A new desktop computer is a relatively expensive investment that is meant to last for years, so be sure to your research. Part of that means sitting back and taking in the intelligence from this post. The ideas and knowledge in the following paragraphs have been provided by those that know computers and hope you can use it to make a sound decision.

Be sure that you have installed anti virus protection on your computer. Without this, you will have to worry about malware entering your operating system. Malicious software slows down your computer and can even steal personal information. There are quite a few applications that will automatically scan and fix your desktop.

If your desktop runs slow, you might want to conduct a boot check. MS Config can be run from the start menu. This menu will show which programs are launched every time the computer boots. Look …