By: Julia Aidan
Submitted: 2010-10-31 01:38:00 | Word Count: 1070
Is this Tutorial for you?
...Unless you are a techy absolutely. 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 preserve your computer. So much that you might feel like a techy by the time you are done reading this.
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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 common usage. Junk needs to be put in the trash. It is as simple 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 optional components you are not using, and even empties your recycle bin. There is no necessity to restart the computer.
Now how simple 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 variations and free up system resources in the process which should give you a nice performance boost.
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. That is why the operation system slows down. When you install 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 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 correct way
The operation gets scattered when you install or delete certain files. Windows needs continuous blocks of hard drive space to use as cache. It is virtual memory. This is used while all your physical memory has been utilized. The windows has to be left with space to be utilized further on various applications. 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. 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 utilize the Registry to load at start up. The knowledge of start up folder are essential. 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 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 needless
Reducing the Size of your Registry
Registry is a place where you can store many things.Uninstalling the program doesn't always undo 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. Reduction in the space of registry is the perfect to accomplish the performance of the user. Utilize a few bucks and download a registry cleaner. Not only will it keep your registry in check it also repairs windows errors. I use RegCure professionally and I strongly suggest it to anyone who owns a computer.
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