Tips to make your computer run faster

[kpozr2 10+ year member]

besides upgrading ram and such what are some simple things i can do to make my PC run faster?

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[TylerBD12 10+ year member]

delete all your ****?

 

[armstrong 10+ year member]

delete all your ****?

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[nate2587 10+ year member]

delete all your ****?

******** to it faster??//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

run/msconfig/startup and uncheck everything you dont need to startup on boot

clean the temp files and registry every week

defrag every week

switch from a normal drive to a 10k rpm raptor

reinstall your OS every 6 months

 

[TylerBD12 10+ year member]

run/msconfig/startup and uncheck everything you dont need to startup on boot
clean the temp files and registry every week

defrag every week

switch from a normal drive to a 10k rpm raptor

reinstall your OS every 6 months

that'll work also...

 

[tigerf117 10+ year member]

x2 on what scooby said. Also, download and install WinPatrol, that ways everything that makes changes to your system you will be alerted to and be able to allow or disable. Pretty small app.

Basically I uncheck everything except for antivirus and maybe something like Daemon tools. You dont NEED anything other than AV software/firewall running when windows boots up. Also, disable most of the services under the services tab (however make sure to check hide all MS services) other than those related to AV. PM if you would like a more detailed walkthrough.

 

[Beat_Dominator 5,000+ posts]

Hit Ctrl-Alt-Delete.

Go to the "processes" tab.

In the bottom left there is a number of running items.

Windows only needs like 13 to function. Try to get that number to 20-35 range by doing what Scoobydoo said, or deleting programs you no longer use.

I've seen poor bastards with like 80 running processes, that'll zap most of your performance.

 

[shortyg83 10+ year member]

You could go the overclocking route but unless your good at comps I wouldn't fool with it you can burn up the proccessor or the MB if you dont have good cooling. You can download some apps like tweakXP which can turn different windows functions off and on and take up less resources

 

[rhymes4life27]

thanks for the help scooby and all--those tips seem like theyll really improve my cluttered *** computer

 

[mtlhead 10+ year member]

get something to look for and clean up spyware

 

[wesl56 10+ year member]

reinstall your OS every 6 months

honestly thats the only thing i tell windows users anymore

sadly the only thing that straightens all that crap out //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[Beat_Dominator 5,000+ posts]

My XP pro install is 4 years old now. Only problem I have is a file on my desktop that doesn't exsist...so it's not deletable //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[AcidicDreams 10+ year member]

Basically I uncheck everything except for antivirus and maybe something like Daemon tools. You dont NEED anything other than AV software/firewall running when windows boots up. Also, disable most of the services under the services tab (however make sure to check hide all MS services) other than those related to AV. PM if you would like a more detailed walkthrough.

If you any smarter than a brain damamged two year old you don't even need the AV/Firewall...

Run AVG (free antivirus) to scan downloaded files, and don't open email attachments are obviously viruses... people overplay the threat quite a bit

As for the firewall NAT is good enough to stop 99.9% of hackers... not to mention most people don't have serious personal info on their computers to protect anyways...

As for getting windows to run smoother/faster

1) Re-install windows, don't load programs you don't need to be running (use winconfig)

2) DO NOT INSTALL NORTON PRODUCTS ON YOUR COMPUTER