How can i make my computer faster?

Question

I bought my computer a year ago and at first it was real fast. Now, it's real slow, even though I have DSL...What can i do to make it faster?

Answer 1

Start here
One should do a disk cleanup everyday and defrag two or three times a week if the computer is used moderately.
1. You may need to do a Disk Cleanup..and be sure you have all the boxes checked....
2. Defrafg your C drive or whatever is your main harddrive... Make sure you have selected the C Drive.... This is called a Disk Defragmenter...
For both go to :
Start...
programs..
accessories...
system tools..
Do this often...
3. Then go to your.. My Documents... Or wherever you keep you personal documents. Right click on each folder, select properties and see what size they are. When you add them up you might find that KBs turn into MBs and they turn into GBs real fast. So you may need to delete what you dont want and burn what you want to CDs. Music, Videos, High quality photos take up tons of space.
4. Some software can take up to 1/2 Gig or more of space. Go through your old software and remove any you are not using. Including any software products that may have come with your computer that you are not using. Check through your ..Add or remove programs in the control panel. I hope this helps some.
Good Luck
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Answer 2

This should help stop un-necessary programs from starting, making your pc run better.

1) To begin with click on "start", then "run" and type "msconfig". Press ok. Click on "Startup" tab. Uncheck names of those programs there that you do not need at startup. (These settings are reversible, if you uncheck something and later decide that it is necessary at startup; you can always come back and change the settings again.) Click Apply. Click close. Click on restart to reboot the computer. After reboot system configuration message window appears. Check the box that says "do not display this again", and press ok to close the box. This will keep programs from starting that use up alot of space on the processor and the ram, the first ones to go for me are yahoo messenger, and msn messenger, dont uncheck any of your antivirus or firewall programs, these are programs you want to start with windows........

Answer 3

Firstly, try this:

Go through your computer and uninstall/delete your unwanted files, perform a disk defragmentation and disk cleanup (found in system tools under Accesories), delete your temporary internet files and cookies. Restart computer.

If trouble persists, make sure that you have a firewall and virus prevention software installed. If you don't, I reccomend Charter F-Secure. You might also want to try LI Utilities' 'Regitry Booster' software (http://www.liutilities.com/products/registrybooster/). It will repair any loose ends that your computer may have generated while being used. Good Luck!

Answer 4

Using registry cleaner can fix your pc and then make your pc faster,Why?the reason is that there are some regsitry errors in your PC to cause "Computer slow".
Every time you install and uninstall software on your computer and surfing online you create junk in the pc registry.You need to scan and clean your PC with registry cleaner to make it fast.Good Regisry Cleaner will improve your PC and Internet performance dramatically.It even can speed up your PC by 300% or more!
There are some comparisons and reviews of TOP 5 registry cleaners.
http://www.registry-Cleaners.info

You can download and scan your PC for free.

Answer 5

Well to make my computer faster I usually do a disk cleanup. Go to start-programs-assesories-system tools and then disk cleanup. Also do a defragment. That always helps. If you have a lot of programs on your computer that you don't use anymore unistall them. Hope that helps.

Answer 6

Run antivirus: you may have a worm or spyware. Install More Ram(At least a gig for normal use 2 or more if your a power user or gamer) and a faster processor(Dual Cores the Best if your motherboard can handle it)

Answer 7

first get a" system mechanic 6 or 7" program it will help you in many ways and fix many issues on your computer. i also have "window washer "from wed root it is great one click and it washes all the Internet pages cookies and temp crap gone.these will speed everything up.
it did mine and this computer is 5 years old...

Answer 8

do a defrag to it and delete old programs u dont use and delete your old cookies n temp files.....if that don't work there is other options. I reformat mine once every year and never have problems but thats how i roll

Answer 9

Delete some of your files. Uninstall some games. And download ad-ware.

Answer 10

Do a spyware check go to http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ and download ad-aware. Then, go to start, all programs, accessories,system tools, disc cleanup. Run that, then go to start, all programs, accessories, system tools, and run disc defragmentor. THEN, go to http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1 and download avg free edition and run that. Your computer SHOULD run a lot faster :).

Oh, Ccleaner also works wonders http://www.ccleaner.com/