Joe
Good advice, so far.
This was on today's PCworld
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2082305/your-new-pc-needs-these-22-free-programs.htmlI would let Windows defender do the day to day AV chores, and maybe run Malwarebytes every couple weeks as a full (several hour) scan. I would find and use Add/Remove programs to kill the free AV that is probably running now (McAffee or Norton), etc..
At startup, many unnecessary apps are turned on. MSconfig would let you see then, but CCleaner will, too - these apps can slow you down. In XP, the CCleaner Registry fixer really keeps things cleared up - not sure 'bout for W8.
And as noted, you can have lots of bookmarks, but only allow a couple to be open tabs at once. It sounds like this was hurting you from the OP talk. Also, running too many programs and apps at once is just same as too mant browser tabs.
W8 should do defrag and disk cleanup for you, so this will help.
