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Why is my computer so slow?

When we buy a new PC, it is in its best condition, free from any kind of unwanted information, the system is uncluttered and it works unhindered to fulfill all your computing requirements. In due course, however, this changes. You start experiencing problems that slow your computer down, your screen freezes frequently while you are working on the PC, and at times, you may also encounter the alarming Blue Screen of Death that may stall your system and force you to restart. Although these problems are much less frequent in Windows XP and Vista computers, they do occur from time to time.

How do I speed up my computer?

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postheadericon How to Tips On Speeding up Your Computer

  • 5. Next you will want to check to see what programs are starting when you boot your computer, look for things that you do not need to run at boot up. Removing these items can speed up the boot up process. You can do this very easily if you have already checked out my article “Ways to remove spyware from your computer”, it talks about a great Microsoft utility called Windows defender. It has a Software Explorer utility that shows you what programs are set to run at boot up and you can remove them from that list.

    Here are some more utilities that you can run on your computer that will clean up temp files, deleted links, missing links, and things that will just slow your computer down. Both of these programs are FREE of course. I use them both and again recommend for keeping your computer running at the optimal performance that you originally purchased it for.

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  • postheadericon How Can I Make My PC Run Faster? A Beginners Tutorial

    If you’re looking to make your PC run faster, but are by no means a computer expert, then it’s important that you know exactly what to do to improve the speed of your PC. There are many ways you can boost the speed of your system, but this tutorial will show you exactly how to do it in the most reliable and easy-to-do method. Here’s what you need to do…

    Step 1) Clean Out Unwanted Files – This won’t speed up your PC a lot but it’s essential “house keeping” which will prevent a lot of errors down the line. If you store a lot of files in “My Documents” or “My Downloads” folders – then just browse to them, select them and press SHIFT & DELETE to remove them from your PC. Obviously don’t delete any files you need, but if you have downloaded various files from the Internet, it’s advisable that you remove them. This can actually improve the load time of your PC, as each time Windows loads, it performs “hard drive indexing” which is where it takes note of all the files on your drives to allow it to search them faster. The more files that are on your PC, the longer this process takes, slowing your system down.

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    postheadericon Laptop running Slow

    Follow these steps and you’ll have your computer purring like a vintage Porsche (or whatever your dream car of choice is). And the best part? Maintaining your computer is a lot less messy than an automobile. You don’t even have to roll up your sleeves.

    Clean up disk errors (Run once a week)

    Whenever a program crashes, or you experience some power outage, your computer may create errors on your computer’s hard disk. Over time, the errors can slow your computer. Luckily, the Windows operating system includes a Disk Check program to check and clean any errors on your computer and keep it running smoothly.

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    postheadericon 6 Tips to Fix A Slow Computer

    1. Go Easy On The Display Settings It is very easy to get carried away with a wide range of visual options. While you might things that this makes your pc look good – it will also impact on the performance of your computer. If you get rid of some of those display options you will enjoy a computer that is faster and more reliable.

    So how do you fix a slow computer by changing the visual display settings?

    Find the control panel on your computer and click the system option. Go to the advanced tab. In the performance tab click on the settings. OK now you will see a wide range of options that can be selected. I would remove all and only leave the following as selected items. Show shadows under menus, Show shadows under mouse pointer, Show translucent selection rectangle, Use drop shadows for icons labels on the desktop, Use visual styles on windows and buttons

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    postheadericon How do I make my computer fast again?

    Speed up your computer:

    1- System Configuration Utility:

    Go to (Start Menu>RUN>Msconfig>startup), and disable the programs that you don’t need, and even you don’t know.

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    postheadericon Stop Slow Boot Up Problems,

    No more Slow Boot Up… Guide to a fast startup!


    Suffering from a slow boot up in your new or old computer? Don’t worry most people’s computer take forever to startup. However, the way you go about repair this problem can cost you very little or a whole lot. Most people quickly start looking for affordable hardware solution such as faster hard drives, more RAM, or even a new processor. However, if you have hundreds of dollars of spare cash laying around be my guest. However, you can perform a few tweaks and maybe invest in a registry cleaner to get you up in running as quickly as possible.

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    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 Computer Speed Problems

    Computer speed problems usually obsess a great many of PC users. Recently lots of readers write to me and ask for an accurate solution about fixing computer slow speed problems. I am here providing you with 2 simple tips to help you increase your computer speed quickly.

    What kinds of computer speed problems are you encountering?

    1. The computer startup takes you a long time to enter the whole system. Sometimes you have to wait for more than 5 or 10 minutes when you try to use the computer urgently. It is really a bad experience for each PC user.

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    postheadericon How To Make Your Computer Run Faster in 3 Simple Steps

    Have you noticed any changes lately? Is your computer running too slow, taking too much time to boot, accessing files and programs is a lot harder than before? Everyone can go over this and I am one of the them. No matter you use your computer on daily basis or just two times a week it should be working smoothly at it`s real capacities and be efficient for any of your needs. There are some simple ways to make your computer run faster that I will list below. Based on my experience the main factors that determine computers to run slow are viruses, spy-wares and malicious software that are used to track and save statistics about several websites.

    Maintenance – Viruses – Spy-wares

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    Slow PC? Optimize your computer for peak performance

    Help your computer run faster: Clean up disk errors, speed up Internet Explorer, run Windows Update. Follow these tips and more to help speed up your slow PC.

    How to Fix Your Slow Computer for Free | eHow.com

    This guide is designed to fix your computer slowness and/or virus issues without spending a dime.

    My computer is running slow what steps can I do to fix it?

    Steps and information on what you can do to help your computer run faster.

    Slow Computer? How To Speed Up Computer In 3 Steps - YouTube

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    Slow Computer? - Martha's Web

    Do you remember when you first got your computer, how fast it was! It was great! But little by little it got slower and slower and you don't know why!

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