Tips to speed up a slow computer

There are many ways or number of tips and tweaks within Windows system that can be used to speed up a slow computer.

Nevertheless before applying or performing any task or trick I strongly suggest verifying or making sure some of the most vital points or aspect of your computer. All the other tweaks and tips won’t work if the essential things are missing in your computer system thus the important things cannot be ignore in any way at all.

• Make sure the computer is virus free
• All the attached hardware components are not broken and compatible
• Make sure you have sufficient physical memory OR RAM installed in the computer
• Verify if the installed device drivers are updated and compatible with your system
• Make sure there is no heat related issues in the system
• Make sure there is no OS related issue such as any system file corrupt or broken

If you have ensured all the above points and you feel that there isn’t any such issue in your computer, and despite all the above facts you encounter the slow computer issue, it means you need to try some Windows tweaks and tricks features. There are many things inside your Windows that can be modified in order to get the maximum speed and performance.

Some of the important are follows:-

Reduce Windows visual effects

Method

Right click on computer->Select properties->Go to advance system settings-> Select Advance tab-> Click on performance setting radio button. It will bring the visual effects window where you can choose the option for the best performance.

Click apply and OK. Reboot your computer.

You may feel some less graphical features after applying the above settings, however a dramatic difference in the performance can be seen clearly.

Increase Virtual memory

Method

Right click on computer->Select properties->Go to advance system settings-> Select Advance tab-> Click on performance setting radio button. It will bring the performance option windows where you can choose the advance tab. Now change the virtual memory size from here.

Note – Ideally the virtual memory size should be 1.5 times of your RAM.

Eliminate some Windows unimportant or unused features

Some of the features such as search indexing services, game(if you do not use much) can be turned safely off if you do not perform lot of searches frequently and you know and can locate your data in your computer.

Method

Open control panel-> click Program and feature folder and on left pane locate “Turn Windows feature ON or off”. Now you may uncheck the feature you are sure and you do not use frequently. Click apply and reboot the computer.

It will release some system resources that were using before.

Remove some or all unwanted programs

In another task you can remove some or all the programs that are not using by you. It will create some disk space in your hard drive and will free up some system resources as well.