Speed Up Your Computer In 5 Easy Steps

By Author: Jamie Hanson
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Is this Tutorial for you?

...Unless you are a techy totally. This book is designed for novice users. After reading this you are going to feel empowered by the fact that you can speed up and keep your computer. So much that you might feel like a techy by the time you are done reading this.

Do I really want to replace my computer??

When your computer was brand new it was running at its peek performance.

You are most likely reading this as your computer is no longer running as fast as it was when you have purchased it. You might be thinking if you purchased a new computer your performance problem would be solved. Well I'm here to tell you, you are absolutely right. Buying a new computer system will solve your performance issues.....For the time being that is. Your problem is not that your computer is out of date or broken your problem is that your computer is not properly maintained. 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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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

Let's not get to technical here to start out. Trash gets into your computer as you surf the internet and through normal 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 eradicates temp files, downloaded program files as well as old components you are not using, and even empties your recycle bin. When it is finished you don't need to restart.

Now how easy was that?

By this process you have cleaned the maximum unwanted files and the performance is improved.

Step 2
Removing unecessary Programs

The frequent changes on the computer is a factor that affects the system to become slow. Uninstalling programs can undo these updating and free up system resources in the process which should give you a nice performance enhancement.

Follow these steps to remove 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. This is by far the most common reason systems progressively slow down. When you install an application for the first time in most cases they will set themselves to load at start up. The applications are available at two places. The first place is your start up folder and the second place we will cover in Step 5.

Follow these steps to empty 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 instigate as cache. It is virtual memory. This is used when 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 below and run scan disk.

Scan disk corrects data errors on your hard drive. It is essential to correct data errors before you run disk defrag. Make run all programs are close before you start.
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. Restart before operation.

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?

The program installed each time helps in running the installation. 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 unneeded start up items by right clicking on each icon and instigating 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 unnecessary

Reducing the Size of your Registry

The registry is a dumping ground for application settings.Uninstalling the program doesn't always reverse the changes it made to your registry. This causes your registry to produce overtime. When your registry is full the computer slows down in its performance. This is accurately 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 accomplish. There is an alternative way to reduce the size of your registry and keep it reduced. Spend 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.
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