Charles Labedz

things that you can do to keep windows system performance optimal include:

Moving everything but shortcuts off of the desktop into your documents folder.

Delete old files and folders that are likely to remain unused.

Keep your system drive (the drive with the OS installation) at least 1/3 empty.

Keep a anti-virus running a full computer scan on a weekly basis. (modern hard drives are large enough that daily scans are troublesome.)

Un-install any program that doesn't get used often. infrequently used programs should be installed using sandboxie or VMware's ThinApp, or some other virtualization program.

Get a full system backup copied to an external drive or partition.