how do i speed up my computer for free?

Question

i find that even typing into the computer is slow, i do disk defragment often

Answer 1

How old is your computer what CPU do you use, how much RAM? And what OS do you use?
also http://www.superantispyware.com for starters. Also you need a registry cleaner, which is probably your biggest problem.

Answer 2

There are a few ways to boost computer speed; you should post what your system specs are though, since you can't do some things with some systems.

Overclocking a system can help a lot, although i'm not sure how to do it, since my computer doesn't allow it. (hardcoded not to) Searching google should work to help.

If you have windows XP, then a lot of things are using memory that aren't neccessary. Under settings, control panel, click the following:

System>advanced>Settings (under the performance section)>

-(under visual effects) adjust for best performance.

-(in advanced)>change (under virtual memory setting)> change the numbers under initial and max size to be about 2x the ammount of RAM you have. This helps by making windows use some of your harddrive for RAM.

These are a few tips that i remember from PC World magazine a while ago, for more info i think there's an article on the PC World website. If not, Google helps in everything :)

Answer 3

Uninstall programs you don't use. Make sure you have minimal items loaded at startup instead of having everything load then. I've seen pcs that took about 5 minutes to finish loading the Desktop in Windows because they had MSN, Yahoo, WinZip, QuickTime, Graphics Accelerator, Office Quickstart (or whateverit's called) etc load at startup.

Your computer can only handle so many applications at once, so load only what you need and will actually use. I try to have only Yahoo open at startup depending on which PC i'm on (we have quite a few, heh).

If your HD is too full that can also create issues, so be sure to clear temp files and empty your recycle bin periodically.

Answer 4

To speed up your computer without going for new hardware purchase, you should do complete,fresh, operating system installation (and naturally the applications too) every 6-12 months, use defragmentation software every 30-45 days. Additionally you should make sure that there are no unwanted softwares running on startup (from startmenu-->Programs-->Startup or through registry entries). If you have access to msconfig tool (start button--> Run--> msconfig--> OK) then you can know of softwares running on startup through registry entries. If you are not using some softwares that either have expired or you are no longer interested in, then you should uninstall them.

Answer 5

Put it in your car. When you hit 60 throw it out the window off a bridge. Objects fall faster than 60; thus it speeds up your computer.

Answer 6

There are a number of things you can tweak for varying amounts of performance gain. They are far to numerous to list here though. Try a Google search for WinXP Tweaking, for example. That should get you plenty of results.

You could also try a complete format/reinstall.

Answer 7

Try downloading adaware from www.lavasoft.com and run it.It get rid of spyware that slows down systems.

Answer 8

disk defragmenting can work.

Answer 9

try cleaning up the drive get rid of programs you dont use old files and so on. and if tht doesnt work http://www.tune-up.com/products/tuneup-utilities/details/


go here and try the trial it worked wonders for me.

Answer 10

music files are huge...if you have a big music library saved on your comp, burn it onto cds and delete the music.