Speeding up a PC is really a big concern and it is also important to know the steps to speed up a computer
. So that you can a novice PC user can also perform the essential troubleshooting steps and can increase the speed of a PC or computer speed up. There are few very clear steps with the help of them you can enhance your PCs speed upto 50% immediately.
Have you ever noticed Disc cleanup utility in windows system? It is full of different unnecessary files those were used before but they are really not needed now and can be removed from the PC. Sometime these files may occupy your PCs entire drive and resulting in slow down of the PC.
In disc cleanup you may find:
Remove temporary Internet files.
Remove downloaded program files (such as Microsoft ActiveX controls and Java applets).
Empty the Recycle Bin.
Remove Windows temporary files such as error reports.
Remove optional Windows components that you don't use.
Remove installed programs that you no longer use.
Remove unused restore points and shadow copies from System Restore.
Remove prefetch files from the PC
To use Disk Defragmenter:- Files maybe scattered in a drive randomly so while accessing these files while they need to be run the process may take long time so slower the PC down. Use disc defrag utility by windows which defrags these randomly scattered files on a drives and they get gathered in well ordered and consequently it increases windows overall performance.
Apart from this uncheck the unnecessary items from the PC startup list. Most of them are really not needed while booting a windows. In vista and windows 7 you may also decrease startup delay in startup delay box.
Run an antivirus regularly, run anti spyware and anti malware programs to remove unwanted and suspicious items from the PC. There many free online cleaner that can really help you to clear such redundant and unwanted items from the PC that can decrease computers speed and removing them will speed a computer drastically.