The Simple Things I Did To Speed up My Computer

When it took minutes just to get to my desktop, and programs waited forever before they loaded, I decided it was time to speed up my computer. Like most people, I knew the importance of regular cleaning and maintenance on my computer, but I just didn’t take the time to do what needed to be done. While it may take a little time to do what’s necessary to get your computer back up to top speed, you will actually save time when your computer operates more quickly. 

Prior to using any registry cleaner or doing any kind of disk cleanup, it is so important to back up your files. It may take a while, but is definitely worth the time in case something goes wrong. Losing important files can be more time consuming and can prove to be a bigger headache in the long run.  

A great starting point with cleaning up your computer is running a registry cleaner. You can find a wide range of quality in registry cleaners. There are free cleaners available for download, but they may be poorly programmed or lacking tools you want. Because of this, it is always best to go with a paid program from an established company. That way, even if you do have a problem, you will get the customer service to help you out. Registry cleaners are very straight forward and anyone can use them. You simply backup the registry, then run the cleaner.

After you run a cleaner, you’ll want to run a couple programs that are so important Microsoft included them with every copy of Windows. Scan disk and drive defrag are both found under system tools and can significantly improve the speed of your computer. They basically find errors on your drives that may be causing problems and then restructure your files so they load more quickly. The programs essentially run themselves, but since they may take a while, you should consider starting them at night before you go to bed.

Something many people tend to overlook is the additional network drives connecting them to other computers. Whenever your computer loads it has to scan all drives, including network drives, and that can take time. By disconnecting unnecessary network drives, you’ll greatly speed up load time.

I get impatient with all of the programs that autostart. It is most annoying when I am accessing the hard disk for important files, and I have to wait for all of these programs to open. I finally went into the “system configuration tool”, and modified the programs that I didn’t need to autostart. Some of these programs like chat software and musicdownloads can attach themselves to your startup wthout you even knowing it so it’s definitely worth a try to find out.

Most of these methods come at no cost and all of them are easy to do. It doesn’t take a professional to get your computer running back at top speed. It just requires you to roll up your sleeves and do a bit of cleaning. Of course a little help from reliable tools like Registry Mechanic by PC Tools didn’t hurt too. I followed all of these steps when I chose to speed up my computer and the difference has completely eliminated my frustrations and aggravations from having a sluggish PC.