A good way to find some good free diagnositc software is to visit websites that offer catalogues or listings of available good diagnostic software for you to use. Most freeware or shareware diagnostic software is developed for windows based PC systems such as Vista, XP, ME, 2000 or for the new Windows 7.
Most downloadable software will diagnose and optimize you entire computer system, delete or wipe out all them unnecessary files that cause your PC to run slowly, fix and tune up your computer and of course access your computers registry to clean, repair and optimize a lagging computer and provide a much needed boost to performance.
Most software related computer problems occur when an application, game or programme constantly crashes, refuses to start or in fact runs incredibly slowly and hangs after a few minutes. There can be many reasons for this to happen including malware infection. The best way to see if your computer is infected by spyware, malware or other harmful attack is to use a good anti virus programme.
A good free anti virus to use is from the leading anti virus company Avast. They have a home edition which is designed to protect home computers and is a good first line of defence in making sure your computer runs fast and securely. You can aways upgrade to the professional version for multi user, business or network use. In any case, the best way to find out if your computer is infected by malware is use a bootable CD that will scan your PC for malware, rootkits and other harmful programmes installed on your computer.
Memory is also a prime candidate for a problematic PC with disfunctional memory modules causing many programs to run slowly. Memtest86 is a good free memory diagnostic program that will find and locate memory problems on your computer there is of course Microsoft’s Windows Memory Diagnostic software which will load automaticlly from boot up as it is on CD format.
There is many different types of diagnostic software to try. Each will have it’s own strengths and will deal with all important areas of your computers harware such as motherboard, video system information, PCI / AGP / bus info, peripherals such as mouse and printer and of course vital information on the Windows registry. Use free diagnotic software to scan your computer for all these types of potential problems on your computer.