How to increase my computer's speed (ram)?

Question

I have an HP Pavilion a1540n running 32-bit Windows XP. I want my computer to be faster, here are my current specs for ram:

Installed Size 2 GB / 4 GB(max)
Technology DDR II SDRAM
Memory speed 533 MHz
Memory specification compliance PC2-4200
RAM form factor DIMM 240-pin
RAM configuration features 2 x 1 GB

Does anyone has any reccommendations on how to improve my computers speed?

Answer 1

Using a registry cleaner can fix your computer and then make your computer faster,Why?the reason is that there may be some regsitry errors and remnant,corrupt files and temp files in your computer to cause "computer slow".
Everytime you install and uninstall software on your computer and surfing online you create junk in the computer registry.over time, the registry can grow to enormous proportions, especially if the various programs you've installed do not do a good job of deleting and/or updating it's Registry entries.You need to scan and clean your computer with registry cleaner to make it fast.Good Regisry Cleaner will improve your computer and Internet performance dramatically!It even can speed up your computer by 300% or more!
There are some comparison and review of TOP 5 registry cleaners.
http://www.makepcfaster.info
You can download and scan your computer for free.

Answer 2

I would never consider buying a computer with less than 512 RAM. Anything less is just too slow for today's high speed, complicated programs. I just bought an HP Pavilion with one gig (1024 MB) of RAM. I use it for website design and can have several open IE's windows, three Notepad windows and 4-5 other files open at the same time, and STILL have super fast speed. I'd either upgrade to 512 or 1 gig, but check the prices first. It may be cheaper just to buy another computer. Also keep in mind, if you have both Windows XP Pro and Office Pro. (full instal) you REALLY need the speed to handle them.

Answer 3

If your virus/spyware free, there are a couple things you can do get your computer working the way it was originally. If you using your laptop for normal stuff and not gaming. If , you have a good setup. You don't need more RAM ,you just need to perform a few maintenance task.

Firstly, if you haven't cleaned your registry in a while. This is necessary. Your registry holds all the information regarding updates, installs, un-installs etc. Each one of those events has
a key. That key needs your PC's resources and free space. So, if you clean your registry, you make more resources available for speed. Do a registry scan if you got more than 20 errors you should clean it.

2. Clear your Windows cache files, this your temporary file. It can grow up to a large volume and stop your computer from using RAM properly. In a sense slow it down by preventing it from using free space.Here is how:

1. Quit Internet Explorer, Firefox, or any other web browser
2. Click Start, click "Control Panel", and then double-click "Internet Options".
3. On the General tab, click "Delete Files" under Temporary Internet Files.
4. In the Delete Files dialog box, click to select the "Delete all offline content" check box , and then click OK.
5. Click OK.

3. Manage your startups. Your excess CPU usage is due to too many programs running in the background. You can cut these to barebones by alter your msconfig. Here is how:

1. Open your Start menu.
2. Click Run
3. In the command screen type "msconfig.exe"
4. In the "system configuration utility",click either "service" or "startup" tab
5. Uncheck all programs that your are no longer using.
6. Click "OK"

Other great tip is increasing your virtual memory to simulate more RAM. This will give you a bit more resources for multiple program use or CPU heavy programs. Check the link to alter your virtual memory spec.

Hope this link helps. Shows you how to do everything step by step. You should get a least 60% more resources and speed if you follow the tips.
http://www.delete-computer-history.com/how-to-speed-up-pc.html

Answer 4

Get TuneUp Utilities 2007. It's a PC optimizer and maintainance program. It has a program that will defrag your ram anytime your PC starts to slow down.

Answer 5

delete unwanted files
get a program like ccleaner
to remove all cookiwes which can save space
and clear browsing history

Answer 6

stop some programs from running and never download anything. the more is not the merrier with computer systems.

Answer 7

You can try this computer speedup tool:
http://boost-computer-performance.info
It works very well.