In this article (and subsequent parts), I hope to compile a list of all the different methods and tricks that I’ve used to get the last bit of juice out of a slow PC. Whether you are using an old PC or the latest and greatest in hardware, you can still use some of these to make your PC run faster.
There are probably a lot of great tweaks that I’ve missed here, so do let me know if you have suggestions for additions through comments.
1. Defragment your computer hard disk.
My computer> right click on any drive> Properties> select tab 'Tools'> click on 'Defragment now'> Select Drive to be defragmented> and click 'defragment
You can also use user frendly free tools like Smart Defrag
2. You should also defragment your windows pagefile and registry by using Microsoft's free tool PageDefrag.
3. Clean up hard drive disk space being taken up by temporary files, the recycle bin, hibernation and more. You can also use a tool like TreeSize to determine what is taking up space on your hard drive.
4. Load up Windows faster by using Startup Delayer, a free program that will speed up the boot time of Windows by delaying the startup of programs.
5. Speaking of startup programs, many of them are useless and can be turned off. Use the MSCONFIG utility to disable startup programs.
6. Clean your registry by removing broken shortcuts, missing shared DLLs, invalid paths, invalid installer references and more. Read my earlier post on CCleaner which is the best free registry cleaner.
7. One of the main reasons why PC’s are slow is because of spyware. There are many programs to remove spyware such as SUPERAntiSpyware.
8. Remove unwanted softwares (aka junk software) from your PC by using the add and remove application in your control panel. Be careful to avoid removing any essential program.
9. Delete your Internet browsing history, temporary Internet files, cookies to free up disk space.
10. Move or change the location of your My Documents folder so that it is on a separate partition or hard drive.
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