BREAKING NEWS 🚨: Claude can now fix your slow computer like a $120...
David max@Hey_davidmax
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Oct 24, 2026
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BREAKING NEWS 🚨: Claude can now fix your slow computer like a $120 per hour IT technician.
Open the Claude desktop app, give it access to your computer, and use these 7 prompts:
Open the Claude desktop app, give it access to your computer, and use these 7 prompts:
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1) The health check
"Tell me what's slowing this computer down. List everything using more than 5% of the processor or memory right now, what each one is in plain English, and anything you can't identify. Don't close or delete anything yet."
"Tell me what's slowing this computer down. List everything using more than 5% of the processor or memory right now, what each one is in plain English, and anything you can't identify. Don't close or delete anything yet."
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2) The startup list
"Show me everything that starts when I turn this computer on. Mark which ones I actually need and which ones just slow the boot. Turn off only the ones I tick."
"Show me everything that starts when I turn this computer on. Mark which ones I actually need and which ones just slow the boot. Turn off only the ones I tick."
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3) The storage
"Find what's eating my storage: the 20 biggest files and folders, old downloads, duplicate photos, and installers I've already used. Show me the list with sizes. Delete nothing until I say yes."
"Find what's eating my storage: the 20 biggest files and folders, old downloads, duplicate photos, and installers I've already used. Show me the list with sizes. Delete nothing until I say yes."
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4) The bloat
"List every app I haven't opened in six months and what it does. Tell me which are safe to remove and which came with the computer and should stay. I'll pick."
"List every app I haven't opened in six months and what it does. Tell me which are safe to remove and which came with the computer and should stay. I'll pick."
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5) The intruder check
"Look for anything that shouldn't be here: processes you don't recognise, browser extensions I didn't choose, anything connecting to the internet in the background. Explain each one and tell me if it's known to be harmful. Don't remove anything on your own."
"Look for anything that shouldn't be here: processes you don't recognise, browser extensions I didn't choose, anything connecting to the internet in the background. Explain each one and tell me if it's known to be harmful. Don't remove anything on your own."
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6) The backup
"Check whether this computer is backed up, where, and when the last backup ran. If it isn't, tell me the simplest way to set one up with what I already have."
"Check whether this computer is backed up, where, and when the last backup ran. If it isn't, tell me the simplest way to set one up with what I already have."
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7) The monthly clean
"On the first of every month, run the health check, the storage list and the intruder check, and send me a short report with anything that changed. Set this up as a scheduled task."
"On the first of every month, run the health check, the storage list and the intruder check, and send me a short report with anything that changed. Set this up as a scheduled task."
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Having AI help diagnose computer issues is a huge productivity boost.