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Optimize
Your Computer in Four Easy Ways!
There are ways to optimize computer systems so they're always
performing at their best. Is your PC running at a snail's pace? Are
slow startups and shutdowns a normal part of using your computer? What
about system freezes and crashes? Not to worry – there are a
few tricks that can help with achieving a faster PC and boosting
computer speed.
Optimizing Your Computer the Simple
Way…
Computers like people, “grow” old. A normal part of
this “aging” process is the eventual slowdown of
various operations. As with people, the solution often involves parts
replacements. But there are other ways to deal with PCs that conk out.
Some of them don't have to involve expensive replacement parts. Yes, it
is possible to optimize computer systems without emptying your pocket.
Find out how you can improve computer speed by doing the following:
- Deleting temporary Internet files regularly can
help optimize computer performance. The web browser Internet Explorer
saves the content from website pages that a surfer visits in the folder
marked Temporary Internet Files. These files can build up and
accumulate, taking up precious space on a computer's hard drive. They
have even been known on occasion to cause odd problems in the browser.
Delete
temporary Internet files this way: Open the Internet Explorer. Click
the Tools menu and choose Internet Options. On the tab labeled General
and under Temporary Internet files, hit the Delete Files button.
- Keeping the number of programs that
automatically start up at a minimum can lead to a faster PC. To view
the list of automatic startup programs, click on Start and choose
Programs – Startup. In order to stop programs from
automatically launching, right-click on the specific programs and
choose Delete.
Relax, this
won't uninstall the programs. You can also search for programs that
start up automatically in the computer's registry. But tinkering with
the registry should be left to advanced PC users. Improper registry
entry editing or removal can cause serious trouble with the system,
requiring users to install software that include the operating system.
For more info on this, see regedit help.
- Limiting the disk space utilized for temporary
Internet files helps jumpstart computer speed. How fast you're able to
view visited site pages on Internet Explorer is greatly dependent on
how big a storage space you reserve for temp Internet files. For
instance, you can view pages quicker if you up the storage space
amount. However, in doing so, you decrease the storage space available
for other files, affecting computer speed negatively.
To adjust the
disk space amount Internet Explorer uses for keeping temp Net files, do
these: Open Internet Explorer and click on Tools menu. From there,
choose Internet Options and on the General tab, under the tab for
Temporary Internet files, hit the Settings button. In the field Amount
of disk space to use, enter a number between 100 and 500.
- Tossing out programs you no longer use, want or
need will yield faster PC systems. If you'd like to remove programs
you've paid for to license, make sure you've got the installation disks
handy, in case you want to reinstall them in the future. Some of the
program software might have been installed on the PC when you bought
it. Check that you'll be able to reinstall them individually if you
ever have to.
You can remove
unnecessary programs this way: Click on Start and choose Control Panel.
Click Add/Remove Programs.
All these in their own way can help optimize computer systems. An
optimized PC is a faster PC. The beauty of the tweaks mentioned here is
that they don't cost a thing to do. Try them out and see how they can
make better computer speed a reality for you.
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‘techie’ enough to do the above tweaks
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