Tip - The Assumptions You Make About Your Slow PC (and Why They're Probably Wrong)

Computers are supposed to make our lives easier, yet sometimes it feels like they exist only to cause us endless amounts of frustration. Popular advice for slow computers includes antivirus, RAM upgrades, or even reinstalling Windows from scratch, but these make a lot of assumptions about what's wrong with your computer (that may not be true). Here's how you actually get your PC running fast again.
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