Need Help tweaking my laptop

[andrewsvalesen]

Ok so I have a dell latitude CPx ( got it for free) and I want to get some use out of it.
I need a few suggestions, what can I do to get this thing as fast as possible? I tried searching through the tutorial forum,i got 20 pages in, and decided that there is just soo much information.

So for my questions:

What can I do to improve my performance?
So far I've:
Made my desktop look very bland, by going with the classic view, and I have also taken off my backround..

anything else? (I heard something about a paging file?)

Should I windows update?

Secondly, what programs would you suggest for minimal resources? Firefox is the devil on this system..


Thanks!!

 

[veg1992]

right click my computer... it properties... Advanced... hit Performance settings, choose Adjust for best performance..

 

[andrewsvalesen]

oo thanks!

 

[andrewsvalesen]

anymore? is opera less resource using than ie7?

 

[krazyq]

i just use IE, and if you select adjust for best performance, all it does is uncheck all those options.

And yes you should do windows update atleast once a month.
Defrag your pc one a month.

I use a software called CCleaner to clean out a lot of junk, i dont use the registry cleaner it has , ive learned to stay away from them...just stick with the cleaning part and not the (issues) tab.