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
Yes, this one sounds rather obvious. If you really want your computer to keep running for a year, and use the internet on that computer, then you should install an antivirus program with automatic updates, Antivirus is a software which fixes the computer if infected by a virus and also provides protection for future virus attacks. Some suggestions are: Norton Antivirus/Mcafee Antivirus. Just make sure you buy good one. But if you really don’t have the money to spend, or you just want a good free program, go and download Avast!.
Disk Cleanup
Free Up the space in your computer to speed up the computer by running the disk cleanup wizard. To open Disk Cleanup, click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Disk Cleanup. after that select All and start the wizard ... Having free space allows your computer run more efficiently.
Use A Defragmenter
By Defragmenting your hard drive, you should see results very quickly indeed. Disk defragmenter is located in Accessories -> System Tools. It will free up your hard drive, and thus, should speed up your computer.
Delete unwanted files/folders
If you have any old files or folders that you’ll never need again for as long as you live, you may wish to delete these. This is because by freeing up your hard drive space you should see a step-up in speed. It is also recommended that you buy a back up hard drive to put the files on before you delete them though, in case you end up needing the files again one day.
Reorganize & Control Yourself
Finally do not save junk, programs, movies, games and virtually anything you can on your windows partition, that is usually the C: drive. Stop doing this and your computer will show optimal performance for a longer time and render fewer errors. It is better if you make your "My Documents" folder in a drive other than C:, such as D: (if you have it), to take some of the storage load off of your C: drive.
Always check for your programs that automatically run at startup and use your computer's substantial resources. Try to disable them cautiously and feel the change in performance. Here is a way to check which programs and processes start automatically when windows starts. Go to START->Run then type "MSCONFIG" Here you can see where your memory consuming programs are.
By following these five, rather simple steps, you should see an increase in the speed of your computer, and hopefully it will be as fast as when you first bought it. You can also maybe look into evaluating Internet Service Providers and sign up for a broadband provider that gives you a faster Internet connection.