Speed Me up Scotty: Software to Accelerate Your PC

We click the mouse, and we expect a response. The words "wait," "slow," and certainly "patience" have been removed from our vocabularies. Be sure all of the PCs in your office are running like Lightning McQueen with these speedy software staples.

SpeedUpMyPC 2009

SpeedUpMyPC 2009, which retails at Uniblue for about $30, is a quick and easy way to give your PC a checkup. This simple-to-use software will quickly scan all of your computer's processes and programs to ensure no valuable resources are being wasted. It will make recommendations for how to get your PC in tiptop shape for faster computing.

It will also monitor your PC resources and even point out unnecessary start-up processes. These little buggers chip away at your system until you're stuck waiting for your computer to boot up every day. Who has time for that? Not you! So check it out - maybe you'll be slip-sliding away with a PC so fast, you'll be bragging to your office buddies.

SpeedConnect Internet Accelerator

SpeedConnect Internet Accelerator is one cool monitoring system. I love the graphics of the dashboard that appear when you download this little piece of software to your system. Available from CBS Soft for about $26, this program will automatically demand the fastest Internet connection from your system, and it knows how to get the job done.

Whether you're connecting via DSL, cable, wireless, LAN, or even dialup, Speed Connect promises to jumpstart your Internet connection. This user-friendly program comes complete with tools and wizards to get you on your way to faster access to the world. If you don't even know what "TCP/IP" means, let alone how to be sure it's performing top-notch for you, leave all of the guesswork out and utilize Speed Connect.

Wlording Speedup PC

Wlording Speedup PC is a free piece of software that can be downloaded from CNET in about 10 seconds flat. This trial version will give you 14 days to kick this slick program around to see if it works for you. The trial allows you to see exactly what's going on with your system whenever it's open. It's kind of like having a heart monitor connected to your PC's blood-pumping organ to be sure there are no clots sneaking up to cause an unexpected heart attack!

It's amazing to watch your processor speed up right before your very eyes as you cleanup records that are bogging down your system. If you have processes that drain the blood from the rest of your PC, Wlording Speedup PC will help allocate the appropriate resources to be sure you're running at optimum performance. If you decide to purchase the product during or after your trial period, it can be downloaded from Wlording for about $30.

AVS4YOU

The Microsoft® Windows registry is a delicate place that novice PC users need not tamper with. However, this brain center for all PC operations can get bogged down and need cleaning. AVS4YOU offers a registry cleaner that promises to create a clean and safe computing environment for you. After I downloaded the latest version and ran it on my PC, the software found 1,694 invalid keys in my system. I didn't know what that meant, but it didn't sound good. So, I clicked "Fix" and was prompted to enter my registration key. This key can be purchased for one year's subscription at $39 or unlimited for $59.

Other features of the program include improvement of Windows PC's stability and performance. Who couldn't use that? Also, the cleaner is safe for Microsoft Office and other software tools installed on your PC.

Fast and Functional

With all of these cleaning applications to make your system superfast, you shouldn't have any more waiting worries at work. That is until you leave the office and have to battle rush-hour traffic. So far, there's nothing you can download to fix that!