You've probably heard the story a thousand times. Customer X buys a new computer. One month later, it starts to slow down. Six months down the road and it's crawling on all fours just to complete the most elementary commands. When this happens, Customer X wants to know WHY this is happening to their perfectly brand new 2GB or 4GB system. They also want a solution that will fix their PC and keep this problem from ever happening again...

To address this issue, we at Speed Up My PC FREE have identified an easy to follow set of instructions that can help you understand the most common causes of a slow running computer, and a software solution that can help ensure these problems never seriously harm your PC.

Common Reasons Why You're PC Is Slowing Down

First, operating system updates provided by the manufacturer (and installed by you) can tax your system's memory heavily and slow down your PC's processing power. Second, you might have downloaded one or more software applications from the Internet that are slowing down your machine. The second cause of PC slowdown is often the most common of the two, because in today's web-based environment there is a massive proliferation of rogue downloads containing anything from Viruses and Trojans to Spyware and Malware.

With that said, it is a good idea to remember that any 3rd party software you pull from a download website comes bundled with 1 or 2 small tools, which are 9 times out of 10 the reason your computer starts to slow down. Unknown programs or movies/videos that you download from torrent portals can also be infected and cause significant performance erosion.

It's not just the fraudster sites and programs that create havoc. 'Computer cramping' can also be caused by downloaded software programs you've pulled from reputable download engines. Even when the software you've downloaded has 'Tested Spyware and Malware Free', it might instead be a greedy memory-hog that guzzles more KBs than it should.

The WORST PART is, all of these problems usually happen behind the scenes, without your knowledge. The best thing you can do is arm yourself with all the information you can...

The Consequences Of Poor PC Performance

Many users that come to Speed Up My PC FREE have either purchased a new computer, which is barely 1 or 2 months old, or are just plain fed-up with having to constantly format and re-load their operating system over and over again. We see a level of frustration in our first time visitors that is nothing short of astounding. But here's the good part. The BEST PART, in fact. Those very same visitors' level of relaxation and relief after they've read through our site info AND tried PC Cleaner Pro is far greater than any frustration they ever felt before. This inspires and motivates us to continue to keep our visitors informed and in possession of the best possible PC speed optimizing tools.

So How Do I Speed Up My PC?

At Speed Up My PC FREE, we not only educate our users about best practices for safe computing, we also assist in removing any unwanted or unnecessary software programs. The first line of defense we recommend that you implement is downloading PC Cleaner Pro. This powerful program has everything you need to clean, repair, and optimize your PC's health and speed.

We also encourage you to perform some simple daily tasks that will help your PC stay healthy. Here are some of the steps that every user should follow to keep their PC running smoothly:

1. Perform weekly disk clean-up jobs, which not only means cleaning your temporary internet folder, it also means cleaning the recycle bin and temporary Windows folder that stores unwanted files.

2. Use a disk defragmenter once a month to arrange fragmented files that slow down your PC. The best part about using a disk defragmenter is its ability to analyze, identify and allocate memory space more efficiently.

3. Use an Error Checking utility to perform a file integrity check and identify bad sectors on the hard drive and file system errors.

4. Use the Ready Boost feature within Windows Vista or Windows 7 by connecting a USB pen (flash) drive as an additional source of memory to enhance system performance.