- Turn off unneccessary windows services which run in the background and slow your PC. Certain applications also run updates and installers which slow down your PC.
- Use the disk cleaner utility under start->all programs->accessories->system tools to clean your PC of old and temperory internet files.
- Use the disk defragmentor under start->all programs->accessories->system tools to defrag the hard disk which will make more free space available and data access faster.
- Install a good antivirus software to protect your PC again spyware.
- Spend some money and upgrade your RAM to atleast 1 GB. More the better. This one thing improves the PC performance considerably.
- Clean up your registry once every month. The registry stores a lot of application data and a bloated registry means higher fetching times for the CPU thereby slowing it down.
- Don't keep too much stuff on your desktop like heavy files or large downloads.
- Use windows indexing service for indexing hard drive data for faster access.
- Spend some more money and get a good graphics card like NVidia GeForce 9400.
- Improve your boot speed by removing programs which are not required during startup. Do this by going to startup->all programs->startup.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Tips to Speed Up Your PC
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