subject: A Computer Running Slow Issue May Be Fixed Quickly [print this page] It does not matter how powerful and expensive your pc is, it will slow down eventually with frequent use. It is because PC's, just like a automobile, is supposed to be correctly maintained for it to work at its highest level. It is well understood that maintenance is important for your PC.
So it is not unusual for a computer to begin becoming much slower if it is used a a lot. Things such as opening a computer program takes longer than usual (some programs could not be accessed at all) and error messages often pop up. Well, you may try some home fixes for the computer running slow issue yourself to increase your PC's performance.
So where to begin? What you should do is to check out your drives to determine whether or not they have adequate free storage space. Your computer uses this storage or memory each time it accesses a program or application (for additional RAM or random access memory to assist your Computer's memory card). Depending on its capability, at least 25 percent of your hard drive storage space should be free at all times. If the computer's hard drive has too many files and applications, then its' high time that you delete or uninstall a few of them.
Keep in mind that removing programs can be dangerous to other programs that could be linked (that uninstalling them would make the additional program to be inoperable). Uninstall the ones that you rarely utilize and are not necessary in the day to day operation of your PC. Games and additional graphic-laden programs will use a lot of free storage space and utilize a significant amount of available resources so keep these as small as possible.
An additional computer running slow repair is the "defragging" of your hard drive. When there is available space in your hard drive, accessing the data may be slower because of poor placement or organization of the stored data. Just click "my computer" and then click right on the drive you want to defragment. After that click on the "tool" tab and then "defragment now". If the pc has a Vista system instead of the earlier versions you would click on "programs" then to "accessories" and then to System Tools and click Disk Defragmenter and follow the directions shown there.
Resolving a few of your computer running slow issues is a venture that you can perform on your own but be sure that you use a small amount of caution.
