Now you've trimmed the hair a bit, it's time to clean up. If you're smart, you don't need a paid product - much less the more useless ones. Get rid of your Norton, McAfee, Kaspersky. If it's something you remember starting up and annoys you, away it goes. If you haven't used it in a while, away it goes. You're basically cutting your defenses down to minimum whilst we do this, but it's a required effort. Restart your computer and from here on, just take it easy and avoid browsing the internet, sharing networks, etc. Next, look into the Startup tab and see what's going o- nope, disable all. Here you can explore a few options but ideally you want to open the services tab and hide all Microsoft services. I'll help.įirst, it's a good idea to give Windows some breathing room. There are programs that advertise themselves as better alternatives that do that.
Don't install toolbars, don't install programs that help 'speed up your computer', 'fix registry', etc. It changes every now and then but really it depends on how close to 'minimal' you want to get.įirst, /u/A_People's main point is very correct. /r/FrugalLearning - An affordable approach to learning.
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