How to Make Your Computer Faster

Making your computer faster is not very difficult. However, if your computer is running slow, it is very common that most of you in a bid to find a solution on how to make your computer faster, must have installed an antivirus software. But this may not solve your problem. Do you know that certain antivirus softwares can make your computer run slower, if you do not have sufficient RAM or a processor compatible with your antivirus software. Well, we will take a look at this detail at a later stage. Right now, let me provide you with information on how to make your computer faster with very few steps.

Basic Steps to Make Your Computer Faster

Disk Defragmentation
Clusters of fragmented data at different locations of your disk space may cause your computer to run slow. A particular type of data should all be clustered together, else it takes longer time for the computer processor to retrieve the same. Hence, it is very important that once in a while (eg. Once a week) you defragment your disk space. The process to do so is simple. In Windows operating system, you need to go to Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Defragment.

System Cleanup
There is something called paging file size recommendations, that does affect the speed of your computer. Here, we won’t go into the details of what this paging file size recommendation is, but for the time being, let me tell you it is very important to have some free disk space for this. Hence, it is always important that you keep a certain portion of your hard disk empty. The easiest and safest way to delete unnecessary files is to use the Windows System Cleanup Utility. You can find the option in Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Cleanup. In this option, you can select all the items like temporary Internet files and cookies that you want to be deleted.

Windows Startup
Many of you must be wondering, why is my computer slow during startup? The reason is the large number of startup programs that are running in your computer. Many a times, when installing a particular software, we do not read the steps properly and hence forget to uncheck the options for running the softwares during startup. This causes a large number of softwares to load when the computer boots up, hence reducing the computer speed. The solution for this is to run msconfig and uncheck all those programs that you do not want to run during startup. Read more about ways to speed up your computer.

Other Ways to Make Your Computer Faster

If you have tried all these options, but without much benefit, then you can try the following methods. If you find your computer running slow, when running a software that is using a lot of memory space, simply hit the Ctrl-Alt-Del key combination, to start the Task Manager. From the Task Manager, select all those programs that you do not want running in the background and click on End Task. This will free up your memory space and hence cause your computer to run faster. When it comes to dealing with computer viruses, it’s not necessary to say that they can also reduce the speed of your computer drastically. Thus, you need to have an antivirus loaded into your system. But, it is also important that the antivirus software you use, should be compatible with your computer configuration. A computer with a low configuration, when uses an antivirus software that needs a lot of memory space, may reduce the computer speed even further. Thus, the computer runs slow.