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Slow Computer—How to Increase Computer Speed
Dec 9th
Do you find that you have to spend more and more time in opening a file or web? If so, you have to realize that it is time to do some things so as to increase computer speed. Using anti-virus software should be your first choice and then you can consider doing some changes in the computer to solve slow computer problems.
In the “Advanced” tab of system properties, you can adjust the visual effects in the settings. Here, you can choose to adjust best performance or appearance based on your computer configuration. If the hardware configuration is rather shabby, it is better for you to choose best performance so as to run system smoothly. But if you have supreme configuration, well, you feel free to open all the Windows XP visual effects and to enjoy it.
In the “Advanced Options”, you can set to optimize processor and memory preferentially. And when running applications, the system can put memory and CPU ahead of programs which are good for speeding up computer.
And if you do not have any special requirement to your computer, please do not startup the function of “Automatically Update”. It is unnecessary to update certain programs by Microsoft and you have to spend much time and space to download those useless things. Besides, you should not tick “Remote Desktop” and “Remote Assistance” because the startup of these two functions leaves holes for potential problems that hackers enter into your computer easily. Therefore, in order to protect your privacy, it is better for you to forbid the two options.
When talking about network optimization, it refers to optimize the Internet Explorer mainly. You can optimize network in all-round way. In the “Internet Options”—“General” tab, you can set the home page as “about: blank” to open Internet Explorer quickly. And, you are bound to delete all the Internet temporary files to free up disk space. But at the same time, it may take more time to visit websites. So, you had better create an Internet temporary folder based on your available disk space capacity and 10MB to 30MB is the best value. Moreover, you should form a good habit of clean up history records regularly. By doing this, others do not know what websites you have visited so that you can protect your own privacy maximally. Or, you can set the date of history record as “0” day that system can delete the records automatically.
And, you ought to set the security level higher in the security settings and close down certain dangerous controls. In this way, you can reduce the probability of being attacked by virus or spyware.
After doing following all the methods, it is advisable for you to defragment disks thoroughly, since there may be a large number of disk fragments in the hard disks.
All in all, you may have found that there are many useless startup functions in the computer which are the main cause of slow computer. Therefore, if you want to increase computer speed, it is wise for you to get more information in this regard.
Slow computer? Find how to increase computer speed here
Dec 2nd
Are you annoyed with the slow computer which acts sluggishly? And have you ever wondered on “How to increase my computer speed”? Well, here I will show you some methods on how to increase computer speed.
First of all, it is necessary to bear in mind that a number of causes will result in a slow computer with time for there must be lots of installed programs which interferes the computer speed. When I felt that my computer was lagging slightly, I tried the several ways here and found that they seemed to give my computer a little boost and remarkably increase my computer speed.
They are very easy to follow as what you can see below.
1) Scan your computer for Spyware
As we download or browse the net, there must be spyware and adware coming onto the computer. When running the computer, lots of system resources will be taken up, which usually becomes one main offender for a slow computer. So it is recommended to install a correct anti-spyware program on your computer to protect your PC and increase computer speed.
2) Check your PC for viruses
In my daily life, I have seen that lots of computers are greatly running slow due to lack of anti-virus program. Once a computer is infected by viruses, it can not escape to be a slow computer. So an anti-virus program (or good anti-virus program) is needed in order to fix a slow computer.
3) Clear up Windows registry
There must be some registry entries generated or left over after browsing the website or uninstalling programs from the computer. So we can say that Windows registry happens every time we use the computer. The more useless registry entries on the computer, the slower it will be. So a regular cleanup of the Windows registry is needed.
4) Use a disk defragmenter
When there are too many fragments on the computer, longer time will be consumed when trying to input or output a specific file. If the file is needed frequently, the computer will become completely slow. So a disk defragmentation is also needed in order to put all parts of the same content in a single place. The packaged Disk Defragmenter is located at All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tool, which brought quick result in speeding up my computer.
5) Delete unnecessary files and programs
It is highly recommended that you should delete the unnecessary files and programs this is because by freeing up the hard disk space, you will get an increase in computer speed. But please note that when uninstalling programs, it is not allowed to directly delete their folders under C drive. You should go to Start -> All Programs -> Control Panel -> Add / Remove Programs to thoroughly uninstall the program both from the files and the Windows registry.
With the above five steps, rather easy steps, I was able to increase my computer speed. If you want to fix your slow computer, please do not forget to insist on taking the above steps, especially the disk defragmentation. Then you will see an increase on your computer speed, hopefully it will be as fast as brand-new.