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Friday, February 10, 2012

The Right Way to Boost the Performance of Your Home PC

By Paul Starkey


Computers aren't getting any slower, these days. Quite the contrary -- they're getting faster with every passing day. But that doesn't really matter, since software is getting more and more demanding. Furthermore, taking the economy downturn into the account, we'll want our computers to keep up with the software world for even longer period of time. For this reason I believe it's crucial to know how to improve computer's speed. And because it's really nothing seriously hard to do.

1. Uninstall unnecessary apps You might not want to believe me, but it's actually true. The more apps you have installed on your hard disk, the slower your computer will be. That happens due to the fact, that many of those apps run some process in background you're not aware off and this way they slow it down. They also reduce your free drive space, and NTFS partitions need some of it to run smoothly.

2. Throw out unnecessary applications from the autostart You've probably already noticed it, that there are apps that start along with Windows. It might be Skype, ICQ, etc.

But here's the deal: all of those apps to initialize and to work need some of your computer's precious resources. All of them extend boot time, all of them slow your computer down, all of them make you angry. But that's OK, you can easily deal with that. Just download CCleaner, navigate to "Autostart" and remove all of the programs you know you're not using so often for them to boot along with your computer.

3. Clean your partitions regularly This is another common mistake/problem and at the same time it is another one that CCleaner will help you deal with. Just open up this program once again. The first windows that'll open is where you configure what's to be cleaned up. Check all the boxes you believe you should check, then let the app do its work. Don't be scared, it won't screw anything up. It's completely safe. And also so liberating...

Final thoughts I hope you see that, in the end, it's very important to perform each and every one of those action, in order to preserve your system in great shape and make it serve you longer than you thought. You'll save some money, you'll save some nerves and you'll get something awesome in return. So speed your computer up and enjoy!




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