Is Your Computer Running Slow? Learn How to Instantly Speed it Up Today By Sean Goudelocks At Isnare.com Ezine Articles

Having a computer not only means surfing the net, downloading movies and music, or playing games day and night. It means having the responsibility of maintaining it and monitoring its performance so that you won't have to deal with a computer running slow and sluggish all the time. But if you've been downloading and installing a lot of programs or have files that eat up a lot of space, then most likely it's time that you do the following in order to speed up your computer's speed to what it was like during the first few weeks after purchasing it from the computer store.

• As mentioned previously, one of the biggest reasons why a computer is running really slow, especially during start up and shut down, is because of files that are big in size and that eat up a lot of space. Most likely 50% of those files you don't use anymore, so if you want to free up space to boost your computer's speed, you need to get rid of them from your hard drive. There are two ways to do it: 1) You delete them all together from the recycle bin and 2) You back them up by burning them into a CD or DVD in case you'd want to use them again in the future.

• The next thing to get rid of in the list? It's definitely the start up programs that you didn't even know existed in your computer. Take the time to check your list of programs and see if there are programs and add-ons that you rarely use at all. If there are over twenty of them in your computer, then most likely this is what's eating up your hard drive. You'll be able to boost your computer's speed by 30% after uninstalling them.

• Next, every once in a while, perform a disk defragmentation as this will definitely improve any computer running slow. Defragmenting your hard drive basically means manually or automatically organizing your files and this process helps in freeing up a lot of space in your computer. After defragmentation, you'll notice that the speed of your computer has already increased by 20% or more.

• If all of these still don't work, then most likely what's causing your computer running slow is a virus or malware. You usually get this from downloading data from harmful websites with pop-up windows and unnecessary ads, so it would be best to get an anti-virus program that can get rid of the virus immediately. Some of the best anti-virus programs can be bought either in the computer shop or online, but if you want to get rid of the virus immediately, buying online would be your best bet.

• Lastly, the most forgotten solution to any computer running slow is cleaning up your registry files. These files are created every time you install or uninstall a program so take the time to clean up your registry using a good and reliable registry cleaner software every now and then.

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