Some of your views
of my explanation may be different than you see in they pictures below. If so it is only because you may be using a
different operating system. Either way the
actions taken would be the same.
Right click on the
“My Computer” icon on your desktop and click on: Properties
On the General tab
you will be given the type of processor, the speed of the processor, followed
by the amount of RAM
To view hard drive
information:
Double click on the “My Computer” icon on
your desktop (which will reveal the various drives on your pc).
Right click on the drive that you are
interested in (Usually the hard drive, which is commonly labeled (C:) and click
on properties.
You will then see
the total drive capacity along with your current free and used space.
Now, you may also
wish to cleanup your system, if you have not recently (or ever) done so it
would be a very good idea. I would
recommend the following tasks.
Locate and delete
the contents within your:
The easiest way to
do this would be to open your Internet Browser (Internet Explorer or
Netscape). Click on “Tools” in the tool
bar and then on “Internet Options”. The
wording may be different depending on which browser and also which version of
the browser you have. (In older
versions of IE I believe options is under “View”.) You can also do this manually using “My Computer” or “Explore”
features. (To access “Explore”, right
click on your Start button).
Click on the following buttons in the order
provided (See note below regarding button # 4 (Settings) before clicking on the
button.)
When you click on
# 4 (Settings) a screen similar to the one on the left will appear. Make sure that the setting for the frequency
to check for newer pages is set to “Every visit to the page”. Also take note of the location of your
Temporary Internet Files (When you use “My Computer” to locate this folder you
will be able to see if you computer is using the correct folder when completing
# 2 above.
I would also
recommend:
Defragmenting can usually be located by
either:
a. Click on Start and then click Programs
again looking for System Tools, Defragmenter, or something along similar
lines. It may be found under
Accessories within Programs.
OR
b. Click on Start and then Control Panel (looking for something referring to maintenance or actually called defragmenter)