speed up your pc

  

 Is your PC running slower than before? Does your PC hang on you all the time? Many of you might be facing this problem. Every computer, with a lot of use becomes slower with time. It might be due to various reasons like a virus infection, some hardware problem, etc. Here are some measures that can be adopted to speed up your computer. Follow these steps to make your computer speedy again. Extreme caution should be exercised while performing these actions. One wrong move could cost a lot of damages.

1. Sufficient Hardware

First and foremost, you have to make sure that you have sufficient hardware installed in your for the smooth functioning of your computer.

2. Defrag the Drive

An easy way to increase the performance of your computer is to defrag the hard drives. The more the information you store in your hard drive, Windows places some parts of the same file in different locations. So defragmenting will help the files to be stored in the same location and windows will be able to access information faster. Windows provides defragmenting option. Right click on a hard disk drive, select Properties, go to Tools tab and select Defragment now option.

3. Install an anti-virus software

Install a good Anti-virus software to keep your computer safe from viruses, malware ,etc. if you’re using the internet or use pen drives, your system is more prone to be attacked. So it is necessary for a PC to have good anti-virus software.

4. Disable programs that open at start up

Be sure to disable the programs that are irrelevant that open at start up. This will lighten the load on the RAM and boost your PC’s performance to a good level.

5. Keep your PC clean

Many users fill their hard disk drives to the brim with junk and in turn affect the computer’s performance. So try to avoid keeping junk in your PC.

6. CCleaner

Using software like CCleaner will help improving the speed of your computer. Using CCleaner you can find unnecessary files and unused applications and with just a click of your mouse, you can delete them delete them. This gives you more free space, clean up your Registry and lessens the load on your PC.

7. Monitor Windows Processes

Open up the Task Manager by pressing Ctrl+Shift+Esc. In the Processes tab, you can close any program that is slowing down your computer. Please exercise extreme caution when closing programs and make sure that you know what the programs do before closing them.

8. Update your OS

Updating your Operating System may not increase the speed but it will install new security updates in your PC. It is better to have the latest security updates.

9. Adjust visual option

Visual effects also play a major role in altering the performance of your PC. Disabling effects like ‘aero effect’ can increase the speed of your PC. Adjusting the visual effects will definitely make a difference.

10. Uninstall Unused Programs

A lot of programs can hog up your memory and affect the speed of the computer even if you don’t use these programs. So if you have a lot of unused, it would be wise if you uninstall them.