Tech Tips - Is your personal computer optimized? How to keep your PC optimized for best performance?

Another tech-tip to keep your personal computer healthy and fit. We keep installing applications, creating/deleting folders and each time an entry is made in the registry. When we remove the application & do not do a clean uninstall or cut-paste some folders it leaves junk data in your hard-disk & registry and your computer is no longer working optimally.

Here are few things you can do to keep your computer healthy, fit & optimized

1. Don't install software that you don't need. Once every 3 months do a quick check of the installed software and remove the applications that are not used frequently.
2. If you use some software just couple of times a year I suggest you download a portable version of the software and keep it on your pen-drive and save your computer from unnecessary clutter. Portable.com is my favorite site to fins reliable and malware free portable apps.  They even provide a portable app manager that (When you download a software do donate a dollar to help the guys maintain their good work) 
3. Use a free tool to clear junk files from the computer and defragment the hard disk. I use CCleaner freeware to clean junk files and optimize the hard disk once a week.
4. Use a good registry cleaner tool to keep your registry healthy. Make sure you create  restore-point before you clean the registry and do not keep more than 4 restore points on your computer as they occupy real estate. I use a wonderful tool called Wise Registry Cleaner to maintain my registry (wisecleaner.com). The tool is smart and reliable and you can take my word that it will not mess the registry.
5. Backup your assets to a portable hard-disk and only keep the data that you access frequently. I use DSynchronize portable application (installed on portable drive) to take backup of my downloads and I always maintain enough free space on my hard-disk ( more than 50% of the HDD capacity)