October 27, 2011
How can I get my computer to work faster?
Posted by: kk : Category: Computer Question Answers
Question by kyle: How can I get my computer to work faster?
My computer is slow and its annoying to use. I use different vcirus scanners such as spy doctor and AVG. What are some free good virus scanners and how can i make my computer faster?
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Answer by Kung Fu Panda
you have more then one virus scanner?thats your problem.you could use disk clean up,then use the disk defragmentor.helps a little.
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October 27th, 2011 at 8:28 am
You may have to defragment your computer, these gets rid of fragmented files which slow the computer down,
http://windows.about.com/od/maintainandfix/ss/defragment.htm
Hope this helps
October 27th, 2011 at 8:46 am
You may have used up vast memory of your hard drive. This enables the system to work slower. You can make your computer faster by deleting or uninstalling files and programs that use alot of space, or maybe stuff that you don’t even need.
October 27th, 2011 at 9:44 am
First, backup all your data to an external medium.
Then, if you have no hardware problems, do this:
(1) Run a FULL anti-virus scan with a good virus scanner. Get free editions of Avast or Antivir. Use the latest virus definitions file. But don’t install or run more than one anti-virus at the same time.
http://www.avast.com
http://www.avira.com
(2) Run anti-spyware scans with Super Anti-spyware and malwarebytes free editions.
http://malwarebytes.org/
http://www.superantispyware.com/
(3) Ensure all Microsoft security updates are applied.
(4) Run disk cleanup to delete old temp files and other junk
(5a) Run chkdsk once to scan for file system errors. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265
(5b) Run a thorough disk defrag. Use a good defragmenter for this, and also run a boot-time defrag to fix the MFT and page file if they are fragmented. Check out Diskeeper 2009, which is widely acknowledged to be the best defragger around. Their website has free 30-day trial versions. http://www.diskeeper.com
(6) Disable unnecessary background processes and services that take up memory.
(7) Make sure all the hardware components have the latest and most stable drivers. Video card performance in particular is strongly dependent on drivers.
You do not need to clean out the registry or mess with the registry in ANY way whatsoever. Deleting a wrong key from the registry can damage your operating system.
Good Luck!
October 27th, 2011 at 9:51 am
1) Did it ever run faster? If it didn’t, there’s nothing you can do to make it faster, except to replace some of the hardware.
2) If it once ran faster, you have to find out WHY it’s running slower now. Just “fixing” things that aren’t broken usually breaks things. (I make a lot of money fixing computers that the owners “fixed”.)
October 27th, 2011 at 9:56 am
i think symentic is the best option