It is not very difficult to avoid PC problems. With a small amount of vigilance and some preventive maintenance, you can easily do the job. If you find that your PC is running slow, perform the following steps to speed it up and improve its performance:

Step 1: Run Antivirus and Antispyware Scans: Virus and spyware infections are known to eat up system resources, infect your application files, and generate several computer errors. For instance, Rundll errors and Agrsmmsg errors are known to occur due to virus and spyware infections. If you notice such error messages or feel that your PC has slowed down suddenly, it is quite likely that the system is infected. In this case, your first step to fix your PC would be to update your antivirus and antispyware software and then perform a thorough full system scan of the PC.

Step 2: Scan and clean your registry: If your registry is filled up with a large amount of unwanted data, it may bloat up to a very large size. A large, bloated registry easily gets damaged and starts generating computer errors. What’s more, larger registry files take a long time to answer queries from the computer and thus deteriorate the system performance. To prevent and fix registry problems, you may use a reliable registry cleaner tool to perform a thorough scan of the registry and then remove all unwanted information from it.

Step 3: Clean and defrag the hard disk: Hard disk problems usually occur due to too many unwanted programs installed on the system, orphan files left behind by uninstalled applications, and loads of other junk data in the form of cookies, temporary files and program setup files. You can easily remove this unwanted digital junk from the hard disk by using the Disk Cleanup tool that is shipped with your Windows XP and Windows Vista operating systems. After the clean up, run the Disk Defragmenter tool to analyze and repair fragmented files stored on the hard disk.

Step 4: Update your operating system, software programs, and device drivers: Operating system, software programs, and device driver manufacturers regularly release software updates, service packs and patches that help in resolving security and other issues in their programs. If you fail to install these updates, you may not only expose your system to various security threats, but may also encounter several errors, such as driver errors and DLL errors that occur due to outdated files on the system. This is the reason why, to prevent all these problems from occurring on your PC, you must update it on regular basis.

Step 5: Physically clean the computer hardware components. You must keep your computer clean and dust free. It is recommended that you periodically open up the computer and vacuum clean its components to remove any dust deposits on them. This is important because dust deposits on computer components cause overheating that may eventually cause physical damage to your computer. When you open up the system, you must also ensure that all the computer components, such as adaptors, CPU, connectors, and memory chips are properly seated in their slots. Any loose connections may generate unnecessary computer errors.

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