how can i make my computer faster?

Question

i've alredy used ccleaner disk deframent and shearched for vireses and disk clean up and would adding more memory help make it faster i am 12 years old and i did it all please help me

Answer 1

Throw it out the window

Answer 2

There are hundreds of ways to speed up a computer and thousands of articles explaining how to do it. I recommend you read 2 fantastic articles on how to speed up Windows.

1. "10 Simple Ways to Speed Up Windows XP" (http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/2005/12/3/645)

2. "10 Intermediate Ways to Speed Up Windows XP"
(http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/2005/12/5/652)

Below is a preview of what the articles talk about:

1. Disable Indexing Services:
Indexing Services is a small little program that uses large amounts of RAM and can often make a computer endlessly loud and noisy. This system process indexes and updates lists of all the files that are on your computer. It does this so that when you do a search for something on your computer, it will search faster by scanning the index lists. If you don’t search your computer often, or even if you do search often, this system service is completely unnecessary. To disable do the following:

Go to Start
Click Settings
Click Control Panel
Double-click Add/Remove Programs
Click the Add/Remove Window Components
Uncheck the Indexing services
Click Next

2. Optimise Display Settings:
Windows XP can look sexy but displaying all the visual items can waste system resources. To optimise:

Go to Start
Click Settings
Click Control Panel
Click System
Click Advanced tab
In the Performance tab click Settings
Leave only the following ticked:
Show shadows under menus
Show shadows under mouse pointer
Show translucent selection rectangle
Use drop shadows for icons labels on the desktop
Use visual styles on windows and buttons

3. Speedup Folder Browsing:
You may have noticed that everytime you open my computer to browse folders that there is a slight delay. This is because Windows XP automatically searches for network files and printers everytime you open Windows Explorer. To fix this and to increase browsing significantly:

Open My Computer
Click on Tools menu
Click on Folder Options
Click on the View tab.
Uncheck the Automatically search for network folders and printers check box
Click Apply
Click Ok
Reboot your computer
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Answer 3

Yes, putting in more memory helps quite a bit. Also, go to 'control panel', then 'internet options'. There you can delete temporary internet files and objects. You should do that regularly, especially if you are on the internet a lot. You are very smart for 12 years old. I hope that helps.

Answer 4

Lol 12 years kid in Yahoo seems u r really interested to learn something Bravo ......

u havent given ur PC Hardware specification which also plays a key role on the working of the system.

try to uninstall all the softwares and processes that run in Background that really slows ur PC .

Cleanup all unwanted startup programs.

Try to use SYSTEMMECHANIC which really helps to sppedup ur PC

Answer 5

If you have a slave drive,move ur pagefile to it.Gives about 20 % increase.

Answer 6

If you already have cable or dsl ther's nothing that you can do.