How do you make your computer run more efficiently?

Well, I suggest you to remove all the virus, defragment the harddrive, stop the indexing services, remove spyware and adware. Also check with the below steps that will boost the system speed with out adding RAM. To improve the core system performance in Windows XP, you should make some modifications to the registry entries. I recommend you take a backup of the Registry so that any damage to Registry during modification can be restored. CAUTION: A registry backup is essential. An incorrect registry entry may cause serious system problems or prevent the computer from starting. You will not be warned of any incorrect registry entries. If the registry is not backed up, the only way to recover the system is by reinstalling the operating system. To backup the registry: 1. Click Start and select Run. 2. Type REGEDIT in the Open field and click OK. 3. Click "File" in the menu. 4. Click "Export" from the drop-down menu. 5. Click the down-arrow beside "Save In" and select Local Disk(C:). 6. Type BACKUP.REG in the File Name field. 7. Click Save. After taking a backup of the registry, change the Registry settings by following these steps: 1. Click Start, select Run, and type regedit. 2. Click the plus (+) sign next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. 3. Click the plus (+) sign next to System. 4. Click the plus (+) sign next to CurrentControlSet. 5. Click the plus (+) sign next to Control. 6. Click the plus (+) sign next to Session Manager. 7. Click Memory Management. 8. Locate and right-click the "DisablePagingExecutive" option on the right pane. 9. Select Modify and change the value to "1". 10. Locate and right-click the "LargeSystemCache" option on the right pane. 11. Select Modify and change the value to "1". Now, you should create a DWORD value, "IOPageLockLimit" in the open Registry Window by following these steps: 1. Right-click an empty space in the right window pane and select Create. 2. Name the value as IOPageLockLimit. 3. Double-click the IOPageLockLimit entry to add a hex value. 4. Set the hex value based on the amount of RAM installed on the system. For 128 MB Ram the hex value is 4000. For 256 MB RAM the hex value is 10000. For 512 MB RAM the hex value is 40000. 5. Click OK. 6. From the Registry menu, click Exit. 7. Restart the system. These steps should now improve the core system performance in Windows XP.

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What do you primarily use your pc for? I have all in all 240 GB of Hard Drive space and I have about 50 GB left. How much ram do you have? And What Operating System are you using? If you are into multimedia work (editing video, photo's, music etc.), you want at least 512 MB of ram. You could always close applications that you are not using, and that doesn't mean keep them running in the taskbar. That will free up some ram for you to use. The purpose of doing a defrag is to cut the work of the needle on the hard drive, meaning that it allows it to move less which makes the hard drive last longer. It doesn't have much value when it comes to speeding up your pc.

aight .... i got the solution.... all u need to is to increase ur virtual memory.. go to control panel ... then system settings.. then there... advanced settings then .... there u can change the size of ur virtual memory... set it to how much ever u want .... and ... be careful that there must be minimum space on ur hard disk... i mean .. where the virtual memory is alloted.. try it... it works.. and thank me after uve done that... :P it will work... actually i am usin linux right now.. so cannot look into the control panel **** right here.. if u cannot find the virtual memory settings ... jus go to the help topics in the start menu ... there u search for "how to change virtual memory" ... u will find it for sure.. take care.. be carefull ... if u decrease the virtual memory size... it will be necessary for u to reboot the system... as u need to increase the virtual memory size... it wont be necessary to reboot... peace

Update your firewall and spyware (I prefer using Norton 2007, which will blocks all type of virus and worms. ), and then you should scan your computer in safe mode. after you remove the virus, I recommend you to use firefox browser.It's safer than IE. It can prevent viruses such as worm,trojan etc. Firefox browser can be downloaded from http://www.mollzia.com