Deleting your Temporary Internet Files in Windows XP

Why would you want to delete your Temporary Internet Files? Temporary Internet Files are downloaded onto your computer whenever a web site is accessed through your web browser. For example, if the web site consists of images, those images are downloaded and stored on your computer. This also applies to text as well. Follow these easy steps below.

Step 1

Close all of your open programs that you may have open.

Step 2

Click on your start button

Step 3

Click on settings

Step 4
Click on control panel. You now should be in the control panel window as shown below. You can now double click on internet options.

Step 5

This will bring you to the internet options window shown below. Click on delete which is circled in red.

Step 6

Once you click delete you will come to a delete browsing window. Click on delete files next to Temporary Internet Files.

Step 7

After you click on the delete button a popup box will appear. Click on YES which will now start the deletion of your Temporary Internet Files. You are done.

Performing a Defrag on your PC

Here is another program you can run to maximize your PC's performance.

Step 1

Click on your start button

Step 2

Click on Programs

Step 3

Click on Accessories

Step 4

Click on System Tools

Step 5

Click on Disk Defragmenter

You should now be in the disk defragmenter window where you will click on Analyze which is circled in red.

Your machine is now being analyzed by disk defragmenter. This process is checking to see if you have any fragmented files that can be condensed into one volume so your hard drive can look up the information quickly.

Once defrag is done analyzing you will see a popup box that will let you know if your hard drive needs defraging. See picture below. In my case I do not need to defrag my hard drive. If you need to defrag it will say it is recommended that you defrag in which case you will click on the defragment button. This process will depend on how fragmented your hard drive is. When the process is done you should restart your computer. You are done.

If your Windows XP PC is running slow here are a few things to check

If your PC is running slow these are a few things you can check to speed it up. I have had good success with checking these particular settings.

One of the first things you can check is what's called MSCONFIG. MSCONFIG can be used to ensure that your computer boots faster and crashes less. I will walk you through navigating to checking your MSCONFIG settings.

Step 1

Click on your start button and then click on run.

Step 2

Type msconfig in your run line like shown below.

Step 3

You will now be directed to the System Configuration Utility window shown below. The tab that you are interested in is the startup tab circled in red.

Step 4

The startup tab displays programs that are automatically loaded every time you turn on your computer on. Some of the programs are neccessary while others are just wasting your PC's memory. If you are unsure of which programs to uncheck you can check out this link http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php which will tell you which programs are neccessary and which programs you should uncheck. If you don't recognize the program then more than likely it should not be running.

Step 5

Click on the OK button.

Once your computer will then have to restart for the settings to take affect. Once your machine boots up it should be faster and hopefully crash less often.

How to create a restore point for your PC if you are running Windows XP

If your PC is having a serious bootup problem you can try a system restore. These are easy steps to create a system restore point to return your computer to a previous working state from a previous date. A system restore takes a snapshot of critical system files and some program files your PC needs to bring it back to a good working state. I have outlined these steps below.


1. Log on to windows as administrator.

2. Click start, point to all programs, point to accessories, point to system tools, and then click system restore. system restore starts.

3. On the welcome to system restore page, click restore my computer to an earlier time (if it is not already selected), and then click next.

4. On the select a restore point page, click the most recent system checkpoint in the on this list, click a restore point list, and then click next. A system restore message may appear that lists configuration changes that system restore will make. Click OK.

5. On the confirm restore point selection page, click next. system restore restores the previous Windows XP configuration, and then restarts the computer.

6. Log on to the computer as administrator. The system restore restoration complete page appears.

7. Click OK.

How to remove a program from your computer...

People often get frustrated trying to remove programs from their PC. Here are a few simple steps that will remove your unwanted program forever.

1. Click on your Start button



2. Click on Settings



3. Click on Control Panel

By now you should be in the Control Panel window illustrated in the picture below.

4. Double click on Add Remove Programs













By now you should be in the Add Remove Programs window illustrated in the picture below

5. Click on Remove














6. Your unwanted program will prompt you to Click on the Yes or OK button to start the uninstall. I have chosen to uninstall Adobe Reader 7.0.9.See illustration below. You are now finished and your unwanted program will no longer show in your Add Remove Programs window.