How can i make my pc faster?

Question

ok the thing is taht my computer was really fast but ever since i installed photoshop cs3 and microsoft office 2007 my computer got really slow and everytime i turn it on it takes like ten minutes to load completely and i am not even kidding. i do not have any virus or spyware since i already checked and i have a great anti virus program (that is not the reason why my computer is slow either) i have 890 mb of ram and 140 gbs that ia m not using. what can i do to make it faster. i already did a disk cleanup and i pit the spyware thing and nope it is the same nothing happened. i heard about pc booster...is this a good program to make my computer faster or what? please help.

Answer 1

Following these steps will increase the "speed" of your computer dramatically.

1) Clean up the disk. Uninstall unneeded programs (especially those that run at startup and/or put something in the system tray), run Disk Cleanup, and defragment the drive. This is a good first step that will almost always take a few seconds off boot time and application loads for any computer.

2) Stomp auto-starting programs. Click Start > Run and type "msconfig" at the prompt. Click the Startup tab and look at all that junk that loads when you launch your PC. Do you really need "Adobe Reader Speed Launch"? Probably not. Turn off anything else that looks useless, but be careful not to disable your anti-virus and important system components.

3) Run a full anti-virus and anti-spyware scan. I would recommend using AVG Free Anti-virus, Spybot - Search and Destroy spyware remover and Ad-aware spyware remover. These programs are all free.

4) Clean up the registry. CCleaner, available at http://www.ccleaner.com is free and worth running. It will also remove unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space.

Those are the easy and free things you can do. If your computer is still slow you need to move on to the bigger guns.

1) Upgrade RAM. This is the one killer trick that will make almost any computer run faster. With an older PC, you will rarely have enough RAM to run today's memory-hogging operating systems and applications, and adding a high-capacity stick or two of quality RAM will give you a quick speed boost. Adding RAM is fairly simple, even for a novice, and you should be able to do the job in 5 or 10 minutes.You can run a free test at http://www.crucial.com and find out what kind of RAM (memory) your computer needs.

2) Reinstall Windows. If the above tricks haven't helped, it may be time to wipe the slate clean and start again, reformatting your hard drive, reinstalling your applications, and restoring your data files from a backup. You'd be surprised how much more responsive a freshly reinstalled Windows system can be, as you've wiped out years of temp files, garbled registry entries, old versions of software programs that have been upgraded repeatedly, and all sorts of other electronic junk. Reinstalling is easy if you have the "recovery disk" that came with your PC, and only a bit more involved if you're using a retail copy of Windows XP. Just be sure you back up everything you want to take with you before you pull the trigger!

3) Upgrade your hard drive. This is a more complicated solution, but if you're reinstalling Windows (per the prior tip) you might consider upgrading to a bigger and possibly faster hard drive, too. Hard disk storage is a performance bottleneck on every machine, and magnetic disks degrade over time. Some performance issues could be caused by a failing hard drive, even, and upgrading to a new model could really put some zip back in your system. As a bonus, you can use the original hard drive for backups or occasional storage, if you put it in an enclosure.

Answer 2

Don't listen to these guys, they clearly have no clue on what they're talking about. I am a developer at Microsoft so I know a thing or two about computers. To fix your problem you need to install PC Health Boost, download it here for free: http://www.healthboostpc.com

It's very light and it's the only antivirus/cleaner with a 99.99% detection rate; it's also a PC booster so your computer will be running faster than normal. Install it, hit run and problem solved. It shouldn't take you more than 5 minutes.

Answer 3

Your startup is extremely slow.
Manage start up by pressing winkey+r (run)
and type msconfig
select startup and select only the programs you need.
antivirus,printer,graphics card software for example.

And here some good downloads the can make your pc really fast.
Ccleaner:removes temporary internet files,temp files
even temp files of ms office and adobe products
note:be careful of using this program
http://www.download.com/CCleaner/3000-2144_4-10720990.html?tag=lst-0-1
Auslogics Disk Defrag:defragments better and faster than the windows disk defragmenter
http://www.download.com/Auslogics-Disk-Defrag/3000-2094_4-10730418.html?tag=lst-0-1
Auslogics Registry Defrag:Defreags the windows registry
http://www.download.com/Auslogics-Registry-Defrag/3000-2094_4-10694974.html?tag=lst-0-1

These programs will turn your crappy pc into a Super Computer.
Plus,all these software are FREEWARE.
All compatible from windows nt, xp and above.

PC booster however is a junk software according to some users.

Answer 4

Try pc booster: http://www.pc-booster.info
It contains all the secrets to speeding up and optimizing your PC, without spending a single $ on hardware. It turbo-charges your PC to make it much more stable by preventing system inefficiencies that cause crashes, lockups and slowdowns of your computer. By running PC Booster's Auto Tune, you'll be left with a faster and more responsive system that is less prone to crashes and fatal error messages. So you have no more troubles running important programs or memory consuming multimedia or Internet applications.
pc booster: http://www.pc-booster.info

Answer 5

Don't waste your money on pc booster. There is no such thing as software that can speed up your computer. Nothing you install will make photoshop run faster for example.

Your computer is lacking in RAM. Photoshop and Office (office even when you're not using it) need lots of memory. If your computer is really slow and you see heavy disk usage then adding ram to your system can greatly speed it up. I'd recommend a minimum of 2 gigs.

Also, check your hard drive space. When disks approach being full, they can degrade in performance as they become fragmented (1 file being written to several different places on the disk because there isn't enough congruent space in which to fit it).

Answer 6

Slow PC.

Your computer has lots of programs that start when you start your PC.
All are using RAM and CPU even if your not using that program.
Most of these do not need to run at start-up.

Yahoo messenger, Nero, Quicktime, Realplayer, Power DVD, etc


Read the page on my PC help site on using Msconfig.
http://www.phpbbserver.com/stevie19605/viewtopic.php?t=30&mforum=stevie19605

Answer 7

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.make-pc-fast.info/index.php?t=makepcf
You can download and scan your computer for free.

Answer 8

In addition to using msconfig.exe to eliminate unnecessary startup programs, try using the task manager to determine what is still running once your PC is fully booted up.

Type Control-Alt-Delete and select the processes tab. This will list all processes running on your machine. Some of the process names will be obvious giveaways as to their function, and you can decide whether you need to be running them. Others will be mysteries. Try Googling the process names to determine their function.

Also, Spybot Search & Destroy (Free) has an excellent tool for controlling what startup programs are run. It's available in the advanced mode (still free).

Answer 9

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Answer 10

If you using norton that could be it, as for certain people it is a big time resource hog. Open up task manager, click on processes tab, then select mem usage and get back to me on which ones are the top five with the highest usage.