Is your PC running very slow? If so, then I’m glad you’ve found this article, because I’m going to be giving you some really handy practical tips that you can do to increase the speed of your PC. I’m going to discuss the number of programs you’re running, your page file size, hard disk fragmentation, as well as registry errors.
Programs Running In The Background
As you install an increasing number of programs onto your PC, a lot of them end up running in the background. A handy way to check this is to look at the icons in the lower right corner in the taskbar. You might have to click the little arrow to see them all. If there are many little icons here, then that means that there are many programs running in the background. It’s well worth investigating whether you need all those programs running the whole time.
One way you can disable specific programs from loading at startup is to run the MSCONFIG program. To run this, in Windows XP click Start, Run, then type in “msconfig”. For Windows Vista or Windows 7, Click the Windows button and then type “msconfig” into the search.
In MSCONFIG, click the Startup tab, and uncheck any programs that you know you definitely don’t want to run at startup. Be careful though. Don’t disable any programs you’re not sure about.
The Size of the Page File
Windows uses what’s called a page file as an extension for the RAM memory installed in your pC. The page file is stored on the hard disk, and by default, Windows chooses the size of the page file automatically, increasing it in size as needed. However, if your computer tends to use a large amount of memory, then the page file may get used quite a lot and constantly change size, which can eventually cause it to become fragmented.
One thing that can be done to combat it is to increase the minimum size of the page file. To do this, click Start, right click My Computer (labelled PC in Vista and Windows 7), then click Advanced System Settings (Vista and Windows 7 only), then click the Advanced tab, click Settings on the Performance section, then click the Advanced tab, then click Change the Virtual Memory section. You can then increase the page file size to twice the default amount.
Defragment The Hard Disk
Another thing that can be done to speed up your Computer is to defragment the hard disk. To do this, right click the hard drive and go to Properties, Tools, and Defragment Now.
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