How to Speed up slow computer and make faster pc for free

All of us who are using computer sometimes notice that our computer is performing command with slow speed and it is taking much more time to complete a command than before. It is very irritating when our computer becomes slower.
If we take some steps we can speed up our slow computer and can easily save our valuable times.
 

1. Always uninstall all unwanted applications or software.

We often install different kinds of software in our computer and some of them remain unused for a long time .To speed up your computer always uninstall these kinds of unused software from your hard-disk.

After switching on your PC often comes preloaded with some kinds of software which you will never use .Some of them run as background processes at startup when you log on your user account even though you are not using these programs. To avoid it and to get rid from this please open Control Panels of your computer then Programs and Features page, find trough the list of installed software which are not being used, and uninstall those.In the right side of the Task Bar of your computer monitor appears a group of small icons generally named as the "system tray". All of these icons usually represent a program that has been at least partially started or is running in the background of your computer each of them reduce available memory and processing power and can make your computer slower .If you Close unused icon from them it will return resources to the system will provide available for use by the applications started specifically by the user of the computer .To do this go to your task manager and click on the Process tab and End all process that you can.

2. Empty the Recycle Bin and delete your temp files.

 

We store our necessary files, documents, movies, songs and different kinds of software or application in our hard disk device for our future use .When some of them becomes unnecessary for us we simply delete form our hard drive to free our hard drive space.

Simply deleting files, documents, movies, songs and different kinds of software or application from the disk doesn't really delete them at all from our disk rather they are moved to a temporary holding area on the hard drive for easy restoration for us. This area is called the Recycle Bin and it is usually displayed on the Desktop opening screen.Please delete them form Recycle Bin and the space on the hard drive that the data occupied will be available for reuse and you will have to keep in your mind that the restoration of any files emptied from the recycle bin area becomes extremely difficult .To delete temp files from your computer hard drive please go to the run option and write in the search box “%temp%” and press Enter key then it will show you all of your temp files, to delete them just select them and simply delete them .This process will help you to speed up your computer .

 

3. De-fragment your files

 

A hard drive contains different kinds of files including the system files and folders .To arrange them well you have to De-fragment your files on all hard drives .To De-fragment hard drives at first you have to Right-click a drive icon in "My Computer" and then select the "Properties" option and then have to go "Tools" option .Then you have to Choose "De-fragment" to allow the utility to clean up fragmented files and consolidate free space on the drive. Defragmentation process should be done at least once per every week, or even more often if the PC is used heavily.

 

4. Install anti-virus software and keep it updated

 

Always try to use updated anti-virus software to protect your computer form Virus Because Virus can damage your important files and can reduce the actual speed of your computer. For this reason anti-virus software is absolutely must for every one. There are various kinds of anti-virus software in the market from which you can choose and buy your desired anti-virus software, but there are also free Anti virus solutions that do a very good job too. Among them Avast!, Avira AntiVirus Guard is very popular. All include regular "virus definition" file updates that allow the program to detect and protect your computer from the latest virus being released. You also have to keep in your mind one think clear that while you are installing antivirus software actually slows down your computer but it does not slow it down as much as a virus does .You can also Install an Ad Blocker, it is not only prevents malware sites but it also reduces temp disk space for the browser by about 30% by not downloading the advertising.

 

5. Shut down/reboot after un-installation process

 

We often un-install software when they become un-necessary or they do not work properly. To release memory properly and to speed up slow computer you should shut down/reboot your computer after the un-installation process because some programs do not release memory properly when they close. Even doing a warm restart will not release some of the memory drivers and other core programs had allocated. The computer has to be completely shut down and then restarted to release disk memory properly.