Now if you have been reading any of my posts, I preach about two things:

• Protecting your pc from viruses, trojans, hackers, etc.
• Backing up your pc data

Now there is THIRD issue that I need to really pound on and that is keeping your pc CLEAN!  I’ve already shown you how to clean out your TEMP files in XP and in Vista which helps out your performance a bit (Click this link to read it), but that is only the one step in keeping your pc clean!

Another step would be to clean out your internet cache, but since we all use different browsers to surf the internet (I actually use a few, IE, Firefox, Google Chrome, and Opera) it makes it difficult to go into 4 different places just to clean out cache.

There are other garbage files that your pc keeps “hidden”, especially if you use Microsoft Office apps like Word or Excel.  Many other programs do the same thing, and even I don’t know where they all are!

Well there is a great tool available that will clean all of these files up off of your pc.  CCleaner.  (short for Crap Cleaner!).  This is one of the most valuable apps that I run.  I have it on every pc that I own, I often put it on my “Emergency” Flash Drive an use it on clients pc’s as well.

It will go out and find ALL of the garbage files on your pc and remove them.  It will also clean out entries in your registry (you registry is basically the list of instructions and permissions that your computer needs to run).

After running CCleaner and a few anti-spyware apps on a pc that is running very slow, I can see a DRAMATIC difference is speed and response.

I love this app, and HIGHLY RECOMMEND that you use it to clean your pc.  I would suggest running it at least once a month.

Watch the video below as I show you how to find the app, download it, install it, and run it.  (Be kind, this is one of my first vids)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay67_rpljy8

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