Laptop running slow

People often ask me at conferences for PC hardware recommendations. Specifically – “what type of machine do you recommend I get for doing development with Visual Studio?” and/or “your laptop seems really fast, what type is it?” Some of my recommendations on this topic are fairly standard and obvious: Ideally you want to get a [...]

Have you ever wondered how to manually optimize computer speed for Windows 7 but had no idea what should do? Simply follow the steps below, then you will see an increase on your Windows 7 running speed. 1. Clean up the system. A bloated system will make the computer run desperately slowly. To optimize its [...]

There are many ways for us to improve our computer performance when we’re using memory intensive programs like 3ds max, adobe photoshop(when dealing with large poster-size pictures) etc. Below are some suggested steps to improve your computer’s performance. 1)Reduce the number of processes running during startup. This can be achieved by using the MSCONFIG provided [...]

Although all the new features in Windows Vista are nice, they can slow down your computer. One of the biggest things you can do to speed up Vista, is by have a minimum of 2 gigabytes of ram. Although I had 3 gigabytes of ram and at times still found it to be a little [...]

Tips & Tools By Tim Fisher, About.com Guide to PC Support We all know that our computers don’t always act the way we would like them to. Sometimes they frustrate us with their shortcomings and other times they annoy us with their “I know better” attitudes. What most people don’t realize, however, is that nearly [...]

7 Ways to Speed up and Optimize Windows XP Quick and easy ——————————————————— After seeing how popular Blifaloo’s guide to virus removal and prevention has become, I decided to write some more articles about taking care of your computer. The following is a list of easy tweaks you can do to speed up the overall [...]

Windows Vista has always been an operating system that people have complained about being a bit slow. It does take up quite a few resources which can cause it to lag a bit. There are plenty of things that you can do that will you help you speed up your Vista system. First of all, [...]

Guided Help to set performance options in Windows XP Guided Help files are unique programs that help you perform some common tasks in Windows XP. Guided Help is available to set performance options in Windows XP. Guided Help can guide you through the steps or can automatically perform the steps for you. The actions that [...]

Windows 7 comes as a significant performance improvement over its predecessor, Windows Vista. But if you want to get the very best performance possible, you should make a few system tweaks to eliminate resource-hogging programs and features. In this guide, I’ll show you a few good ways to boost your PC’s performance without upgrading your [...]

Windows XP 15 Minute Tune-Up – Fix Sluggish Performance for Free Last Modified: February 19, 2006 Written By: Dan “Tweak Monkey” Kennedy Before e-mailing, please consult the forums for additional support. Don’t throw out that old PC yet! A fine-tuned Windows XP PC can run quite fast even it’s seriously lacking in the memory and [...]