Time and time again the major PC dealers of the world rake in small fortunes from consumers who are overly eager to replace their PCs with newer versions that are faster to run, faster to load, and faster to perform their day to day operations. But you wouldn’t believe how much money could be saved if people simply investigated how they can get the optimal speed out of their PCs.
So breaking things down, what is the absolute best speed saver for getting the most out of your PC?
You’ll be pleased to learn that it’s actually something we can all manage without paying a penny. A little system maintenance will go a long way to increasing speed and allowing your programs to function as they did when you first purchased the computer. System maintenance means running the disk defragmenter that comes with Windows on a regular basis. It also means breaking out the disk scanner every once in a while!
These two practices will provide a noticeable boost in general system performance, as well as a small injection of speed. But to really make an improvement, you have to consider what hinders the basic tasks that you usually perform. Is the Internet running slow? Do pages take forever to load? Empting your Temporary Internet Files can shave a few extra seconds from your browsing time. You should also check to ensure that your firewall or anti-virus suite isn’t configured to over-protect. It sounds strange, but if you set your firewall to scan every last script and every last page, you’ll notice that the time it takes to access that particular page increases dramatically.
It’s easy to lose track of the amount of times people have complained about their computer taking too long to load, or stalling through the boot screen for a short eternity. As you accumulate programs and applications on your once squeaky clean operating system, some of these programs see fit to latch on to the Windows settings and request that they be initiated from boot.
If you have AIM, MSN and YIM trying to load every time you boot Microsoft Windows, ask yourself if you really need all three programs to be running from the moment you log in? Can you not get by with just one? Or even start none at all? This will save an incredible amount of time on boot if you recycle the logic for other programs and applications. It’s good practice to load only what needs to be loaded. The rest can be initialised as and when you need it.
Not only will this make starting Windows a breeze, but it will improve the actual operating speed since you won’t have so many redundant programs sucking system resources in the background.
Of course, some computers really are sufferers of father time. If you’ve been sitting on a ten year old processor with the latest software installed, it’s likely that your computer is going to struggle to keep up with the demands of next gen technology. In this situation, there is no other option but going for that upgrade and increasing your RAM and preferably the efficiency of the processor itself.
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