1.Clean Your Drive
Clean up your drives by typing “cleanmgr.exe” into the run menu to access Disk Cleanup. This is that “search programs and files” box that shows when you hit the Windows Start icon, usually in the lower left of most screens (although you can move it to any part of the screen)
Or, download CCleaner which does a great job on the five top
browsers, registries and Windows, overall.
There are a few physical things you can do to increase your
performance, as well. You can and should add more RAM memory until the computer
is at capacity. I’ve found that as a machine ages, you can extend its utility
with a RAM upgrade. I’m literally ordering RAM for one of my laptops as I write
this.
Clean up your drives by typing “cleanmgr.exe” into the run menu to access Disk Cleanup. This is that “search programs and files” box that shows when you hit the Windows Start icon, usually in the lower left of most screens (although you can move it to any part of the screen)
2.
Removing malware
Malware can also slow down your
computer, running in the background and taking up system resources. To speed up
your computer, install a good anti-malware product and set it to auto-update
and run scheduled scans.
There are literally hundreds of good
anti-malware programs available, however several stand out:
- Auslogics Antivirus
- Malwarebytes Anti-malware
- Spyware Doctor
ALWAYS use a trusted name when it
comes to anti-malware software. There are hundreds of rogue anti-malware
programs that will actually install malware on your computer.
3. Clean Your Browser
Regardless of your browser, you should clean it out
regularly. To clean Chrome, click the three bars icon in the upper right
corner, then click “Tools,” then “Clean Browsing Data,” and then check the
history boxes, cookies and cached items.
4.Add More RAM Memory
In most cases, this is simply a matter of snapping in or out
memory sticks. Laptops are usually slightly more tricky and you have to remove
screws, but still fairly easy. You can also have a retail store service desk do
it.
5.Defrag the hard drive
Defragment is one of those words that sends most user’s
heads spinning but it’s very easy to understand. Oftentimes, a tech will leave
this function running after they’ve completed servicing a PC. The software for
doing this is included in Windows and it only takes a button press to start it.
Basically, the function cleans up the hard drive so that files are more
quickly-accessed.
6.Remove unwanted file
There are a number of unwanted and unused file on every computer which slow down its performance. It is highly recommended to remove these programs to free valuable resources of your computer. delete TEMP and %TEMP% by using
TEMP and %TEMP% command in run.


