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Answer» Ok my mom has a new computer with Windows 7 on it and being new it has all the advertising on it and it runs slow, I am looking for a program that will clean this up for me, I found a program call PC Decradifier but I don't know anyone who has used it. Is this a good program to use or any SUGGESTIONS on adware removal? Thanks!She has all WHAT advertising on it?PC Decradifier is good. Go ahead and use it. It should be helpful to you.Hang on. I'd like to know what the OP is talking about. A new system should not be running slowly regardless of what's installed.I believe the OP is talking about What's some of the preinstalled unnecessary software that comes with your computer? But, I agree he needs to confirm that. I understood the possibilities - I know what is preinstalled on systems. I just have some questions.I'm sorry I forgot to list this information, what I actually see on the desktop is an Icon shortcut for Net Zero and Netflix Trial, I cannot find the programs in the Control Panel>Uninstall Programs or in my Start Menu>Programs so I don't know how to remove the whole file. Other than this I don't know what else maybe installed. Also the computer was purchased at Best Buy and a Geek Squad agent told me they would optimize it for $130.00 which would clean up the advertising and tweek the system so it would run 20% faster but i'm looking for a way to do this myself.They cannot do anything to make your system run 20% faster. Is there some problem with it now? Does it seem to be running well? As for the icons, they are probably shortcuts to url's. What happens if you click on them? You may not need to do any more than just delete the icons. Download and run Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel. Are there any startup items with which you are unfamiliar?Quote from: Randy1887 on February 10, 2010, 10:24:47 PM I'm sorry I forgot to list this information, what I actually see on the desktop is an Icon shortcut for Net Zero and Netflix Trial, I cannot find the programs in the Control Panel>Uninstall Programs or in my Start Menu>Programs so I don't know how to remove the whole file. Other than this I don't know what else maybe installed. I'm surprised Net Zero and Netflix Trial are the only extras you see on the desktop. They are probably nothing more than shortcuts to a website,and you can simply right click on them and delete them. However, since they have no affect on the computer's performance, deleting them will yield no change in that regard. As I previously stated, I'd go ahead and run PC Decrapifier. It will not remove anything without your permission, and it's helpful in identifying things that could be removed. See http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/howitworks and http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/removes for more info. After the computer has loaded windows and all the icons it works well, it just seems to me that from the time I turn on the computer until it actually brings up my desktop is WAY to long than most computers it took approximately 4 or five mins to completely get everything running. It is a Gateway NV52, has an AMD Athlon Dual Core proccessor and 4 gig RAM so I would think it would boot up faster than this, also my mom has installed programs on it such as The Print Shop 22, Quickens and 2 or 3 other programs.From start go to run>type in msconfig>click ok> click on start up and un check the the boxes that you dont need on start up.Quote from: xavier on February 12, 2010, 09:18:46 AM From start go to run>type in msconfig>click ok> click on start up and un check the the boxes that you dont need on start up. Do NOT do this. Msconfig is a diagnostic utility. Use a 3rd party utility such as the aforementioned Startup Control Panel to manage startup items.One program you may want to try is Ccleaner http://www.ccleaner.com/ it will clean up your PC and it also will Fix Registry errors which may slow it down. it has worked wonders for me. you can use it to delete programs but i dont recommend it. i would still use the control panel for that.Quote from: nitelife2989 on February 12, 2010, 10:55:41 AM One program you may want to try is Ccleaner http://www.ccleaner.com/ it will clean up your PC and it also will Fix Registry errors which may slow it down. it has worked wonders for me. you can use it to delete programs but i dont recommend it. i would still use the control panel for that. Sorry, but... 1) It does not "clean your pc". It deletes temp files you can delete on your own if you prefer 2) It does not fix registry errors. And the entries it deletes from the registry do not slow down anything A lot of people use it and it's a pretty harmless utility. Having said that, in my opinion it's also pretty useless.

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Ok my mom has a new computer with Windows 7 on it and being new it has all the advertising on it and it runs slow, I am looking for a program that will clean this up for me, I found a program call PC Decradifier but I don't know anyone who has used it. Is this a good program to use or any SUGGESTIONS on adware removal?

Thanks!She has all WHAT advertising on it?PC Decradifier is good. Go ahead and use it. It should be helpful to you.Hang on. I'd like to know what the OP is talking about. A new system should not be running slowly regardless of what's installed.I believe the OP is talking about What's some of the preinstalled unnecessary software that comes with your computer? But, I agree he needs to confirm that. I understood the possibilities - I know what is preinstalled on systems. I just have some questions.I'm sorry I forgot to list this information, what I actually see on the desktop is an Icon shortcut for Net Zero and Netflix Trial, I cannot find the programs in the Control Panel>Uninstall Programs or in my Start Menu>Programs so I don't know how to remove the whole file. Other than this I don't know what else maybe installed.

Also the computer was purchased at Best Buy and a Geek Squad agent told me they would optimize it for $130.00 which would clean up the advertising and tweek the system so it would run 20% faster but i'm looking for a way to do this myself.They cannot do anything to make your system run 20% faster. Is there some problem with it now? Does it seem to be running well? As for the icons, they are probably shortcuts to url's. What happens if you click on them? You may not need to do any more than just delete the icons.

Download and run Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel. Are there any startup items with which you are unfamiliar?Quote from: Randy1887 on February 10, 2010, 10:24:47 PM

I'm sorry I forgot to list this information, what I actually see on the desktop is an Icon shortcut for Net Zero and Netflix Trial, I cannot find the programs in the Control Panel>Uninstall Programs or in my Start Menu>Programs so I don't know how to remove the whole file. Other than this I don't know what else maybe installed.

I'm surprised Net Zero and Netflix Trial are the only extras you see on the desktop. They are probably nothing more than shortcuts to a website,and you can simply right click on them and delete them. However, since they have no affect on the computer's performance, deleting them will yield no change in that regard.

As I previously stated, I'd go ahead and run PC Decrapifier. It will not remove anything without your permission, and it's helpful in identifying things that could be removed. See http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/howitworks and http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/removes for more info. After the computer has loaded windows and all the icons it works well, it just seems to me that from the time I turn on the computer until it actually brings up my desktop is WAY to long than most computers it took approximately 4 or five mins to completely get everything running. It is a Gateway NV52, has an AMD Athlon Dual Core proccessor and 4 gig RAM so I would think it would boot up faster than this, also my mom has installed programs on it such as The Print Shop 22, Quickens and 2 or 3 other programs.From start go to run>type in msconfig>click ok> click on start up and un check the the boxes that you dont need on start up.Quote from: xavier on February 12, 2010, 09:18:46 AM

From start go to run>type in msconfig>click ok> click on start up and un check the the boxes that you dont need on start up.

Do NOT do this. Msconfig is a diagnostic utility. Use a 3rd party utility such as the aforementioned Startup Control Panel to manage startup items.One program you may want to try is Ccleaner http://www.ccleaner.com/ it will clean up your PC and it also will Fix Registry errors which may slow it down. it has worked wonders for me. you can use it to delete programs but i dont recommend it. i would still use the control panel for that.Quote from: nitelife2989 on February 12, 2010, 10:55:41 AM

One program you may want to try is Ccleaner http://www.ccleaner.com/ it will clean up your PC and it also will Fix Registry errors which may slow it down. it has worked wonders for me. you can use it to delete programs but i dont recommend it. i would still use the control panel for that.

Sorry, but...
1) It does not "clean your pc". It deletes temp files you can delete on your own if you prefer
2) It does not fix registry errors. And the entries it deletes from the registry do not slow down anything

A lot of people use it and it's a pretty harmless utility. Having said that, in my opinion it's also pretty useless.

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