subject: Make Computers Faster, Tips to Get a Faster Computer [print this page] Make Computers Faster, Tips to Get a Faster Computer
There are so many ways to make computers faster; Here are some that will do that
1. If you are using USB 1.0 ports, upgrade to 2.0. If you have a Firewire port, try to use that instead of a USB port since Firewire is faster than USB right now.
2. By default, the size of the paging file is controlled by Windows, which can cause defragmentation. Also, the paging file should be on a different hard drive or partition than the boot partition.
3. Speaking of startup programs, many of them are useless and can be turned off. Use the MSCONFIG utility to disable startup programs.
4. You can optimize the Windows boot time using a free program called Bootvis from Microsoft.
5. Speed up Mozilla Firefox by tweaking the configuration settings and by installing an add-on called FasterFox.
6. Speed up the Send To menu in Explorer by typing "sendto" in the Run dialog box and deleting unnecessary items.
7. If you already have anti-spyware software installed, turn off Windows Defender protection.
8. Move or change the location of your My Documents folder so that it is on a separate partition or hard drive.
9. Every once in a while, clean your mouse, keyboard and computer fans of dust and other buildup.
10. Clean out the Windows prefetch folder to improve performance.
11. Reduce the number of fonts that your computer has to load up on startup.
12. One of the easiest ways to speed up your PC is to simply reformat it. Of course, you want to backup your data, but it is the best way to get your computer back to peak performance.
13. In Windows XP and Vista, the Windows Search indexing service is turned on for all local hard drives. Turning off indexing is a simple way to increase performance.
14. Perform a virus scan on your computer regularly.
15. If you have a machine with an older network card, make sure to enable the onboard processor for the network card, which will offload tasks from the CPU.
16. Remove unnecessary or old programs from the Add/Remove dialog of the Control Panel.
17. Completely uninstall programs and applications using a specialised uninstall program to get rid of remnants left behind by normal uninstalls.
18. Increase the FileSystem memory cache in Vista to utilize a system with a large amount of RAM.
19. Do not clear your paging file during shutdown unless it is needed for security purposes. Clearing the paging file slows down shutdown.
So you can see from the above that there are many actions that one can take to make computers faster and I hope this has gone someway for you to do just that.
