How can i make my computer faster?

Question

i mean its slow and stuff is there a way to like make i t go a lil faster?

its is about 5-6 yrs old but it kinda slow

Answer 1

Give it a virus scan, spyware and viruses contribute to slowing it down.

http://www.avast.com/

http://www.superantispyware.com/

Do disk defragmentation.

Start Menu>Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Disk Defragmenter

Buy some RAM chips for your PC.

Go to your local PC store and ask them about it, you will need to know the model of your computer. You can save money by installing them yourself. Some videos on youtube like this one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiFIgSQOY... give good tutorials on how to do it.

Remove unneccesary programs.

Buy an external hard drive so there is more space.

Answer 2

Update your RAM.

Answer 3

Everything Natalie said plus consider upgrading your video card.

Answer 4

There are a few things that I would recommend to make your p.c. run faster:

Disk Cleanup: This will clean up unnessary p.c. files

1. Click Start

2. All programs

3. Accessories

4. System Tools

5. Disk Clean up

6. Select Drive C

Internet Browser: This will eliminate internet junk files

1. Open your internet explorer browser

2. On your toolbar select "Tools"

3. Delete Browsing History

4. Delete All

Startup Menu: This help your p.c. start faster.

1. Click Start

2. Run

3. Type: msconfig

4. Startup

5. Disable All

6. Apply

7. Ok

8. Restart

Start Menu Faster: Speeds up your start menu

1. Click Start

2. Run

3. Type: regedit

4. Press HKEY_CURRENT_USER

5. Click Control Panel

6. Double Click on Desktop Folder

7. Scrow down to: Menu Show Delay and double click it and change value data to O

I will also recommend you check how much space you have free on your computer and remove any programs that you don't need (you do this by going to control panel, add and remoe programs) and finally you might want to do virus and spyware removal scans from the internet without downloading any more stuff to your p.c. (do a google searh for free online spyware/virus removal scans

Oh, and to defragment you disk is easy its under the same menu where "disk cleanup" is located.  

Answer 5

Disk Defragment

RAM

Remove Programs you don't need

and Disk Clean up

Answer 6

Check http://www.pc-optimizer-pro.com

With pc optimizer pro you can safely clean, repair and optimize your computer.

It will help improve your system performance without expensive hardware upgrades.

Answer 7

For running slow there are many causes:

Microsoft Registry Problems = Slow Computer!

Spyware/Adware

RAM

De-Fragmenting

Etc.

Below can help you speed up your pc:

For  IE, click Tools, Internet Options  delete files (offline files) clear history (set days to save to 0 if you want) click o.k., and Restart

For Firfox, press ctrl+shift+del, and click clean private data.

Manage your startup:

Open your Start menu  ->  Click Run ->  In the command screen type "msconfig.exe" ->  In the "system configuration utility", click either "service" or "startup" tab ->  Uncheck all programs that your are no longer using.

De-Fragmenting

1. Right click of C Disk.

2. Click properties.

3. Click tools tab.

4. Click "Defragment now".

5. Click Defragment.

You can search which process full use you cpu, and end the process.

Under steps:

1. right click on the TaskBar.

2. click the Task Manager.

3. click the processes tab.

4. double click the CPU.

5. find if the "System Idle Process" is max.

6. if not right click and click end process.

Learn  "Why Is My Computer Running so Slow?" and "How to Speed it UP":

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Answer 8

Remove programs that you do not need.

Increase your system's RAM.

Answer 9

Using a registry cleaner can clean up your computer and then make your computer faster,Why?the reason is that there may be some registry errors and remnant,corrupt files and temp files in your computer to cause "computer slow".

Every time you install and uninstall software on your computer and surfing online you create junk in the computer registry.over time, the registry can grow to enormous proportions, especially if the various programs you've installed do not do a good job of deleting and/or updating it's Registry entries.You need to scan and clean your computer with registry cleaner to make it fast.Good Registry Cleaner will improve your computer and Internet performance dramatically!

There are some comparison and review of TOP 5 registry cleaners.

http://www.fix-system.com/

You can download and scan your computer for free.