How to make my computer go faster?

How do i make my computer go faster?

• How do i make my computer go faster without deleting all of my files?

• Answer:

  Open up Task Manager (Ctrl + Shift + Esc) and see what's using the CPU and memory. You may have too many programs starting when you boot the computer - these use memory and can slow your computer down. At a command prompt, or the run command, just type msconfig This brings up a dialog box showing all the programs that start when your computer boots. Just uncheck the ones you don't want to start. Be careful when you do this and only uncheck those you know you don't need as some of those are system tools. It could be your hard drive is getting full. A rule of thumb is to keep at least 10% of free disk space. If yours is near that it's time to think about moving your files to another drive or CD/DVD. Under 90% full, it usually doesn't matter how full your drive is, it shouldn't slow your computer down - it's storage space and not actively used until you run a program. Another way of clearing some space off your drive is to use the clean up utilities - Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools to delete old log and temporary files. Utilities like Ccleaner - http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner - do much the same job but with a prettier interface. You need to check your anti-virus is up-to-date. Make sure your drivers are up-to-date. Open Device Manager and update the drivers. You could also try defragging your drive and cleaning the registry - Ccleaner has a registry cleaner - but unless your computer is seriously messed up you won't see much of a difference. The use of defragging and registry cleaning is debatable. Lots of people say it helps, some people say it doesn't but very little in the way of proof either way. Another way is to edit the services that start when your computer boots. I supposed this comes under "advanced", and you need to be careful as turning the wrong thing on or off can seriously screw your computer up.