10 Proven Tips to Speed up a Computer

 

It gives a terrible headache when your computer doesn’t work like it did when you first bought it. Opening files seem to take forever as well as saving them and worse, before it saves it crashes and boom, the files are lost. You were bought to this page because you feel what I am saying and that you are experiencing other worst case scenarios.

 

There are several reasons why one person experience slowing down of the computer. It may be because of unused or junk files, multiple programs running at once, full hard drive, dirty or outdated hardware, installed software such as an antivirus, a virus of course, too many startup programs and cached files on the browser.

 

To start solving your problem, try these simple ways that might work at your end.

 

  1. Reboot your Computer

 

When your PC starts lagging and you cannot do anything after waiting for a quarter or half an hour, try restarting your system. This process helps the system and programs do some resting and refreshing.

 

  1. Run a System Cleaner

 

Have you ever tried using the CleanMyPC application? It does a lot of cleaning services and it is free. Through it, you can remove junk files, uninstall unused programs, remove startup and clean browser caches and extensions.

 

  1. Run a Defrag

 

You do not usually do this a lot unless you are copying large files to your hard drive. This will give your system a free and enough space for Windows programs to work around by moving data into a physical disk.

  1. Scan and Clean Your Computer for Viruses

 

Keep your computer free from virus and malware. These are some of the major components why a process is slowing down. Viruses eat data or duplicate them and could also damage programs. Such causes will lead to popping out of unwanted bugs and will eat a lot of disk space. Download a free but reliable anti-virus program or invest on a paid one to enjoy more protection features.

  1. Check Hardware for Cleaning or Upgrading

 

Do you have an old computer that doesn’t allow you to open multiple programs at a time but you still want to keep it for some reasons? Try checking your hardware and do some cleaning and upgrading. If you have no background about this then call for some assistance or simply Google or search YouTube on how you can do it yourself.

 

 

  1. Clean the System Tray

 

The System Tray could be found at the bottom right corner of your Windows screen. Click on the up arrow and check for programs that should not be running with the others to free up some space for your necessary programs to work around.

  1. Disable Unnecessary Startup Programs

 

Some programs in the System Tray launch during startup. You could prevent them from doing so by disabling it through the Task Manager settings.

  1. Uninstall Unused Programs

 

Free up your disk space by deleting or uninstalling programs that you don’t use. Doing this process will not only give your computer an extra room to move from, it could also help speed up the log in procedure during startup.

  1. Minimize Animations

 

Attractive screens with animated wallpapers and mouse click effects are just awesome. It adds color and lightens up your gloomy and stressful days. However, these just don’t apply to computers with minimum specifications. So if your computer is one of them, just say goodbye to an attractive screen or better yet, upgrade your hardware.

  1. Reprogram your Computer

 

The last option to do is to entirely reinstall your Operating System. Doing such will refresh your computer system and would surely do a lot to speed up your computer. Not only that, it would give you a refreshing feel as if it is brand new. Just don’t forget to back up your files into a removable hard disk or your headache will reach its maximum level.