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Slow Computer—Four Tips to Fix Slow Compute Speed Quickly
Dec 30th
Slow computer is so hassle for users but it is unavoidable since you have been using it for a long time. If you turn a blind eye to it, your computer speed may be slower and slower and can not fix such problem automatically. Therefore you should learn some methods to fix slow computer speed besides using third-parties tools.
In this article, I would like to introduce four tips to improve your computer speed manually. It is worthwhile for you reading it.
1. Clear up disk space.
If you do not have high computer configuration and not clear up computer for a long time, it is likely that your computer is running slower and slower because the hard disk is crammed with too many junk files. If you computer is fast before but slows down recently, you need to clean up C disk as soon as possible. As for the junk files, you can the temporary and swap files, certain page files, history records files and so on. Most of them are hidden in the C drive.
2. By deleting the junk files in the C drive, your computer is able to run faster than before. Besides, you have to defrag C drive after wiping those junks. You can click “Start” > “All Programs” > “Accessories” > “System Tools”, you will see the defragmenting programs. And then it is necessary to clear up disk which is put in the same place as defragmenting one.
Next, set up a system restore point which is also in the “System Tools”. After doing that, you should close it down since restore point may consume a lot of C drive space. But it can help you restore the system to the normal state when you set up the point.
3. Uninstall some programs that you seldom use. It is undoubted that they take up too much space without doing any tangible things for computer. It is better to get rid of them, along with some useless functions such as “Error Reporting” and “Hibernation” which mean nothing for you but occupy the space.
4. Normally, when computer memory is too low, virtual memory will be created to solve such problem temporarily. You can set the value of virtual memory by hand. However too large or too small values can do harm to computer. You should set proper value for the maximum and minimum values respectively.
Slow computer is not so disturbing if you have grasped the correct methods to fix it. Besides, you can learn more about fixing slow computer problems by clicking the links.
Speed up Computer—Tips for You to Speed up Computer
Dec 22nd
After using computer for a period of time, the starting up speed of system may become slower and slower because of frequent installing new programs. The sluggish computer speed is probably caused by too many loaded programs. As a result, you can clear up programs in the startup group so as to speed up system. This is what I want to share with you in this article.
First of all, you can delete the unnecessary loading orders in the “config.sys” and “autoexec.bat”. Normally, all the orders in these two folders can be removed for sure. You can click “Start” > “Run” and type “MSCONFIG”. In the popping up windows of “System Configuration Utility”, you feel free to cross out the ticks of “config.sys” and “autoexec.bat”. After doing that, you may find it is faster to start up computer without those useless files.
Second, delete the shortcuts in the starting up group. Some software can add starting programs to starting up group automatically. If such programs are piling up excessively in this group, it is no doubt that it can slow down system starting up speed. Therefore, you can get rid of certain programs so as to improve computer booting speed.
Right-click “Start” menu and choose “Open”—“Programs”—“Startup”. In this folder, you can delete all the shortcut icons because they are quite unnecessary for computer but just slow down starting up speed.
Third, uninstall resident programs in the system. Some programs can start up as system is booting, but their shortcuts do not display in the “Start”—“All Programs”—“Startup” menu. So, you can delete these programs. In the “System Configuration Utility”, you click “Startup” tab, you can choose the resident programs that you do not use frequently and delete them. By crossing out these programs, you can speed up computer obviously.
What is more, you can finish all of the operations mentioned above by using certain orders so as to optimize starting groups quickly. However, in the Windows 2000, there is no such function. If you want to do optimization, the only thing you can do is to alter registry. Is it disturbing? As a matter of fact, you can copy this program to system folder of Windows 2000. And you can just run it.
In conclusion, slow computer speed is really troublesome, you should try every method to speed up computer.
Slow Computer Problems—Two Methods to Help you Handle Slow Computer Problems
Dec 15th
Have you been puzzled that computer speed is not as fast as before? Have you been doubtful of yourself whether you have done any wrong doings that harms computer? In fact, you do not worry too much because any tiny change in the system may have influence on computer performance. And it is unavoidable to lead to various shifts when you use computer.
However, there is always a method to solve problems. Now, let me introduce some reasons of slow computer for you. After that you can enjoy computer high performance for sure.
Delete resident programs.
The so-called resident programs can be loaded automatically when computer is booting. Such resident programs can not only slow down computer speed but also expense computer resource and memory more quickly. Although those programs are quite useful for your computer, do you really want to use them at the expense of computer speed? As a matter of fact, you do not need to delete them but just disable to load when starting up computer.
And for system restore point, it has its own advantages and disadvantages. It can create general backup files for system and program files and set checking points for them. When system goes crash or is affected by virus, it is easy for you to use system restore function to set many checking point to protect your computer. The users can restore any normal system state by choosing the points.
Though it is quite useful, it is good for computer to turn it off in certain condition. For example, if the computer is affected, system restore may back up the virus as well. That is to say your computer is likely to go back to the affected state when using this function in the future. Besides, such points have to occupy disk space. When the hard disk space is too low, it is wise for you to close down this function. Therefore, you should learn how to enable and disable the “System Restore” function.
Disable the system restore function.
Right-click “My Computer” to choose “System Restore”, in this tab, you have two choices.
One is to disable it in all the partitions by choosing “Turn off system restore in all the drivers”. Another is to disable partially. You can pick the partition you want to disable and click “Settings”.
And as for enabling this you can cross out the options in the same way so as to start up system restore again. But it is advisable for you not to enable it. If your computer is affected by virus or goes crash, it is impossible to enter into system operating interface. How can you use system restore to solve all these problems? So, such function is so pompous that does little good to your computer.
By reading this article, you are supposed to learn two methods to solve slow computer problems. As for other problems in this regard, I think you need to learn more about how to solve computer problems.
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.
Causes for computer crashes — simple ways for you to optimize your computer
Nov 30th
When using the computer, I believe it won’t be a pleasant experience to see that it freezes or crashes frequently. So it is necessary for you as a user to master some knowledge on what causes the computer crashes and how to them to optimize your computer.
There are many causes to why the computer crash suddenly while you are in the midst of doing something and each has its own solution. But normally, below are the most common causes for computer crashes.
Cause one: Hardware conflict
If a crash is caused by hardware conflict, it is very easy to solve it by replacing the necessary components. But please bear in mind that the new items must be compatible with the existing hardware. Only in this way, will your computer run properly.
Cause two: Spyware or Adware running on the computer
As we all know that when there are malicious spyware and adware running on your computer, lots of valuable resources will be used up, which will cause your computer to run slowly and eventually crash. So to optimize your computer, it is vital to install correct anti-spyware software on your computer to block the potential danger presented to network security.
Cause three: Infected by viruses
Similarly to Spyware or Adware, if the computer is infected by viruses, a large amount of system resources will be taken and then slow down the computer. Seriously, it will eventually crash the computer. So please regularly scan your computer for viruses to always optimize your computer.
Cause four: Too many programs running at the same time
When a program is running, it will take some certain amount of system resources and memory. If too many programs run at once (including those running at the background), a crash will occur because of limited memory. So please close down other running programs as possible as you can but the one that you need currently, which will free up memory to ensure a smooth running of the program you do need.
Cause five: Registry problems
For users who have some knowledge about computers, they may know that windows registry is the main soul of the computer, which determines the proper running of the entire machine. If there is something wrong, the computer will become a cold and useless machine only. When surfing the internet or uninstalling programs, there may be some registry entries left on the computer, overloading it or messing it up. Seriously, it will suddenly crash the computer. So it is necessary to have an impact registry. You can fix this by cleaning it with some free registry cleaners.
Cause six: No disk defragmentation for a long-term usage
As we all know that the fragments on the hard disk make it impossible fast access to what we want. The more fragments on the hard disk, the more time it will cost when trying to input / output files, which will greatly slow down or crash the computer. So a disk defragmentation is needed in order to rearrange the files on the computer, making all part of a same file coherently stay at the same place.
Besides the above causes, there are some other aspects which will result in computer crashes like not enough memory, a system bug. When considering that my computer is running slow, I went to take a disk defragmentation and found that it solved the problem instantly.
Frustrated with your slow computer? It is recommended to run a disk defragmentation right now to optimize your computer. Believe me, it will speed up your computer easily like what it did to my computer.
Faster computer speed — How to fix a slow computer easily and quickly
Nov 25th
Does your computer run too slow right now? Are you eager to have faster computer easily? Here are some tips that you can use to fix a slow computer without paying too much.
Firstly, it is necessary for you to run an anti-virus program to ensure that your computer is not infected by any virus, malware, spyware and other kinds of malicious software for those will take up large amount of Windows resources when running the computer, slowing down the computer speed.
Secondly, please go to check and then remove some unnecessary service. When installing programs on the computer, some will automatically add entries to run at windows startup. Moreover, Windows sometime will automatically start some services that do not need by average PC users, overloading the startup entries and then slowing down the computer. So to fix a slow computer, what you need to do is go to Start and then “run”, type “msconfig” to access Services. Here, you can carefully check for the programs/ services that do not need to run at starting up the computer to get faster computer speed.
Thirdly, regularly maintain the hard drive. There are many ways that you can do to maintain hard drive, but normally, you can effort form the below sides：
1) Uninstall the unwanted programs from the computer on time
2) Run the Disk Cleanup to delete the unnecessary files that are no longer used
3) Run the Error-checking timely
4) Always retain sufficient available hard disk space
5) Defragment the hard disk at scheduled time
With the simple three methods above, you can enjoy faster computer speed all the time. But from a fact study, we know that lots of PC users have never run a disk defragmenter when trying to fix a slow computer. That is not recommended for sometimes a fragmented computer had been the main cause of a slow computer.
If a computer is becoming fragmented because of the disk fragments, thought it is possible for us to read and write the files on the hard disk. But because they are scattered and then located at different places of the hard disk, it will take much longer time to reassemble them together. If we can put different parts of the same file at the same place, things will be opposite.
Considering this, Windows provides us a packaged utility to rearrange the files locating on the hard disk, making them always close together and then easier to get access to. But before running the Disk Defragmenter, it is necessary for you to run a Disk Cleanup to remove some useless files from the computer and then turn off other running programs to make sure that a smoother defragment process.
But no matter what preparation you have done before the disk defragmentation, it will still consume longer time to finish a whole defragment process because of the large hard drive capacity. Take my own experience as an example, it took more than 10 hours to defragment my E drive which is only 18 GB large. So now I prefer to use some professional defrag programs when trying to defragment my computer.
After a lot of research on defrag programs on the website, it is proved that Advanced Defrag is the on of the best defragmenter that can defragment the hard disk and the Windows registry to effectively fix a slow computer to get faster computer speed.
Want to optimize PC performance? Some knowledge about Windows SHS files
Nov 25th
As we all know that we can optimize PC performance in many ways, but have you ever hear about a SHS file? Do you know what it is? And how does it affect the PC performance? If not, please do not miss this article.
First of all, it is necessary for us to know what SHS file is. When using Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel, it is possible for us to drag and drop selected items like document text, drawing objects, and graphics to the Windows desktop. At this time, there will be a desktop icon creating for the scrap file, along with a file located on the Windows\Desktop with a .shs extension. Hence, we can say that this file is a native program document which contains the information that was selected and dragged.
With a SHS file, we can simply drag it to other documents which meet the shortage of the Windows Clipboard, only retaining the latest copied content.
From the discussion above, it seems that the SHS file will bring us more convenience. But please note that the scrap file is a special OLE object and it is impossible for us to see the shs extension in Windows operating system (except in Dos and Linux). So lots of anti-virus experts warm us to keep strong vigilance when receiving some emails with hidden extensions like shs for they may contain some malicious codes which can destroy all of your data, for example, a virus attachment named with FAMILY_PHOTO.JPG.SHS, when coming to the receiver, what he/she see maybe only FAMILY_PHOTO.JPG. Most of the time, they may select to open the attachment without consideration for .JPG is a very normal file extension, never expecting that it may contain something that will destroy the computer. So please remember not to open some files that come from unknown resources.
So how to prevent the danger that comes from SHS files? Here it what you should go: go to Start -> Run -> type Regedit to open Registry Editor -> locate HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.shs and then delete the default “ShellScrap” value. Hence, when running a shs file, it will pop up a window asking you to select the program to open the files.
With the method above, you can protect your computer data against some unknown malwares or viruses and then optimize PC performance. But to more effectively optimize PC performance, it is necessary for us to regularly run a disk defragmenter with the below reasons.
When using the computer, no matter what it is used for, there will be the entries to the hard disk. If the hard disk is fragmented because of the disk fragments, it will overload the movement of the hard disk head, slowing sown the computer and then shortening its lifespan.
So to optimize PC performance, it is necessary for us to take some very simple measures like disk defragmentation to always keep everything in the hard disk storing in order coherently. Hence, it will essentially speed up the computer and optimize PC performance.
Slow Computer? The Powerful Methods to Speed up Computer
Nov 12th
Have you been annoyed that you computer runs much slower than before? If you have tried to use anti-virus software to deal with it but in vain, it is necessary for you to read this article, because you will learn anther factor that hinders your computer performance.
Even though there is not any virus in your computer, the system also has to suffer from increasing piling up fragments which are produced by your daily deleting or moving files. In fact, such fragments are inevitable for the computer. So, what you really need to do is how to get rid of them completely. And, this is the article you can find the answer from.
Have you ever been prompted that the memory is low? If it is caused by insufficient available disk space, it is a must for you to defragment disk and remove junk files. To defragment disk is to help hard disk driver free up space. A defragmentation can list the fragments produced by temporary files, Internet cache files and useless uninstalled application files and delete all of them.
Sometimes such program is incapable of various junk and temporary files. So, you have to get rid of them manually by deleting the system and driver backup files.
You can also move system and user temporary folders out of system disk. Right-click “My Computer”—“Properties”, in the “System Properties” dialog box to choose “Advanced” to enter into the tab and then click “Environment Variables”. In the new dialog box, choose “Temp” in the “User variables” and Click “Edit”. In the “Edit User Variable” box, you can change the variable default value from “C:/Documents and Setting/User/Temp” to “X: /YYY/TEMP” (X means the disk name you want to move to; YYY mean the superior folder of “TEMP”). Then, click “OK” to return the previous box and change “TMP” in the same way. At last, restart the computer and all the changes become effective.
You can move Temporary Internet Files folders out of system disk.
You can click “Control Panel”—“Network and Internet Connections”–“Internet Options”—“General”–“Internet temporary files”—“Settings”—“Move folder” and choose the temporary folders to the disk in the “Browse for Folder” tab. It is advisable for you to delete the files in this folder at intervals
After removing the junk and temporary files, the next step is to defragment your hard disks. Since the disk fragments are the major causes of slow computer, it is undoubted to delete them immediately.
In order to remove them completely, you can choose the Disk Defragmenter of Windows in the “All Programs”—“Accessories”—“System Tools”, of course. But, before you use that, I have to tell you that such program is really slow and time-consuming. If you do not want to waste your time on it, you had better put it aside and turn to a better defrag.
Here, I recommend a useful defrag for you. It is efficient and time-saving with high performance. Moreover, it takes up relatively little space of your computer. You can be relieved to let it defragment your disks.
Fix a slow computer? How to avoid troubles in defragmenting your computer
Nov 9th
It is known to all that we can fix a slow computer by simply defragmenting the computer. But it is a so time-consuming process to get through the whole disk defragmentation. What makes us crazy is that, there will be lots of fragmentations coming not long after the previous defragmentation, significantly slowing down the computer. So it is necessary for us to run a disk defragmentation again and again. Thus, needless to mention how much time it takes and the inconvenience it brings, as time goes by, will greatly shorten the lifespan of the hard disk.
So is it possible for us to fix a slow computer easily by a disk defragmentation without any troubles? Of course, it is. Here, we will discuss some ways on how to avoid troubles when defragmenting the computer, that is, assign some folders to other drives expect C drive (Take D drive as an example).
1) Assign the WIN386.SWP file of Virtual Memory to D drive: go to Start-> Control Panel-> System -> Performance-> and then Virtual Memory -> select “Let me specify my own virtual memory settings”->select D drive ->Ok to finish the setting. But please note that, the drive you select must be larger than 100MB.
2) Assign the Internet temporary files to D drive. First, please create a new directory under C:\D drive such as D:\IE-TEMP, and then go to Start -> Control Panel -> double click Internet Options -> click Settings within Internet Temporary Files -> click “Remove folders” to the directory D:\IE-TEMP.
3) Assign the system temporary files to D drive. First please go to create a temp directory in the D drive, for example, D:\temp, and then right click My Computer ->Properties->Advanced->Environment Variables, drag to the end of the System Variables to find TEMP and TMP, and then change the value of them to D:\temp. By the way, it needs you to restart the computer to take effect.
4) Assign the received and draft mails of Outlook Express to D drive: first please go to create a new Outlook directory under D drive, and then run Outlook Express -> Tools -> Options -> Maintenance -> click Store Folder -> select Change -> assign the new location, for example, D:\Outlook.
5) Move My Documents to D drive: first please go to create a new MyDoucuments in D drive like D:\My Documents, and then right click My Documents to select Properties, and then type D:\My Documents within the tab “Target Folder Location”.
6) If you are using some download programs like NetAnts, it is recommended that you can change the download directory to D drive. So first please go to create a new directory like D:\Download, and then change the download location to the directory to you just created.
After the modification above, it will be much faster in defragmenting the C drive and reducing the fragmentation on the computer. Thus fixs the slow computer.
But to more faster defragment the computer, besides run a disk cleanuo and an error-checking before the defragmentation, it is much better that you can close all running programs before, or boot the computer into safe mode. In this way, you can fix the slow computer effectively. But when defragmenting the computer with the windows built-in defragmenter, I find that it is really a process that test your patience more than others. What is more, sometimes it will automatically skip some certain system files with extensions such as DLL, INI, COM etc during the defragment. Hence, there may be some remnant fragments left on the drives after each defragment action.
So to fix your slow computer, I recommend you to use Advanced Defrag, which will help you completely and thoroughly defragment your computer without any trouble because of its advanced defragment technology. If you want to know more about it, you can simply click here to download a free 7-day trial.