I assume that you are here because when you turn on your PC, and then go
catch a 5-10 minutes sitcom, then if you get lucky it starts working.
So you go on internet and Google the problem that how to make your computer faster.
Well no worries, you are at the right place dude. All these problems
can be fixed even on oldest computers. Some of these methods are free
and some of them cost a little money.
Well you don’t have to be a super-computer-genius to do that. Here are the top 10 methods used to make your computer’s performance much much better.
10. Get an Antivirus
Believe it or not, there are many people who are using internet without using an anti virus and yes that sounds creepy.
This is the most simple and well known way to speed up your computer more and thus it stands at number 10.
An anti-virus does not only inspect and eliminate viruses from your computer, but it also blocks them from attacking again on your PC.
If you have got a good anti-virus, no need to worry about any viruses infecting your computer.
The anti-virus does it all you just sit and enjoy using your computer and surf internet free of all worries. And if you want a recommendation, Norton is on my top list.
9. Optimize Windows

Windows might look cool with some extra effects like wall paper changer
and different shadows and opacity and transparency but most importantly
you cannot imagine how much system speed it utilizes. These things
should better be unselected if you want to make you p faster. Now it all depends upon you whether you want to make your computer faster by compromising on the cool look or not.
You can always turn this cool and amazing look on and off simply by
opening control panel, and then opening the properties of the system,
then advanced settings and then deselecting the extra effects like
shadows and opacity, in Xp and 7 respectively.
8. Get an External Hard Disk Drive

You might
have noticed one thing, when you format all the drives and do fresh
windows your computer’s speed is at its peak. Then you start adding
stuff to the hard disk drives and the system starts becoming slow. This
happens because as you keep on adding things and filling up the drives
it adds load on the system as it has to read all the data all the time
in order to provide quick search results to you. So more data slows down
the system, and thus I suggest an external hard drive. You cannot use
it for the installed programs of course, but you can put the extra
videos, music and pictures which you don’t use frequently. This will
help running your programs faster. To see how much data is stored on the
hard drive you can right click on it and open its properties. There it
shows a pie chart displaying the free space in blue.
Always keep a check on the free space on the hard drive. And do not put extra load on your pc if you want it to work fast.
Always keep a check on the free space on the hard drive. And do not put extra load on your pc if you want it to work fast.
7. Add a RAM

Ram makes a computer much faster. Just buy a new ram and insert it on
the mother board and I bet you will feel the difference. What makes a
RAM (random access memory) is a special operating system component which
is known as VMM (Virtual memory manager).
When you are using a program such as internet browser or a game, the
processor of the computer extracts the executable files from the hard
drive and then injects it into ram. More programs require more memory.
If you have a ram of 128 MB and you are running programs which are
consuming more memory than 128 MB then of course the load on the RAM
will be much and thus it will slow down the system. So in order to
overcome this slow speed you have to upgrade the PC with another ram. I
know it costs some bucks but believe me once you invest you will not
regret it.
I will suggest that go ahead and get one more ram if you really want to make your computer faster.
6. Turn off all unnecessary Startup Applications

There are a lot of programs that think that they should be kept running
in the background. There are many programs as such. A few of them among
them are those which we want to use in the background, like the ant
viruses. But there are others like Skype, windows messenger, Yahoo
messenger etc, etc.
I will suggest you to turn off such unnecessary apps and programs which
you do not use in order to boot faster. You can use MS Configuration
tool for that. To open MS CONFIG just open “run” and type MSCONFIG in it
and then hit enter. It will show you a list of programs that launch at
your system start up. Uncheck the ones you use rarely. Then it will ask
you to restart your system. Restart the computer and feel the
difference.
Yes, one more important thing that needs to be mentioned here is only
turn off those programs which you recognize. There are many applications
of the Start up that are essential components of the windows. Do not
turn them off , or even if you do, do not blame me that I corrupted your
operating system.
5. Get Rid of Pesky Spyware

Here are some ways you might have received Spyware
i. Most of the files and music sharing programs like Kazaa install
some sort of spyware to the system. They might not tell you or they
might do in the license agreement which most people don’t read.
ii. Many links say that you have won something and click the link to
receive your prize, all these things are just ways to give you a special
prize of Spyware on your system which will slow down your PC. Or some
sites might say that download some special player to play a specific
song or visit the site. I advise you don’t do any such thing.
iii. The Spyware might be in some special offer which may look very important like free drivers scan or virus scan or make your computer fast or something else.
iv. Sometimes a call just keeps on appearing on the screen you better
not click on it because weather you reject or accept it will install
the Spyware in your PC.
And now the solution of this big problem is Spyware remover. It is sold
among 8.5 million people and the sale doesn’t stop. So many people
cannot be wrong. So I suggest go for it and make your computer stable and secure.
4. Find and Repair Disk Errors

Hard disks are also one of the components that can make your computer a lot fast or may cause your computer
crash. So it is very important that you keep a check on them. Mostly
the disk causes a bad-sector and that troubles the user a lot. But
keeping a check is simple and easy. Just right click on any hard disk
drive and open properties, then in the tools menu besides general tab,
you will see scan disk option. Yes right, go ahead and scan the disk for
errors and bad sector. Just scan the disk of errors and they remove all
the errors. Simple isn’t it?
Just turn on the task scheduler and set the time when you want it to
scan disks. See you don’t have to worry about scanning the disks again
and again, windows’ SCAN DISK tool will do it for you from now on.
3. Run Disk Cleanup utility from time to time

You might keep your disks free from data, and store the extra videos and
pictures and music files in external hard but still there are many
things which you do not see. Well this is why Microsoft made the disk
clean up utility. There are a few type of files that is the target if
Disk clean up, which when removed lessen the load on the disks. These
files are:
i. Downloaded Program Files
These are Java applets and activeX controls and downloaded from sites
that are momentarily stored in the Downloaded Program Files folder.
ii. Temporary Internet Files
Selecting this type does not affect your personal settings, neither
deletes any cookies. It just deletes your browser’s those cache files
that are saved for quick reviewing.
iii. Recycle Bin
Emptying the recycle bin files lessens a lot of burden of the hard disk drive, and moreover it does not affect the user as well.
IV.Temporary Remote Desktop Files
If you use remote desktop files repeatedly then these files are saved
for delivering quick results, deleting those does not harm the personal file folders.
One can easily compromise on these kinds of files in order to make one’s computer fast.
2. Keep Registry of Windows Fixed

When you do a fresh copy of windows on your system, never ever try to
edit the registry if you are an amateur because once the registry gets
corrupt it slows down the Computer to a great extent. Keep your registry
fixed with windows update.
Windows registry is very much important to make the computer get going.
And yes one more thing, do not use certain registry fixers they all are merely Spywares, most of them.
And yes one more thing, do not use certain registry fixers they all are merely Spywares, most of them.
1. Defrag your Hard Drives from time to time

After some time, when the data is stored in the hard disks, it starts
becoming fragmented which results in hanging the PC or a system crash as
the hard drives become weak. The solution to this problem is keep on
analyzing the disks from time to time that how much fragmented they are.
If they are fragmented then defragment them. Now the point is how?
Well, Microsoft Windows makes it simple and user friendly.
Go to My Computer> Right click C (or whatever drive you want to
analyze)> click properties> Click tools> click defragment disk
And there it is, The Defrag tool will analyze the disk and then
defragment it. The only drawback is that you cannot write anything on
the disk on which this operation is being done.
So you can assign the task scheduler to analyze and defrag the disks when you are not using the Computer.
I hope that following these 10 ways you will see a major change in the
speed of your computer. I hope the article helped in making your
computer fast, you can always comment and give suggestions.
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