At Digibyte, one of the main reasons for submission of PC's and laptops for repair is because thay are running incredibly slow. There are several factors that can cause this problem and can either fall into the software or hardware category. The hardware factor is quite often due to the condition of the hard drive and this is normally due to wear and tear after 3-4 years depending on amount of use. The only remedy here is to have the hard drive replaced by an experienced technician. Other factors can be faulty or insufficient RAM (Randon Access Memory), voltage variances from the PSU or worst of all, faulty components on the motherboard or the central processing unit (CPU). As an everyday user, there is not a lot you can do apart from take the machine to your favourite repair technician for diagnostics, repair and advice.
However, there are routines available on Windows that enable the "everyday user" to maintain and optimise the performance. These are found in the START menu under ACCESSORIES and SYSTEM TOOLS.
1. Open CONTROL PANEL - ADD OR REMOVE PROGRAMS (Program and Features in Vista & 2007) and Uninstall all old programs that are no longer required.
2. There you will find DISK CLEANUP which guides you through clearing out "clutter" in the form of invalid/oblique and redundant temporary files which helps speed up searching and scanning the hard drive.
3. Also in System Tools is the option to DEFRAGMENT. This tool collects up fragmented files from the same family, groups them back together and puts them back down on the hard drive. The effect of this is also faster searching and also frees up some space on the hard drive. Allow plenty of time for this routine as depending on how big the drive and how much data you have on it, this routine can take from 45 minutes to 4 hours!
4. Open INTERNET EXPLORER, Select TOOLS and INTERNET OPTIONS, choose DELETE Browsing History. Clear out Temporary Internet Files and Cookies especially but also History as well if not needed.
These simple steps will certainly improve the performance of your machine, however, for a full and thorough "tune up" then there are some excellent utility suite programs out there although there are alsoo some very dodgy and damaging ones too! So be warned!! One of the most effective and well reviewed speed and performance boosters out there is quite definitely BOOST SPEED (we use it all the time). Run this program regularly and stay away from the computer repair shop!
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