What are your top tips?

FabienO · 13 Jul 2010 at 15:33

There's a lot I know about PCs but there's a lot more I don't. I am wondering what some of your general top tips for maintaining PC performance or anything that benefits PCs in general are...

For example, having two hard drives, downloading to one then move it over to the main hard drive helps prevent needing to de-fragment as much.
or
Always leave startup programs set to "Normal" and only have quick starts for programs you actually want.
or
Avoid putting large files on desktop.

What are your top tips?

SeraphX · 13 Jul 2010 at 15:36

i always keep my desktop bare, no icons or anything, not sure why but everything i have has a suitable folder, makes it easier to keep track on what ya have and where it is, also think if uses less ram but cant be sure of that

Xion · 13 Jul 2010 at 16:36

I use CCleaner a lot

Are there any other utilities like that which people use a lot and are recommended?

AtticusFinch · 13 Jul 2010 at 16:36

Vacuum them reguarly to remove dust