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.
