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Many computer users are worried about their computer‘s performance. After spending lot of bucks, still they cannot have that charm of using PC as they had expected. Here I am going to explain some major tricks which are used by many computer users which help them to take efficient use of their CPU.
These tips could be of little importance for people who are already using processors with speed more than 2400 MHz but people using computer with less speed and little older mother boards and processors will enjoy these tips. They will realize significant increase in their computer‘s performance.
Here are these tips:
1. Operating system choice:
You will be amazed to know that your choice of choosing right windows or operating system could play a significant role on your CPU’s performance. For example if you are given 5 bricks to carry them to next apartment and then 10 bricks to do same. Think how would be your performance if compared with both situations. Obviously you would perform well when carrying only 5 bricks.
Same is the case with Microsoft windows. The lighter the windows you have, higher the performance will be shown. Now this does not mean that you should install Windows 95. Here is the order of Windows weight: Windows XP (any addition) > Windows 2000 > Windows Me > Windows 98 (the lightest one). So if you have Pentium 4 with good ram then I would recommend you to use Microsoft Windows XP. People using Pentium 3 computers could use windows 2000 or if they have ram more than 256 MB then they can use windows XP too. All other lower speed users should use windows ME or 98.
You would have to compromise between speed and quality. You can decide now which operating system you should use now.
2. Partitions:
Before starting this topic I would like to give you a simple example. Suppose in one case if 100 items are placed in a house having only 2 rooms and you are required to find item no. 89, from second room. You will have to scroll through 50 items in room two to find item 89. In other case if same 100 items are placed in house having 4 rooms and you are required to find item 89 from room 2 then you would have to scroll through only 25 items present in that room and you would spend less time.
Same is the case here for partitions. If you are having more number of partitions, it would help your windows more to find required data easily from your hard disk, when you run any file or program. I would advice you to have more partitions each having at least 5 GB memory and maximum 20 GB.
You should be very careful while partitioning your hard drive and believe me many people make mistakes when they partition hard disk and lose all of their important data. Here is a free resource Windows Setup Guide that can help you to learn about partitioning, formatting hard disks and installing windows.
3. Defragment Your Hard disks:
Your partitions become more fragmented when you create or delete folders, save new files, delete or move them and they become scattered on you hard drive and as time passes, windows become slower and slower due to time needed by the system to find required file on hard disk. You can learn more about why volumes become fragmented by using “Disk Defragmenter” Help.
My main point is that your computer becomes lazy with time. I am sure many of you have observed that after installing windows, computer become slower gradually with time. So I would strongly recommend you that you use Disk Defragmenter regularly, at least a week. I know it is quite boring process but while taking bath, lunch start it. Believe me you will feel the difference later.
4. Frequency of Changing Windows:

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If you have more than 1GB RAM then there is no reason that Windows XP should run from page file in hard disk. you can increase the speed of your computer by forcing the windows XP to run from Computer’s RAM (Memory). This one is the best tweak for windows XP I ever found, and it works very well. With this tweak w oue will force windows to load kernel and drivers in memory.

Here is what you have to do :

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Computer speed is one of the most sought after features of both desktops and laptops. Whether gaming, surfing the Web, executing code, running financial reports or updating databases, a computer can never be too fast. Will adding more random access memory (RAM) increase computer speed? In some cases it will, but not in all.

If RAM is the only bottleneck in an otherwise fast system, adding RAM will improve computer speed, possibly dramatically. If there are other problems aside from a shortage of RAM, however, adding memory might help, but the other factors will need to be addressed to get the best possible performance boost. In some cases a computer might simply be too old to run newer applications efficiently, if at all.

In Windows™ systems you can check RAM usage several ways. One method is to hold down the keys, Ctrl + Alt + Del to bring up the Task Manager. Click the Performance tab to see a graph of RAM resources. Third party freeware memory managers will also check memory usage for you. Some even monitor memory to free up RAM when necessary, though this is a stopgap measure.

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How To Increase Your Computer’s Speed

Many computer users become distressed about their computer’s performance after spending a pile of cash and finding that the charm of using the PC as they had expected is beginning to fade. Here are listed some useful tools that have been used by many computer users which help them to regain efficient use of their CPU by reducing it’s use of resources and boosting it’s speed.

Computers don’t get worse with time. They remain the same speed you purchased them at until the day you throw them out. It is typically problems with the software that interferes with the speed, not the computer’s age. That’s just a myth. It’s also been viewed that “anything will do” when it comes to programs to clean up the muck and scum that floats around in there. You have to be cautious when downloading programs to maximize your performance and to get the best computing experience possible. With the possible exception of Antivirus software, these tools do not require that you download anything.

Check For Any Viruses
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How To Increase Computer Speed & Performance by malikali86 – 7/24/05 1:41 AM In reply to: To Increase Performance by Nacromancer

Many computer users are worried about their computer’s performance. After spending lot of bucks, still they cannot have that charm of using PC as they had expected. Here I am going to explain some major tricks which are used by many computer users which help them to take efficient use of their CPU.

These tips could be of little importance for people who are already using processors with speed more than 2400 MHz but people using computer with less speed and little older mother boards and processors will enjoy these tips. They will realize significant increase in their computer’s performance.

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Do you need a new computer? Maybe not. It could just be your computer speed. 10 Free Ways to Speed Up Your PC by Buck Weber

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The performance of a computer can depend on its usage or how old the computer is. You can drastically improve your computer by testing your computer performance and seeing what the cause of the slowdown is. There might be different errors on the computer that you might not notice, especially if you mostly use your computer for surfing the Internet. You can download software or make use of computer performance tests and checks online. Don’t worry, there are ways to check computer performance for free, so you won’t have to pay a penny.

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Recommended Computer Optimization Programs

A PC optimization utility will optimize your computer so it performs at its peak performance. We have reviewed many utilities but only a few of them made it to the recommended list. Many of the computer optimization programs available just do not do what they say they can do. The utilities below have been reviewed and are recommended to increase your computer speed and fix computer and registry errors. See some reasons Why You May Need a Computer Optimization Program.

An optimization utility can perform a variety of tasks to keep your computer running smoothly and at its top performance on all levels of possible enhancements that can be made to speed up your pc. Here is a list of some of the possible fixes and enhancements that can be made to your computer to increase the performance.

• Optimize Computer Registry
• Increase Internet Speed
• Hard Drive Defrag
• Increase Computer Speed
• Increase Boot Time
• Optimize System Settings
• Fix Computer Errors
• Update System Drivers

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Perhaps you’ve noticed your computer running a tad slower lately. There are no signs of a virus, or other mischief. It just seems to lumber along. Maybe it is only a matter of perception, because you can compare it to your buddy’s pc, and it goes like lightning.

Buying a new computer isn’t the only answer. Actually, there are three things you can do to speed up your machine, that are low cost solutions, and you can do them yourself.

First, when was the last time you defragmented your hard drive? As your hard drive becomes crowded with data, it has to search for space to put things, sometimes putting part of a file here, part over there. When you want to work with a file, time is wasted getting it all together.

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Many computer users have this experience that the computer become slower and slower, especially when starting up. You may also find that the system taking more time to respond to a user’s actions like opening files, folders, surfing the Internet and other tasks. So the first thing you are thinking is how to speed up computer and improve the computer’s performance.

Yes, the speed of computers with Microsoft Windows can decrease, so I collected 10 ways to speed up computer, with these methods, you can make your computer faster.

10 Ways to Speed Up Computer’s Performance 1. Check Physical Error and Bad Sectors

Though this problem is not common as others, you’d better check in turn. That is hardware to software, external to internal. As you cannot open the hard drive to see what occurred, you may do like this:

• Hear the computer and hard drive, whether there is loud and abnormal sound inside the drive.

• Hard drive diagnostics software to check bad sector, data transfer speed, etc.

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