Computer running too slow - Part I

Is your computer running too slow?

If yes, the question you should ask is whether it’s just sometimes or always running so slow. Do you also experience that your computer is slow in starting up? Sometimes the start up process may take up to several minutes.

Today, many computers suppose to run faster than they are. To have a computer running at its original speed, scheduler maintenance must be carried out. Below are some useful tips you can use to tune up your computer.

Part I: The Computer is always running too slow / The computer is always slow in starting up

1) The Window OS default settings are usually not optimized for every computers or users with specific application. Window OS is configured for a general-purpose computer system. You can tweak and optimize its settings according to your personal application and your computer hardware configuration to get the best out of it.

Turning off unnecessary desktop features will speed up your computer. Here are a few actions you can take:
- Go to Desktop, right-click and select Properties. In the Settings tab, change the color quality from 32bits to 16bits.

- Go to Desktop, right-click and select Properties. In the Appearance tab, click Effects and disable the unnecessary effects

- Right-click My Computer at Desktop and click Properties. In the Advanced tab, click Settings under Performance. In the Visual Effects tab, you can click "adjust for best performance" by turning off all the unwanted visual effects.

There are many commercial software you can use to customize and tweak the desktop settings with ease.

2) Inadequate RAM memory in your computer system will slow down the programs execution. All active programs or processes use RAM memory to run. RAM memory is the working space of the computer, the more the better and the faster. When a program is terminated, the open data will still remain in the RAM memory until the computer is shut down. The working space of the computer will get smaller. There is software you can use to constantly monitor and recover RAM memory space by emptying old open data.

3) An old computer, with old hardware or inadequate processor speed, uses the latest software will run slower compare to the latest computer. You may want to consider upgrading the CPU or the other hardware.

4) You may have too many unnecessary programs running in the background. These programs are launched automatically each time when you boot up your computer. When you install new software, new items are added in to the automatic start-up list. You indeed do not need to launch these programs during boot up until you really need to use them. All these pre-launched programs running at the background will occupy computer resources such as RAM memory, CPU resource and will slow down your computer.

Here’s how to disable items in the automatic start-up list.
- Go to Start, in the Run dialogue box, type in MSCONFIG and hit Return. In the pop-up window select Startup and uncheck programs which you do not want them to be pre-launched during boot-up. This will resolve computer slow in starting up issue, and your computer will run faster on the next boot up. The above procedures may not switch off all the unnecessary programs at boot-up.

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Click here to go to Part II: The computer is running too slow sometimes (not all the times)