25 July 2010

How to FIX A Slow Running Computer

You push the power button on your computer and 5 minutes later you are finally ready to start computing. It seems as though it takes forever and a day for your computer to get going,why?

Most likely, the main reason your system is dragging the ground is because of all yhe junk that runs in the background that you don't see. These are applications you may have installed over time.

Such utilities as scanner drivers, and hard drive monitors can swallow up memory and cpu processes, not to mention adware and spyware creeping into your system. these affect both your computer's bootup process and performance during normal operations.

OK,so you,re no doubt asking, how can you correct this even present, nagging problem. If your system was purchase when dinosaurs roamed the earth,comsider upgrading by adding more memory, a larger hard drive, and if possible a faster cpu.

you can free up hard drive space by deleting files and application you don't use often. Improve performance by not overlooking basic pc maintenance. Running scandisk and defragement the crucial to pc performance. And try third party memory management programs.

Running scandisk will find and attempt to correct errors on your hard drive. System defragement will free up hard drive space by re-arranging files in an orderly manner. This allow s the cpu to find much faster and not have to roam all over the hard drive to load files into memory.

Windows operating system have a utility maned Msconfig that can display programs that bootup and instantly run on your computer. To start msconfig, select start, Run, and type :msconfig" without the quotes, in the run dialog box. Msconfig does not show all programs runing in the background however.

If you have Windows XP as your operating system, try to delete all files in the prefetch directory. Windows XP Professional monitors files that are used when the computer starts and when you start programs.