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Speed up your Internet by resetting your web browser

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Despite lightning-fast broadband and low-cost computers that seem to be growing more powerful every year, many people are still putting up with slow Internet speeds.

Toolbars are a common culprit here, and are often inadvertently installed as add-ons to Internet Explorer. These add-ons can be very difficult to remove.
Did you know that PC TuneUp Maestro has a great feature called “Reset Internet Explorer”, which resets your IE to “factory default mode”? This trick allows you to return Internet Explorer to its original, pristine, “factory-installed” state in order to solve common performance problems and errors caused by the installation of too many add-ons, “accelerators”, and search providers, all of which conspire to slow down your Internet. To access this amazing feature, click Fix & Clean, select Internet Explorer Repair, locate the item Reset Internet Explorer and then click the Reset button.

Delete “junk files” to increase Internet speeds even morePC Clean Maestro

However, resetting Internet Explorer to its original clean, fast factory state may not be enough to achieve the fastest speeds possible, and you may continue to experience frustratingly slow Internet speeds.

This is because, even after Internet Explorer is reset, your PC can still contain mountains of “cached” or stored data. This data can include both personal identity information and unneeded files that takes space on your hard drive.

As a result, this “stuff” slows down your web browsing experience (it also makes you vulnerable to identity theft), which means you’re losing out on PC performance.

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PC Clean Maestro allows you to scan and clean this “junk data” for free. Not only will you speed up Internet Explorer, you can also see what personal information has been captured and cached on your PC.

PC Clean Maestro has passed the Microsoft Windows 7 Logo Certification Test, the McAfee SECURE Certification Test and the Intel Partner Software Certification Test. It’s clean and safe to use.

 

Speed up your PC by managing startup programs

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An effective way to speed up PC performance is to look at what programs automatically start up when you turn on your computer. These days, computers come pre-loaded with more programs than ever before, and they all want to launch at startup.

Not only does it take extra time to boot unwanted programs, these applications also consume system resources such as CPU and memory, slowing down your computer even more!

PC TuneUp Maestro’s “Startup Manager” can help with this. By using our Startup Manager, you can choose which programs start up when you turn on your computer. Click “Manage | StartUp Management” to launch the “Startup Manager”.

Some of these programs you can launch on your own, if and when you need to use them. But what if you discover, using Startup Manager, programs you never actually use?

That’s where PC Clean Maestro comes in handy.

Use PC Clean Maestro’s Uninstaller to save hard drive spacePC Clean Maestro

Besides helping safeguarding privacy and preventing identity theft, PC Clean Maestro also features a handy Uninstaller utility. The PC Clean Maestro Uninstaller is an easy way to remove unwanted programs from your computer, freeing up hard drive space.

As well, most application uninstallers leave files or registry keys behind. PC Clean Maestro’s Uninstaller provides you with the ability to completely remove program file leftovers and delete remnant registry keys. This “clean uninstall” helps speed up computer performance.

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Download PC Clean Maestro to run a FREE scan of your PC, discover and remove unwanted junk files and data. Also get access to powerful tools to safeguard your privacy and online identity.

PC Clean Maestro has passed the Microsoft Windows 7 Logo Certification Test and the McAfee SECURE Certification Test. It’s clean and safe to use.

Make your computer faster by getting rid of “junk”

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It’s a sad fact of life: no matter how fast your computer is when you first purchase it, after a few months its performance begins to fade as your computer slows down over time.

 

Why is this?

Your PC often stores and accumulates unwanted “junk” files and data. For example, over time your PC accumulates temporary files, leftover file remnants from uninstalled applications, log files, Windows error reports, and much more. As a result of all of these extra, unneeded files, you may find your PC runs more slowly.

As well, since all of these extra files take up space in your hard drive, your computer often has to work around them to find space to store files and programs you actually find useful.
In other words, unwanted files can actually “fragment” your computer’s hard drive, which means it can take longer for your PC to complete necessary tasks.

Get rid of junk an speed up Windows

Designed to help you prevent identity theft and safeguard your privacy, PC Clean Maestro also removes unwanted files and data from your computer, all in order to make your PC cleaner and faster. The best part is that the Junk Removal function is FREE – no purchase is required.

PC Clean Maestro is simple to use and yet incredibly effective for computer users of any level of expertise and experience.

Why not give it a try?

Try PC Clean Maestro for free

Download PC Clean Maestro to run a FREE scan of your PC, discover and remove unwanted junk files and data. Also get access to powerful tools to safeguard your privacy and online identity.

>> Download the free version of PC Clean Maestro

PC Clean Maestro has passed the Microsoft Windows 7 Logo Certification Test and the McAfee SECURE Certification Test. It’s clean and safe to use.

 

PC tips: what are sticky keys?

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You’ve probably encountered this before – you’ve hit some sort of keyboard combination when using a Windows computer that results in a dialogue box asking you if you want to enable “StickyKeys”. And like me, you’ve probably quickly hit “escape” or “close” and have continued on with whatever you were doing in the first place.

What are StickyKeys? Fundamentally they’re a form of accessibility for PC users who may be living with some sort of disability, typically visual impairment, or blindness.

Andy Thompson frequently writes about PC tips.

However, StickyKeys can become a powerful tool that can help anyone get more out of their computer.

Of course, we all use keyboard shortcuts – combinations of keys that allow us to do certain activities, and save time and typing rhythm by taking the mouse out of the equation. Some keyboard shortcuts, however, require you to hold down three keys at a time. If you want to use a keyboard shortcut but find it difficult to hold down two or three keys at the same time, StickyKeys makes it easy.

When a shortcut requires a key combination, the StickyKeys feature in Microsoft Windows lets you press a key, such as SHIFT, CTRL, or ALT, and keep it active until another key is pressed.

To activate StickyKeys, go to your desktop and press the SHIFT key five times. A dialog box opens with instructions on how to set up the StickyKeys feature. Then click OK. An icon (a group of squares) appears in the notification area.

To turn off StickyKeys, press the SHIFT key five times, and then click Cancel in the StickyKeys dialog box.

Andy Thompson frequently blogs on PC tips

Protect your online identity

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protect your online identityIt’s the Christmas season, and more and more people are doing shopping online in order to save time and to stick to a budget. If you’re doing a lot of online holiday shopping, are you taking basic steps to protect your online identity?

You might be surprised by the amount of personal information that is stored on your computer – everything from passwords to, in some cases, banking and credit card information.

If you happen to download malware such as a Trojan or a virus, it may be possible for someone to learn and use your personal information – after you’ve been using your credit card to buy Christmas presents, for example – which can become a nightmare to fix.

So, to save you some worry, here are 2 tips for protecting your privacy online:

1. Scan your computer for cookies, passwords, chat email history, web search term history

Every time you use the internet, your browser stores “cookies” that remember personal information about the websites you’ve visited – personal information such as passwords for your online banking, your birthday, or even your mother’s maiden name, for example.

Your internet browser also saves the specific search terms you’ve been using to find things on the internet. Your internet chat program is also storing the records of every hat you’ve ever had.

Add these three different kinds of personal information together, and it’s possible to learn a lot about your private information, which can have serious consequences if the wrong person has the chance to snoop through your computer.

So, one way to protect your privacy online is to scan your computer for cookies, passwords, chat email history, and web search term history, and delete unneeded information.

2. Delete temporary files

Your web browser regularly creates temporary or “temp” files of the websites you visit to help speed up the browsing process. This means anyone with access to your computer can see any web page you’ve ever visited.

So, if you’re worried about online privacy, it’s always a good idea to periodically remove temp files. As an added bonus, removing temp files can sometimes speed up your computer.

More next time

That’s all for now. If you’re interested in using a powerful tool that will help improve computer performance, why not give PC Tuneup Maestro a try? PC Clean Maestro can help you easily remove speed up Windows.