Quote: Ive been into computers for many years now, too many to count at this point, but when someone in my family or any friends have a computer problem they call me to help them out. One of the biggest complaints I run across i s speed, and why is their computer running slow. There are of course a plethora of reasons their computer is running slow, usually its a virus or theyve just got too much stuff going on at the same time and their compu ter just cant handle it. Another thing Ive run across is that people thin k a five year old computer should be able to do everything that a one year old computer can do, they think if its not broke, dont fix it. Generally thats a good rule, but not for computers really, the technology evolves so fast that in about six months your brand new computer is now a generation o r two behind whats on the market today. There are several things that one can do to make their computer faster and more responsive and Ive compiled a list of many of them, its by no means every single thing you can do, but a lot of them are ones that the average user can do themselves with little or no technical knowledge. These tips are not limited to desktops, but for netbooks and laptops as well, but they can be limited by the operating system youre using=85