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Make Your Computer Run Faster
Are you puzzled by the fact that your computer is running very slowly? Would you like to know of a few cheap things that you can do to help it run faster? Here is help for you.
There are several things listed here below that you can do yourself even if you don't consider yourself to be all of that literate of a computer user. For the most part they are free things that you can do yet if you took your computer to a shop they would most likely charge you $100 or more to perform these routine things. You really can do these things yourself and much much more to make your computer run faster.
If your computer is a few months old the first thing that you need to consider doing is going in to the control panel of your computer into the accessories group and running the defrag program. This defrag program will arrange the files on your hard drive in a more logical fashion so that your computer can find these files quicker when it needs them.
Another thing that you can do is to run the disk cleanup program that is also built into your computer and is already installed just waiting for you to use it. All that this program does is inspect your hard drive for current or potential problems with bad sectors. When it finds a bad sector it either works around it or corrects the problem so that your computer does not have to hesitate when it is searching for information stored on your hard drive.
You might also consider installing an anti-spyware program on your computer. You can get one for free from Microsoft called Internet Defender or you can step up your protection a notch or two by investing $30 or $40 in a commercial anti-spyware program. Although it is not free the additional level of security is well worth the relatively small investment.
Now you want to go through your computer's control panel and uninstall any programs that you find on your computer that you have never used or have not used for a long time. You will also find programs that the manufacturer installed. There is a high likelihood that you found them useless and never actually did anything with them. Go to your control panel, generate a list of programs in your computer and then be merciless in going through the list and uninstall any program that you have not used in the last year. This will free up even more room on your hard drive for more efficient access.
While this next tip is not free it is one of the best speed boosters that you can consider for your computer. Check your instruction book and see how much random access memory your computer came with. Then find out how much your computer can handle in terms of maximum memory. If there is room for more memory capacity in your computer simply go to a local store with your instruction manual that contains your computer name and model and show it to them. They will be able to tell you what kind of memory you need and how much you can get. Then go home and take 10 minutes to install the new memory sticks in your computer. If you can plug a blender into an outlet then you are competent to install a stick of memory in your computer's system.
These have been just a few of the things that you can do to make your computer run faster. These are easy things for you to do. You do not have to be a computer savvy person in order to accomplish them. And once your computer starts running faster you will be looking for additional things to do to make it run even faster still. Naturally there are lots of additional tweaks the average person can do for their computer and we can help you with that information below.
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