How can i make my computer run faster?

Question

My computer lags alot during all my games and stuff. It didn't used to lag on the same game about a year ago. how can i clean it up (aside rom just deleting old games and files) so it will run faster. and play games faster. i dont want to spend money on anything.

Answer 1

If your virus/spyware free, there are  a couple things you can do get your computer working faster. If you using your computer for normal stuff and not gaming. You don't always need more RAM you just need to perform a few maintenance task.

First, if you haven't cleaned your registry in a while. This is necessary. Your registry holds all the information regarding updates, installs, un-installs etc. Each one of those events produces a key. That key needs your PC's resources and free space. So, if you clean your registry, you make more resources available for speed. Do a registry scan if you got more than 20 errors you should clean it.

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2. Clear your Windows cache files, this is your temporary file. It can grow up to a large volume and stop your computer from using RAM properly. In a sense slow it down by preventing it from using free space.Here is how:

1. Quit Internet Explorer, Firefox, or any other web browser

2. Click Start, click "Control Panel", and then double-click "Internet Options".

3. On the General tab, click "Delete Files" under Temporary Internet Files.

4. In the Delete Files dialog box, click to select the "Delete all offline content" check box , and then click OK.

5. Click OK.

3. Manage your startups. Your excess CPU usage is due to too many programs running in the background. You can cut these to barebones by alter your msconfig. Here is how:

1. Open your Start menu.

2. Click Run

3. In the command screen type "msconfig.exe"

4. In the "system configuration utility",click either "service" or "startup" tab

5. Uncheck all programs that your are no longer using.

6. Click "OK"

Answer 2

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.

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You can download and scan your computer for free.

Answer 3

Lag is caused by 5 factors...

1. Internet connection (bad line quality and dropped packets).

2. Proc speed.

3. Video card memory and technology.

4. Lack of Memory (having to read from the page file more).

5. I/O congestion.

If your computer lags now when it didn't before it can be 3 things...

1. Internet connection is suffering (run ping and tracert to the server you like to play on and check if you're getting packet drops. If so, either the server you like playing on is in far far away; or your line is suffering. That's fixed by having your ISP fixing it).

2. Your computer has changed since you played last year. If you added more USB devices, unplug all that's not necessary. USB devices will get fourth priority for I/O bandwidth, and you will be chugging along if too many are plugged in. In gaming, you just want the essentials plugged in (and kill XFire and external chat programs, too).

3. Viruses and/or malware. For that is to run the AV and a malware detector (Spybot is popular for detecting third party malware and rootkits -- but be weary of what you delete, especially .lnk files as it'll remove essential links from your computer registry).

Answer 4

idk if it'll work,

but you can try these:

DISK DEGRAGMENTER

and

delete history  

Answer 5

add more RAM....other than that theres not very much to do.

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

There a several reasons why your computer is freezing/slow. First question is when was the last time you cleaned your registry. Having a corrupted registry can cause a whole host of errors and problems. Freezing up is one of them. If you have a lot of unnecessary registry keys that are hogging up your computer resources. Your computer is bound to choke. Scan your registry with a good registry cleaner. If you pull up more than 20 errors or duplication, clean your registry.

2. Depending on your RAM specs and your computer usage. This could also be a the issue. Having an insufficient amount of free space does not allow your RAM to function properly. If you are using a lot of RAM by net surfing or other activities without enough empty space your will get freezes. You don't need to buy new RAM but you should increase your free space by removing unnecessary data and perhaps increasing your virtual memory. The below link will show you how.

3. Spyware could be the culprit, so do a scan and see if your computer is infected.

4. That last area is a hardware drivers. This could be the problem if new hardware has been added to the system. So, the drivers should still be up to date. So try the first two suggestion and see if you can get your computer to stop freezing/speed up.

Check your drivers. Hope this helps.

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