Best Tools for Speeding up your Computer

There are plenty of applications out there that can do wonders for your PC’s performance. Best of all, many of them are completely free to download and use. These programs help you remove unwanted system files, stay protected from malware and other harmful files, defragment your drives, and control what programs automatically startup at boot. Here are the best tools for speeding up your Windows XP or Vista computer.

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Auslogics Disk Defrag

Why it's best: Free disk defragmenter that is simple, clean, and easy to use. It doesn’t have all the advanced features that PerfectDisk has, but it's completely free to use and does an excellent job defragmenting your drives and speeding up your computer. You can visually see what t... learn more

CCleaner

Why it's a best pick: Extremely useful and effective PC cleaning tool that removes unused files from your system, increasing performance and freeing up valuable disk space. CCleaner also scans your registry for issues and then allows you to backup it up and fix the problems automatically. A progr... learn more

AutoRuns for Windows

Why it's a best pick: Applications running in the background is one of the largest contributors to a PC’s slow performance. AutoRuns displays a comprehensive list of all startup monitors and programs scheduled to run at boot or startup. You can then choose the ones that you do not want to r... learn more

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware

Why it's a best pick: Is your computer's performance bogged down by malware, trojans, and other junk? This anti-malware tool is fast and effective. This free app has a clean, simple interface and does an excellent job finding and removing malware without giving false positives. You can scan multi... learn more

PerfectDisk

Why it's a best pick: PerfectDisk is a top notch disk defragmenter with several advanced features and a slick, easy-to-use interface. Standard defragmentation is fast and effective, and offline defragmentation lets you defrag system files that can’t be modified while Windows is running. You... learn more

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Anonymous - 6/7/2009

I tried this and it made my computer slightly faster. Thanks, I am forwarding this to my friends, maybe it can help them out too.

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Adam Nofsinger - 1/29/2009

Auslogics and PerfectDisk have the same description on this page, word for word.

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Jeff_B - 1/29/2009

Thanks for pointing out this error, it's been corrected!

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