How can I speed up my computer?

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1. Jimi says:

   March 19, 2011 at 3:55 pm

   First make sure that hardware is not outdated. It should not be very very old or primitive. Second, your system should not be full of viruses and spuwares and then one way to speed up your system is to select a good PC optimizer and System cleaner such as reginout from Intel Software Directory http://ibx.intel.com/directory/Default.aspx

2. arou42 says:

   March 19, 2011 at 3:55 pm

   Log on as an Administrator.

   First delete/un-install all programs/applications/games you no longer use (especially those you have disks for).

   Burn/copy to CD/DVD/flash drive any and all music/pictures/movie files, verify they copied successfully and delete the originals.

   Download install and run Ccleaner, both ‘Registry’ and ‘Cleaner’ parts…
   http://www.ccleaner.com

   Run Disk Cleanup (Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools) check/tick all boxes, they’re all safe to remove.

   Run Disk Defragmenter (Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools).

   Increase Virtual Memory…
   1.Open Control Panel>System and Maintenance>System.

   2.In the left “Tasks”, click on ‘Advanced System Settings’.

   3.Click the “Advanced” tab. In “Performance” section, click on ‘Settings’ button.

   4.Click on ‘Advanced’ tab.

   5.In the “Virtual Memory” section, click on ‘Change’ button.

   6.By default, “Automatically manage paging file size for all drives” setting is selected so that Windows Vista system can manage the paging file without user’s interruption. If you want change the paging file size,uncheck the check box of Automatically manage paging file size for all drives.

   7.Select and highlight the appropriate drive that users want to change the paging file settings under the box of “Drive [Volume Label]“ Usually ‘C:’.

   8.To fix a permanent size for the paging file, click on Custom size button, and set the values of Initial Size 4095 (MB) and Maximum Size 4095 (MB). To make the size of pagefile.sys static. Then click on Set button.

   Click Start>Run and type

   msconfig
   (or type it in the search bar)

   and press Enter/Return. Click the Startup tab and uncheck anything that’s not needed at startup.

   Go to this site to check which services can be safely stopped/removed…

   http://www.blackviper.com/

   Or… buy more RAM. Download and run the scanner here to find type/speed of RAM needed…

   http://www.crucial.com/systemscanner/?click=true 🙂

   Install Win7…

   A clean installation consists of removing all data from your hard disk by reformatting your hard disk and reinstalling the operating system and programs to an empty (clean) hard disk.

   To boot from your CD/DVD, the BIOS settings on your computer must be configured to do this. On start up keep tapping either F1, F2, F10,(Be Aware that some manufacturers use F10 for system recovery!) Esc, or Del, to enter the BIOS set-up. Look for "Drive configuration", "Boot order" or similar and make the CD/DVD drive the first boot device and the hard drive the second. Save settings and exit.

   Insert the CD/DVD into your CD/DVD drive, and then restart your computer.
   When you see the "Press any key to boot from CD" message, press a key to start the computer from the CD/DVD.

   Follow the instructions on the screen to select and format (NTFS) a partition where you want to install Windows.

   Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the Windows Setup.

   Get some Anti-Virus protection and update Windows!

   © arou42

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