Computers and Technology

As we know, the speed of computers would probably degrade after using for one or two years. How to speed up computer performance is what every PC user concerns about. If users never maintain their computer then they would encounter extremely slow speed computer problems. The system would eventually takes long time to respond a user's operations such as surfing the Internet, playing PC games, running some applications even opening files. This article discusses how to speed up your computer and maintain the performance to keep it running smoothly. By following these 8 easy ways, you can enjoy your computer at a very high speed without purchasing a new one.

Are you ready? Let's go!

1. Remove any virus, spyware, malware and worms to speed up your computer.

I strongly suggest you install some kind of anti-virus program on your computer to prevent any infection from virus, spyware, malware and worms. They not only slow down the startup speed but also will affect your whole computer performance even crash the system. After removing the infected files or virus, the speed of computer would be upgraded.

2. Defragment your system to speed up your computer.

The Windows operating system places files and programs on a hard drive. One file will not necessarily be located in one physical place. Over time, a hard drive can become fragmented with hundreds of files broken up in many locations across the drive. Ultimately, those fragment can slow down a computer's speed and respond time. So to defragment the system is an effective way to speed up your the computer. To defragment your system, follow this steps: Go to My Computer, then to Local Disk, click on Tools and follow the instructions.

3. Terminate unnecessary programs launching automatically at the Startup.

If there are too many programs run automatically at the system startup, you will have to wait for a long time before entering system totally. To speed up your computer, you can try this method: Click "Start" menu--Run and then type in "msconfig". From there please terminate some unnecessary services and applications which run automatically at the system startup. And reboot your computer finally.

4. Clean useless DLL files in the memory to speed up your computer.

Too many useless DLL files could affect the speed of computer because they would occupy much memory space so that cause the computer slow performance.

1)Click Start menu--Run--Type in "regedit"

2)Find outHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersion Explorer

3)create a new DWORD name it as "AlwaysUnloadDLL".

4) Modify the data as "1"

Or you can download some registry cleaners to speed up your computer by cleaning invalid and missing DLL files of system.

5. Increase RAM space.

More and more programs require a lot of RAM space to run properly. If you do not have enough RAM to run applications, you will feel your computer becomes extremely slow and you have to waste much time on waiting for the responding from your computer.

6. Clean up unused desktop icons to speed up your computer.

Too many icons on the desktop also will slow down the speed of computer. By following these steps, you can clean your desktop within a few of seconds. a. Open Display in Control Panel. b. On the Desktop tab, click Customize Desktop. c. Under Desktop cleanup, click Clean Desktop Now. d. Follow the directions in the Desktop Cleanup Wizard.

7. Decrease kinds of font on your computer.

Although Microsoft Company claims that Windows system could be installed 1000--1500 kinds of font, if you get more than 500 kinds on your PC then slow speed problem would come actually. So I advice you remove those useless fonts to optimize the speed of computer.

8. Clean registry of system to speed up computer.

Guess what? Many computer speed problems relate to registry errors on your computer. Registry is a crucial part of computer system. Invalid and missing registry of system would absolutely cause numerous PC errors including the computer speed problem. Therefore, to speed up your computer by cleaning registry errors is an usual and great method. I bet many a PC users do not know how to judge and clean the rubbish registry so I highly recommend you download professional registry cleaning software to assist you maintain your computer. I have a nice choice for you after my reviewing for many registry cleaning programs. With the "Optimize System" function, you can retrieve wonderful speed of your computer. It will help you analyze and close some unnecessary service of system to speed PC up.