1. Click: Start
2. Click: Control Panel
3. a. Click: Uninstall a program (if Control Panel is set to Control Panel Home)
   b. Double-click: Programs and Features (if Control Panel is set to Classic View)
4. Click: Turn Windows features on or off
5. Click: Continue
6. Wait for the process to complete
7. Uncheck: Indexing Service
8. Click: OK
9. Wait for the process to complete
10. Wait some more (it really hasn’t crashed)
11. Click: Restart Now

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1. Click: Start
2. Click: Control Panel
3. a. Click: System and Maintenance (if Control Panel is set to Control Panel Home)
   b. Click: System (if Control Panel is set to Control Panel Home)
   c. Double-click: System (if Control Panel is set to Classic View)
4. Click: Advanced system settings
5. Click: Continue
6. Click: Settings (under the Performance heading)
7. Click: Adjust for best performance
8. Click: OK
9. Click: OK

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1. Click: Start
2. Click: All Programs
3. Click: Accessories
4. Click: System Tools
5. Click: Disk Defragmenter
6. Click: Continue
7. Click: Defragment now
8. Click: OK
9. Click: Close (process will continue)

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1. Click: Start
2. Click: All Programs
3. Click: Acessories
4. Click: System Tools
5. Click: Disk Cleanup
6. Click: Files from all users on this computer
7. Click: Continue
8. Wait for the process to complete
9. Click: OK
10. Click: Delete Files
11. Wait for the process to complete

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1. Click: Start
2. Type: msconfig
3. Click: msconfig
4. Click: Continue
5. Select: Selective startup
6. Uncheck: Load startup items
7. Click: OK
8. Click: Restart

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1. Click: Start
2. Click: Control Panel
3. a. Click: System and Maintenance (if Control Panel is set to Control Panel Home)
   b. Click: System (if Control Panel is set to Control Panel Home)
   c. Double-click: System (if Control Panel is set to Control Panel Home)
4. Click: System Protection
5. Check: Local Disk (C:) (System)
6. Click: Apply
7. Click: Create
8. Type a label of your choice for the restore point
9. Click: Create
10. Wait for the process to complete
11. Click: OK
12. Click: OK

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1. Click: Start
2. Click: Control Panel
3. a. Click: Check for updates (if Control Panel is set to Control Panel Home)
   b. Click: Windows Update (if Control Panel is set to Classic View)
4. Click: Find out more
5. Check: I agree to the Term of Use for Microsoft Update.
6. Click: Next
7. Select: Use recommended settings
8. Click: Install

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