slow computers are very annoying and counterproductive. Wait five minutes to boot a computer for more than 60 seconds to software, or wait 2-3 minutes until the connection to the Internet is frustrating. Like most people use their computers more and more each day this time may be lost.
Two very specific problems may slow down a computer. We are hardware problems, the other is a software configuration. And a big space that we have no control over the software bloat. When Windows was made in 1995 about one million lines of code, and it took a few megabytes of disk space.
The latest version of Windows Vista, up to several gigabytes. The next most popular Office, Microsoft Office is the same story. Started as software enhancements, the code will eat more and disk space. All files that are created and more material needs are greatest.
Another very important factor that every computer operating system to run Windows registry bloating. Every aspect of the user, the hardware, software and functioning are stored in a database called the registry. Like your computer and more software and more (adding software) swells the database size. And most settings, the most time to load and run this database.
Take the first easy to accelerate your computer. Most people are running Windows XP or Windows Vista. Each hardware configuration is recommended for efficient operation. We will ignore the recommendation of the manufacturer, as for underestimation based on my experiences.
Since you already own equipment, we will make upgrades to the processor to jump because they do not upgrade to ordinary users. Although the chipset is important, the upgrade can be very technical and user-unfriendly situation. If you buy a new machine, go for faster and smart RAM in your budget range. Especially now that the minimum RAM Duo Channel chipset with a four digit number 2000 and above (my last purchase of a quad-processor has been appointed 9500).
They want the fastest motherboard RAM he added. You should check with the supplier of memory (or computer / motherboard manufacturer) to see what could be, but the more the better. DDR is the most cost effective and compatible RAM and will really speed up the reaction of most computers.
Cards come in all sorts of flavors, some cost as much as the computer itself, but can you get a pretty good PCI (make sure you have a free PCI slot) graphics card for about $ 70 online. The GeForce 9500 with 512MB of DDR3 RAM is a good choice for most users.
Windows XP computer should be at least 512 MB of RAM and a graphics card (or shared video chipset on the motherboard) with 128MB of dedicated RAM. Windows uses resources to areas of the RAM in almost all operations. It would be better to have 1GB of RAM and a dedicated graphics card with 256 MB of RAM.
Windows Vista (32 bit) computer must have a minimum of 2 gigabytes of RAM and a graphics card with 256 MB of shared RAM or 64-bit version would be at least 4 GB of RAM and a graphics card with 512 MB of RAM . As there are very few 64-bit software, I’m not even sure the 64-bit still needed.
Now comes the configuration part of the software, which can get a bit more complicated. If your computer starts for the first time, there is some software that the launch of the operating system because you can use. Some of these programs are necessary for basic operations, used to help some with other applications that are installed. Then let a different group, which are installed by the user for a particular purpose.
The three most common user programs are installed instant messaging, alerts, news, weather and condition. Each of these can be a tremendous resource hog. All three together can significantly slow down the boot process, because they have made huge amounts of information in real time, to begin, as the climb.
So if you want to have the boat with your system, you must have the resources. More RAM, faster chipset and a graphics card with dedicated RAM or expect a wait. No way to avoid the slowdown, even if you can find ways to optimize at all if you do a little research. This may help some, but the bottom line, they require a lot of strength.
There is what we call services (processes that are executed to develop joint programs faster) that are launched automatically when you install certain software. Depending on your activity, you can eliminate them.
You can use the various programs, services and processes that run in automatic mode and start with a program called MSCONFIG that comes with Windows. Msconfig can by running and start typing the name and press ENTER. You can get the Windows Help file, access to more information about msconfig.
Once you start Msconfig to see a panel with several tabs. Each tap provides services, information on water, and is currently running processes. Unfortunately, the name is not always, you can determine what service or process that belongs to the request. This makes it a challenge to decide what you want to delete or not loaded at startup.
And if you leave a little carried away, you can take in all cases, even stop and walk, a necessary feature of Windows or other software. And now you have a real problem, because Windows can not start and run without this service or process. So, I advise extreme caution if you make changes.
Another simple solution to speed up your computer to reboot every once in a while. Theoretically downloads Windows files into RAM when starting a new program, discharge the necessary files when you close the application. But this is not always true, and sometimes you can have areas of RAM full of software that you no longer need.
Reboot all safe time to time as much RAM as possible available. Having too many programs can be open to the impact speed of your computer. Depending on your available resources, with 5 or 6 large applications (like MS Office, Photoshop, accounting software, etc. can not open), a real slow down too. They are all very RAM-intensive video applications.
Windows Vista has a new feature called Aero that transparent window (you can by all the windows, see the underlying window), which allows a hog resources. You can activate this:
First Click on Start, then click Control Panel.
2nd Click Appearance and Personalization.
3rd Under Personalization, click Change the color scheme.
In the fourth display the dialog box, click Windows Vista Basic, and then click OK. Or you can click Windows Standard, and then click OK.
It takes a big load on your graphics card, and resources. But much of the graphical search of the reason is to have Vista, so that no option can be. But it can quickly happened in the Vista computer. Vista comes with the automatic indexing enabled (which is where the operating system keeps track of each file for a faster recovery).
Vista users often complain about the hard drive churning all the time, even when the computer is idle. The search service may caused by windows. Vista has an indexing system that keeps track of files and always pitches. This can be a constant struggle with as many files of the OS to be alone.
The best way is to stop Windows Search, the service is disabled. Enforcement Services (just type “services” in the Start bar to the search), right-click the Windows Search service and select Properties. Then click on “Disabled” includes the launch, you can contact the service with the right mouse button and select Stop to stop. “
The last recommendation I can do to speed up a slow computer, and most radical is to recover all your data and make a system once a year. That’s right, clean out the cobwebs, there are activities and software installed. You get to sit and watch all the system updates the operating system, reinstall all your software, then restore your data.
But you have a very clean record and a fast computer. Be ready, it will probably still at least a few hours doing the routine together. But for many people, it is worth the trouble and time, speed up the computer again and save time every day.
