This is the age of instant gratification. People can send mail to each other instantly, see and speak with people all across the world, and also pay for almost anything with no wait at all. You can usually get the instantaneous results you want, because computers are becoming more and more powerful everyday.
However, over time a computer will start to run slower and slower unless some maintenance activities are performed to speed up the pc. A few actions that you can take to speed up your pc are to remove adware/malware programs, defragment your hard drive, and limit the amount of programs that startup automatically.
One of the main reasons that computers run slow is that they have been infected with adware or malware. Adware and malware usually are used to try to make their creator money by directing you to advertising that you did not request, or downloading programs that you do not want. There are a few good programs available to find and remove adware and malware programs.
A fragmented hard drive can also cause a major slowdown if it is not cleaned up. Usually a hard drive tries to store files contiguously (together). However as a hard drive...