HCI Lab

After some time, your pc is not as fast as it was when new—it may even start to crash. There are many reasons as to why it happens. Reasons vary: it can be caused by lack of disk space or RAM, corrupt Windows registry, virus and spyware attack, clogged system or your computer is just dusty. You might probably be asking, How do I speed up my pc?

Providing solution to this problems should not push you to phone tech support right away for improving the performance of your pc is an easy task any novice can do.

1. Disk Clean Up. It really isn’t an issue of how large your HD is; when you are using your computer on any purpose it serves you best, you are using your CPU and maxing it out before you even know it. HD shortage is caused by internet files that are saved as temporary files, music (or movies) and file downloads, and the installed programs among other things. Use Disk Clean Up to delete temporary internet files. The process is simple: Click start (windows), type %temp% in the Start Search box. Press enter. CTRL+A to select all, then press delete. Click Yes.

Remember that recycle bin holds manually deleted files, so you have to empty it to free some disk space.

2. Delete unwanted programs. Over time, you compile tons of installed programs to your computer. Some of these programs you used only once or very rarely that all they do is to take up disk space. Left unchecked, these affect your pc performance. To remove unnecessary programs go to the control panel and clicking Add/Remove programs. Identify which programs are not used, then delete them.

3. Turn off unnecessary Windows services. When turning your computer on, you are starting several programs as well. Some of them, of course, are necessary, but there are programs that need not to be active all the time. To inactivate some programs that you don’t need, go to Windows Defender which can be found in your Control panel; click the tools button, then click Software Explorer; in the Category Box, click Start Up Programs; then select programs you wish to disable. Here are some programs that you don’t need to be running all the time: FTP publishing, HTTP SSL, ClipBook, AdobeLM Service, Alerter, Cryptographic Services, Automatic Updates, Security Center, Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS), NVIDIA Display Driver Service, and Network Provisioning Service among other things.

4. Run just one Virus program. Many computer users think that running multiple anti-virus programs all at the same time give them better protection. The fact is, 1 anti-virus software works as much as 100 virus softwares and the only effect these multiple software has in your computer is they take up a lot of memory that slows your computer down. What you should do is to remove all your anti-virus programs and keep 1.

How do I speed up my pc? These simple yet effective processes should be enough to answer your question.