What is the best way to speed up my computer?

Answer 1

Well, there are two catogeries as to how to speed up your computer, involve paying versus free. If you have money to spend then the simple answer is to add more RAM and install the fastest CPU. This is the easy part.

If money is tight then there are numerous tweaks to speed up your computer. I assume you are using a Windows platform (e.g. Windows 2000 or Windows XP). Here is an article which might help:

1. "10 Simple ways to speed up Windows XP" -- connectedinternet.com (http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/2005/12/3/645)

and

2. "10 Intermediate ways to speed up Windows XP" -- connectedinternet.com
(http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/2005/12/5/652)

Answer 2

go in your trash can, empty it. then go through all the files on your computer and anything you can do without, delete it. everything on your computer is one more thing to load wich eventually slows it down. like think, do you really need the solitaire games on your computer? or that crazy looking screen savor? and if you have alot of pictures on your computer go to a websight such as piczo.com or photobucket.com upload them onto there, and delete them from your computer. that in itself will save you so much space and will really speed up your computer. there are also little chips or whatever you can buy to speed it up. oh and one more thing, check your computer for viruses or spyware every couple weeks and i gauruntee you have spyware on your computer right now and getting rid of it will speed it up as well. i know all this stuff becasue my old computer was slow as my grandma. lol

Answer 3

FREE WAYS:
run a registry mechanic program to delete old registry items
scan for and remove any adware viruses etc
defrag your harddrive
uninstall any uneeded programs
remove some items that start up with windows
uncompress your harddrive

SPEND MONEY WAYS:
buy more ram
buy a faster cpu

hope this helps

Answer 4

Go to START
Then RUN
Type MSCONFIG then hit OK
Go to the STARTUP tab
Uncheck all the applications that you do not recognize as needing to run in the background of your computer.

For example, keep your antivirus, but remove Real Player.

Answer 5

1)run ewido and delete all cookies and malware.
2)scan for viruses and delete infected files
3)run disk defragmentor on drive c

Answer 6

Hardware answer is increase RAM.
Software answer is delete unnecessary applications 'n programs.

Answer 7

Delete all the unwanted files.

Answer 8

i would say delete programs that u arent using and i would defrag it meaning go to start then all programs then accessories then system toold them disk defragmenter then click defragment

Answer 9

Delete any files or programs that you aren't using. Thats what I did! ??

Answer 10

you did not specify the problem if your on dial up comcast highspeed is the answer,lighting fast like they say