How to quickly and easily optimize and Speed up your PC

By Anne Ahira

A common complaint among computer users is that their PC has significantly slowed down gradually since the day they purchased it. There are numerous reasons why this occurs and most can be easily fixed with a few clicks of the mouse with free software or programs that are already installed on your computer. A common cause of the loss of speed is files that are unintentionally picked up while browsing the internet. These include malware, adware, spyware, malicious executable files, Trojans, and viruses that not only cause your computer to run slower, but are also a security threat to your personal information.

These files can easily be removed with various software programs that are designed to detect and remove these files and programs. One of the common causes of a slow starting computer is the number of desk icons on the desktop. There should be no more than twenty icons on your desktop and unnecessary ones can easily be removed by right clicking on your mouse and deleting them, or left clicking and dragging them to a designated folder. The recycle bin should also be emptied on a regular basis to free up disk space on your hard drive.

Another common problem is the corruption of the Windows registry files that can cause your computer to run slowly as well as issues such as "freezing". These can also be easily repaired with software that scans for these errors and corrects them. Disk Cleanup and Disk Defragmenter are programs that can be accessed by clicking on "My Computer" and should be run on a regular basis as they will also increase the speed of your computer. If you would like more details on optimizing, maintaining, and increasing the speed of your computer, please visit us today!

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Does increasing your random-access memory always speed up your PC?
Does increasing your random-access memory always speed up your PC? Or is there an upper limit where increasing it further doesn't make much difference. If I only run fairly simply programs, is there much point upgrading from 2GB to 3GB?

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mustafa_quraish
There is no need to upgrade, my computer has 564MB RAM ( seriously) and it works freakingly fast!!!!!!

bon-gart
Here is a way of looking at the whole thing. Picture a man sitting at a desk, in an office. The man represents the CPU or processor. His filing cabinet represents the hard drive. The work surface, or size of the desk represents the amount of RAM you have. A small desk top equates to a small amount of RAM. A larger desk top represents more RAM. If the man has a large desk surface, it means he can spread out more work before him, and do it all at the same time. The more RAM you have, the more programs you can run simultaneously and comfortably. If you really want to see your RAM usage, bring up your Task Manager (right click on the clock in the right corner, and choose Task Manager from the menu). Click the processes tab, and examine the amount of RAM each process is using. Do this when you are running programs you would normally be using. If you are using more RAM than your 2gb... you need to add more RAM. If you are always using less than 2gb.. then you don't need to add more.

Disturbed
Im just gonna answer ur question by what you said. If ur only running fairly simply programs then theres no point upgrading to 3GB. More RAM only really comes necessary when most of your current RAM gets used up. 2GB is plenty generally only games would require that much so yeh dont do it.

Sanyam S
there'll be a very minor change in the speed as u're not upgrading it very much but as u run very simple peograms u wont be needing any more.. and there's no upper limit after which it doesn't make any difference.... Best Of Luck!

Phoenix
For average people when you pass 2GB or 3GB you no longer notice a difference in speed. For gamers when 4GB is passed games will no longer have a noticeable speed boost.

Wes G
It really depends on what you do with your computer exactly. If all you use is a word processor, then you won't notice anything most likely. Since you say you only run simple programs, there's no need to go from 2GB to 3GB at all. The amount of demand on your RAM is based on what you're running and how many things you're running at once. So if you keep it simple, there will never be too big of a strain on your memory. Some programs are big RAM eaters at times even though they're fairly simple in nature (like Photoshop, Painter, etc). So if you use those heavily it could be worth it to add the next bit. RAM isn't very expensive, so I don't think it's bad to add more in any case even if you're not sure if you'll truly need it.

Billion Dollar Boy
Here is a true example: I recently bought a new Macbook Pro and it came with 2G Ram. I went out and upgraded it to 4G of Ram. I had NO noticeable increase in speed. Things that are more likely to increase your speed are: 1) Faster processor 2) Dual Core (or better) processor Increasing Ram only helps if your processor is fast enough to utilize it. In most cases, with average laptops and desktops, increasing Ram will not make a noticeable difference in your speed

Fhgh
The Windows Registry is the master control center for your operating system and applications it runs. Corruption or overload registry issues can cause all sorts of pc performance problems, including poor application startup times, slow Windows start-up, extremely slow shut down, inability to resume from computer sleep and more.Cleaning, compacting, and optimizing your Windows registry can go a long way to dramatically speeding up your computer’s performance, start-up and shutdown speed. Recommended: Run a Registry Scan Now to Detect Errors and Improve your PC’s speed instantly!

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