Posts Tagged ‘pc performance’

postheadericon Remove Your Desktop Picture

1. Remove File Indexing You may not have heard of file indexing before – but enabling this option on your computer will slow your computers performance markedly. It uses a large volume of the RAM (Memory) on your computer. So – we suggest you disable this service and you will notice the difference immediately. If you go to ‘my computer’ and right click the C: drive. Then select properties and unselect the “allow indexing service to index this disk for fast file searchingâ€. Then apply this change to C: subfolders and files and click OK

2. Get Rid of Your Desktop Picture I know you quite like the picture of aunt Dorothy that you have on your computer desktop background! However, if you get rid of this image and restore default settings for your background you will improve your computer speed and performance. You are using a lot of memory to have this on your computer background.

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postheadericon How To Make My Computer Run Faster? – A Guide To Make Your Computer Faster

Do you wonder “Why is my computer slow� Do you want to figure out how to make your computer run faster? I had researched the issues that are important to computer performance and put together this article to show you some steps that you should take to make your computer run faster. To speed up your computer, you need to handle all the issues below that have a negative effect on PC performance. Follow the steps below and you will see a noticeable improvement in your system!

Clean Registry

It is inevitable that registry has some errors, due to various issues like program uninstallation, invalid operations by you, virus, etc. If you never clean your registry before, you should use a registry cleaner to do a scan and you will find there are bazillion redundant, corrupt and missing keys in it.

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postheadericon 99 ways to make your computer blazingly fast

Over the last several years working in IT for various companies as a Systems Administrator, Network Administrator, and Help Desk professional, I’ve written and learned about many ways to increase the performance of not only my PC, but also of the many PCs on my networks ranging from Windows 98 to Windows Vista.

In this article, I hope to compile a complete list of all the different methods and tricks that I’ve used to get the last bit of juice out of a slow PC. Whether you are using an old PC or the latest and greatest in hardware, you can still use some of these to make your PC run faster.

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postheadericon Why PC Is Running Slow – Fix Slow Running PC with Multiple Methods

Have you ever met these moments as you really want to throw your computer against the wall because you get the blue screen of death when you in the middle of fighting those MVP’s in your favorite online games, or the browser becomes more slower than usual or even no response when you just upload the videos onto YouTube, or you computer system crashes when you collect the important working data files that wasn’t to be saved yet .etc? Before you treat your PC as a trash, just hold on to think again, why is your PC running slow like a snail?

Common causes and solutions for a slow running PC

No matter which Windows OS you are using, Windows 7, XP or Vista, many reasons can cause a slow running PC, maybe your PC is affected by one of them or more. But generally speaking, there are three major categories of reasons can cause a slow running PC: software, hardware and virus issues. As many people are asking on Yahoo Answer and forums that why their PC is running slow, here we would like to list the common causes and help you fix your slow running PC.

Part 1: Slow running pc for the software cause 1. Startup overload

Time after time, as you add more and more programs on your PC, they are automatically and quietly adding themselves into your Windows start-up folder or even on a hidden area of your Windows star-up system without ask an agreement of you. Therefore, the more programs load on your PC start-up, the slower does your PC start up. Therefore, you should limit the number of start-up programs, which will considerably fix slow startup of your slow running PC.

2. Improperly BIOS setting
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postheadericon Help! My Computer Has Slowed Down!

If you use a Windows operating system that has been running slow lately, you can stop worrying about it. Every Windows user encounters this problem at some point or the other. There are tens of causes for your PC running slow, and they all come with a solution.

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Click here to start your FREE SCAN immediately!

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postheadericon Put your PC maintenance routine on autopilot

Put your PC maintenance routine on autopilot

Most people do one of the following when their computer begins to slow down (besides get angry):

  1. Improve their computer by buying more memory.

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postheadericon Why a Computer Becomes Slow

We have a fast running computer when we first have a new computer, but then we find that the machine becomes slower and slower. Do you know why your computer turns to be slow? Actually, there are five basic aspects that can directly affect your PC performance and cause a slow computer speed. You may check it out yourself to see whether your computer has the problems as mentioned below. Hope the information shared below can help you speed up your machine and optimize your PC performance.

* Not enough system memory. * Your web browser is stuffed by abundance of Temporary Internet Files. * Tons of useless junk files eat up your disk space. * You computer is compromised by spyware. * System registry is messed up.

These are five common aspects that can lead to a slow computer performance. If you notice that your PC is having any of the situations above, please just fix the problem specifically by following the approaches here.

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postheadericon Tricks to Speed Up Computer

Do you feel that your computer speed is slowing down day by day? If you do, then this article is for you as we will share a few tricks that you can use to speed up your PC.

Computer slowdowns is a very common problem, studies shows that 3 out of 4 computers suffers this problem. We will share some tips and tricks in this article that will help to speed up your PC performance.

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postheadericon Top 5 Vista Tweaks to Increase Internet Speed

Top 5 Vista Tweaks to Increase Internet Speed

speedingThey say that life’s most difficult tribulations also result in the greatest insights and wisdom once you’re through it. Let’s just say that purchasing a brand new laptop with Vista installed on it was one of my greatest tribulations to date.

So I’m taking this opportunity to share the wisdom that I’ve gained from that experience so that, possibly, I can save the next poor soul the trouble and heartache that I had to suffer through.

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postheadericon 3 Simple Steps To Speed Up Your Pc

Is your PC getting more and more slow? If not properly maintained, most computers show a slow down in their performance as time passes. Which means that each and every time the user gives an order, like opening a file or folder, the program takes much more time to respond than it ought to.

One of the major causes why such things happen may be the fact that you have installed too many applications. With every single new application the size on the Windows Registry file increases and the amount of time for each file to get processed and loaded also increases.

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