So recently my boss has had problems with his computers at work. THEY ARE SLOOOOW. So I have gone in and done some work speeding up his computers and I came up with the top 5 that helped the best:
1. Upgrade your ram: Maxing out your RAM on your computer can help so much with the overall speed. His main desktop currently has only 3gb. The computer can max out at 8gb. For doing all the Photoshop work he does, the needs the most he can get. I am sure he will be ordering some more soon along with some for the laptop that I work on.
2. Disable Indexing Service: The indexing service basically does one thing: speeds up searches. How often do you do a search for a file on your computer? I do once a month at work, if that. So by disabling this, it will turn off the service and will not continually scan the computer for those key words that may speed up a search that you might do.
–To disable:
1. In the “Start” menu, choose “Run.”
2. Type “services.msc” and press Enter.
3. Scroll-down to “Indexing Service” and double-click it.
4. If the service status is “Running”, then stop it by pressing the “Stop” button.
5. To make sure this service doesn’t run again, under “Startup Type:”, choose “Disabled.”
3. Run a Defrag: Just as it says, be defragging your computer you can free up space and speed up opening and saving of files. Go to Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter. Click the Analyze button, and then click Defragment after the analyzing has been completed.
4. Run a Disk Cleanup: Running this can free up space on your hard drive and remove unnecessary files.
1. Click Start.
2. Click All Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Disk Cleanup.
3. Disk cleanup will calculate the free space on your computer, which may take a few minutes.
4. After the calculation is complete, confirm that only the following checkboxes are checked:
–I recommend only deleting
* Downloaded Program Files
* Temporary Internet Files
* Recycle Bin
* Temporary Files
5. Remove Unnecessary Programs: Removing programs that are not used can free up space and may raise operating speed due to these programs running in the background all the time.
1. Start Menu
2. Control Panel
3. Add or Remove Programs
-Then just select the programs that you never use and hit uninstall.
Hope this helps! leave comments of your own tips and tricks!
Scuba Steve
A lot of performance issues can stop building up and creating bottlenecks if the HDD is well maintained. It has to be cleaned from time to time to avoid excess load and also checked for fragmentation . A great way to keep the PC zipping fast is never forget to run diskcleanup from time to time and I would personally recommend a superior defragger like Diskeeper over the built in one or the freewares. It can be set on auto mode and defrags are really neat.