How To Optimize your Computer

Slow and steady wins the race, might be an adage which has survived the test of times, but not when it comes to Computers. With the advent of technology, the need for speed has been multiplied and we are pretty sure, we are not going to win this technological race with slow computers. Here, we give you few tips to spruce up the performance of your PC.

• Defragment your computer hard disk using various tools available.
• Remove all the junk software installed on your PC i.e. all those softwares which are no longer needed or have been self installed.
• A free program called Bootvis by Microsoft can be used to optimize Windows boot time.
• Apart from defragmentation the hard disk has to be cleaned by deleting temporary files, recycle bin etc.
• Many useless startup programs can be turned of using MSConfig utility, which can be accessed by typing msconfig in the run window.
• Windows Defender can be turned off if an anti-spyware program is already installed on your computer. Windows defender icon is generally present in the system tray on the right hand bottom of the screen.
• All the drivers of old devices, which are no longer in use, can be removed from the device manager.
• Your antivirus program should be such that it does not utilize all the resources of your computer.
• If you are somebody who does not care about how your computer looks, just turn off the visual effects using performance options. It goes a long way in making your computer fast.
• Replacing your hard drive with a faster one might also help the cause.
• Run the built-in Windows Disk Cleanup utility once in a while.
• Hard Drive partition should be such that it optimizes the performance.
• Technically savvy people can try overclocking their processors.
• Cleaning your computer fan and other hardware might tweak the performance of your computer.
• A reduced number of fonts to be loaded at start up can speed up your system.
• My Documents folder should be on a separate partition on the hard disk.
• Certain web accelerators also increase the speed of browsing by prefetching the sites to be visited. These are readily available on the internet.
• All the drivers, including those of the motherboard and the chipset should be updated with their latest versions.
• Learn various short cuts for various commonly used programs like MS Word, MS Excel and MS Outlook. They can be found in the help file of various programs.
• One of the simplest ways to increase the performance of your PC is to reformat it , make sure you have back up for all your data.
• If you have lots of files in a single folder, it can slow down Windows Explorer. It’s best to create various folders and spread out the files between the folders.
• Remove those extra toolbars from your internet browser which get installed as a part of promotion of some freeware you downloaded.