Speed Up Your Computer - 5 Easy Tips That Anyone Can Do Themselves
Speed Up Your Computer - 5 Easy Tips That Anyone Can Do Themselves
"How to make my PC run faster?"It seems that it has become a hot question most computer users like to find out.Before you do anything try some of these tips. Here is my list that anyone can try to immediately speed up your computer.
1 Startup programs.Startup programs are programs that automatically load when you boot up windows.By having too many open during startup and dramatically slow your boot up time.Find the ones that aren't needed and stop them from loading in the first and you could cut your boot up time in half.
2 Hard drive cleanup. Simply keeping up on your hard drive by deleting old files and folders that you no longer use. Also defragging it and running the tools in windows can cleanup it too.(For Windows XP, you right click the C drive and simply click the disk cleanup button)
3 Adding more RAM. As newer programs come out they require more RAM memory. So if you haven't upgraded it since you bought its probably time to. It can be rather expensive option, between $40 to $120 for it. This should a last ditch effort to speed up your computer if the other tips don't work.This can instantly increase your computer speed.
4 Running a Anti virus program. Over the years of running a computer you will encounter virus's and spyware, some can be noticeable but some aren't as intrusive and just linger in the background and use up memory. Though they don't cause a security these will dramatically slow down your computer.
5 A registry cleaner. A registry cleaner can very useful if your having this issue. Its like an advance disk clean up. The registry is a database of entries and setting for your computer. Over time it builds and builds with thousands of entries and can contain corrupted ones and useless ones which in return slow down your computer. This type of program can very useful and generally are really easy to work with. You simply download the software and let it scan the registry to find these type of files and it removes them. This is by far the most effective way to speed up your computer.
Just by doing a few of these or all of them your can make your computer faster if not as fast as when you bought it new.