How to speed up your PC

It is a common question to all PC users when sometime they feel that their PC is getting slower. But we can not entirely blame the PC, but rather the applications are getting fast. Every program was developed using the latest computing technology.

Another possibilities are because PC users spending most of their times working with fast computer. And felt the older PC at home is getting slower and slower. Actually it may be just as it ever was.

Below are some steps to increase the speed of your PC. But before proceeding to any of those tips, I recommended to backup all important documents, emails and favorites software.

Full scan for virus and malware
You never know what kind of malware that hiding inside our PC. Some of them are not harmful, but will slow your PC if you have lots of malware or adware. Just use the general anti virus program such as AVG and Adware. It's free and very helpful.

Clean up and defrag the disk
Remove unneeded software and try to run Disk Cleanup. Don't forget to delete the internet temporary files from your browser. After that try to Scan and Defragment the disk. It may take hours if you run it for the first time. It is getting faster if you can do it regularly.

Check auto start up and registry
You can try to run msconfig at the prompt to check what programs are include in the start up. Select the start up tab to view it. Uncheck anything that looks useless. But try not unchecking the windows system files. And for cleaning the registry you can try CCleaner. It's free.


After performing all those steps and the pc still running slow, maybe it is the time to:

Reinstall windows
Try formatting the drive and install all the windows and other software. It's really
clean up your drive from junk temp internet files, orphan registry and other old applications that had been upgraded. Please backup all the important files before doing this.

Upgrade the drive and increase RAM
This trick really can boost your PC speed. Using the bigger RAM and faster hard drive also increase the performance.

Any more tips from other readers? Please submit your advice.