PC Doctor Tips: Steps for speeding up your PC

A personal computer can slow down due to countless reasons. However most of the time it can be speeded up easily with some important and basic troubleshooting steps. Some of the important steps are mentioned below.

1. Do not install too many programs in your PC.
2. Remove all the unwanted programs from your PC, they just occupy the hard drive space and consume lots of system resources. In order to speed up your PC you must remove all such programs that are spoiling the system performance.
3. Run up to date antivirus and other updated security software on a regular interval (say at least once in a week) a virus is capable to make your computer run slow to a great extent. Apart from this a virus can create many other problems such as blue screen, PC freezing and many similar issues that also can affect your computer to a great extent.
4. Do not use old and outdated security software they mostly do not help to remove malicious program especially the latest infectious items. Since everyday a new infectious item comes into the online world and if you are using an outdated security program it won’t detect and fix it. So it is must to update your security programs all the time in order to protect and speed up your PC.
5. Fix corrupt Windows registry. Windows registry is one of the most important and sensitive parts of your computer system. If it is damaged and corrupt it can affect your computer’s overall functionality and performance. To speed up your PC performance you must protect, clean and keep your computer registry in shape always. You may also use a reliable and effective registry booster software to fix and clean your computer registry.
6. Verify if all your installed hardware systems are in working state and if they are compatible with your OS and with other application software. Damaged, incompatible and broken hardware components can cause the slow PC problem in your PC.
7. Make sure your installed random access memory is sufficient for all your software and OS. Very often if your RAM is not sufficient it certainly affect the performance and speed of your system.
8. Do run a PC repair tasks on a certain interval in order to keep your OS in shape. Windows has many built in tools and features that are of great use and certainly can help to speed up your PC.
9. Remove old and outdated device drivers and reinstall the latest one directly from the manufacturer’s website. A driver set can also cause the slow computer problem in your system.

There are the most basic and important factors and steps that can cause and can help your to fix and speed up your PC performance and speed to a great extent. If you still encounter the slow PC issue with your computer you need to reinstall your Windows operating system.