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| Speed up your computer in 5 easy Steps |
By:
Jamie Hanson |
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Is this Tutorial for you?
...Unless you are a techy completely. The book is for beginners. After reading this you are going to sense empowered by the fact that you can speed up and preserve your computer. So much that you might feel like a techy by the time you are done reading this.
Do I really require to replace my computer??
When your computer was brand new it was running at its peek performance.
You are most likely reading this because your computer is no longer running as fast as it was when you initially purchased it. You might be thinking if you purchased a new computer your performance problem would be solved. Well I'm here to advice you, you are totally right. Buying a new computer system will solve your performance issues.....Temporarily that is. The crux of the computer performance lies with its periodical and perfect maintenance. My goal is to exhibit you a way to speed up your computer speediliy and easily.
In this volume I will teach you 5 easy steps that will speed up your computer.
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This means as long as you don't alter the content of this e-Book you can use it as a part your newsletter, give it away as a bonus gift, or simply to add great content to your website. You may not give this book in any other format then PDF .
Table of Contents
Step 1 : Taking out the Trash
Step 2 : Removing unnecessary programs
Step 3 : Eliminate start up items
Step 4 : Defragmenting your hard drive the right way
Step 5: Cleaning the Windows Registry
Step1
Taking out the Trash
Technical knowledge is not required at the outset. Junk gets into your computer as you look through the internet and through common usage. Remove junks to the trash. It is as effortless as that.
Follow these easy steps to perform Disk Clean up.
Open My Computer
RIGHT CLICK on your C DRIVE ICON
SELECT PROPERTIES
Press the DISK CLEAN UP button
What is Disk Clean up?
Disk Clean up removes temp files, downloaded program files as well as old components you are not using, and even empties your recycle bin. There is no necessity to restart the computer.
Now how effortless was that?
By this process you have cleaned the maximum unwanted files and the performance is improved.
Step 2
Removing pointless Programs
The frequent changes on the computer is a factor that affects the system to become slow. Uninstalling programs can undo these variations and free up system resources in the process which should give you a nice performance improvement.
Follow these steps to eradicate unnecessary programs.
Click your Start button and find your Control Panel
Look for an Add Remove programs icon or an icon labeled Programs and Features if you are running Vista or Windows 7 Uninstall all unneeded applications and restart your computer when you are finished.
Step 3
Eliminate Start up Items
Programs working in the background takes up memory and steals system resources. That is why the operation system slows down. When you set up an application for the first time in most cases they will set themselves to load at start up. There are 2 places you can look for these applications. The first place is your start up directory and the second place we will cover in Step 5.
Follow these steps to vacant of your start up folder.
In your Start Menu select Programs then Start Up. Now Right Click and Delete each short cut.
Step 4
Defragmenting you hard drive the perfect way
Every time for install a program, create or delete a file data gets scattered on your hard drive. Windows needs continuous blocks of hard drive space to use as cache. Cache in Windows is called virtual memory. This is used whilst all your physical memory has been utilized. Every so often data needs to be consolidated so that Windows has enough continuous space to use as virtual memory. Before we run Disk Defrag follow the step underneath and run scan disk.
Scan disk corrects data errors on your hard drive. It is necessary to correct data errors before you run disk defrag. .
Right click on your C drive icon in My Computer and select Tools.Click the Check Now button.
Disk Defrag is in the identical window as Scan Disk. Again make sure to close all programs before starting.
Scan Disk and Disk Defrag should be run at least 5 or 6 times a year depending on usage.
Step 5
Eliminating Start up programs in your Windows Registry
What is the Windows Registry?
Every time a program is installed it uses the Windows registry to store settings vital to running the application. Unfortunately programs also use the Registry to load at start up. We need to find the start up folder and delete these settings. The following shows you how.
Run Regedit
Click start and in the start search box Type Regedit
Open Hkey_Local_Machine
Look for the Software folder and open it
Next open the Microsoft folder and open the Windows folder
Inside the Windows Folder find and open Current version
Now just highlight the Run folder
Delete all extra start up items by right clicking on each icon and choosing Delete
You can look at the data column and see what program the setting belongs to.
Removing Start up Items from Hkey_Current_User
Set your path to : Hkey_Current_User\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Current Version\\Run
Remove any start up programs you feel are pointless
Reducing the Size of your Registry
Registry is a place where you can store many things.Uninstalling the program doesn't always reverse the changes it made to your registry. This causes your registry to produce overtime. Every time your computer boots it needs to load your registry so the bigger your registry the slower your computer runs. This is precisely why computers progressively slow down. Windows re-installation is the best alternative. Unfortunately this is way to time consuming and takes a little bit of know how to complete. There is an alternative way to reduce the size of your registry and keep it reduced. Use a few bucks and download a registry cleaner. The operation helps you in keeping the windows operation safe. I use RegCure professionally and I strongly advice it to anyone who owns a computer.
Click Windows Repair in the resource box below to learn more
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