.If the above hasn’t helped, or at least not enough to keep you happy, then the next move will most definitely be a full reinstall of your operating system.
Now in my opinion, the only way to get that brand new super quick operation back is to do a ‘clean install’ of your chosen operating system rather than an upgrade or repair of an existing installation.
By all means take this opportunity to upgrade to Microsoft Windows 7, the very latest operating system from the Microsoft Empire – it really is a very fine operating system and is a good replacement for both Windows Vista and Windows XP.
But don’t be tempted to do an upgrade if you are thinking of updating your operating system – you’ll simply be installing that lovely new operating system over the top of a sluggish setup and you will not get the best out of your PC – be smart, do a clean install of your new operating system.
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