How To Increase Computer Speed And Performance - Greate Tips & Tricks
By Alan Johns

Here you will be able to learn some amazing tips and trick
which you can use to optimize your computer's performance. You
can increase your computer speed significantly than before.

Many computer users are worried about their computer's
performance. After spending lot of bucks, still they cannot
have that charm of using PC as they had expected. Here I am
going to explain some major tricks which are used by many
computer users which help them to take efficient use of their
CPU.

These tips could be of little importance for people who are
already using processors with speed more than 2400 MHz but
people using computer with less speed and little older mother
boards and processors will enjoy these tips. They will realize
significant increase in their computer's performance.

Here are these tips:

1. Operating system choice:

You will be amazed to know that your choice of choosing right
windows or operating system could play a significant role on
your CPU's performance. For example if you are given 5 bricks
to carry them to next apartment and then 10 bricks to do same.
Think how would be your performance if compared with both
situations. Obviously you would perform well when carrying only
5 bricks.

Same is the case with Microsoft windows. The lighter the
windows you have, higher the performance will be shown. Now
this does not mean that you should install Windows 95. Here is
the order of Windows weight: Windows XP (any addition) >
Windows 2000 > Windows Me > Windows 98 (the lightest one). So
if you have Pentium 4 with good ram then I would recommend you
to use Microsoft Windows XP. People using Pentium 3 computers
could use windows 2000 or if they have ram more than 256 MB
then they can use windows XP too. All other lower speed users
should use windows ME or 98.

You would have to compromise between speed and quality. You can
decide now which operating system you should use now.

2. Partitions:

Before starting this topic I would like to give you a simple
example. Suppose in one case if 100 items are placed in a house
having only 2 rooms and you are required to find item no. 89,
from second room. You will have to scroll through 50 items in
room two to find item 89. In other case if same 100 items are
placed in house having 4 rooms and you are required to find
item 89 from room 2 then you would have to scroll through only
25 items present in that room and you would spend less time.

Same is the case here for partitions. If you are having more
number of partitions, it would help your windows more to find
required data easily from your hard disk, when you run any file
or program. I would advice you to have more partitions each
having at least 5 GB memory and maximum 20 GB.

You should be very careful while partitioning your hard drive
and believe me many people make mistakes when they partition
hard disk and lose all of their important data.

3. Defragment Your Hard disks:

Your partitions become more fragmented when you create or
delete folders, save new files, delete or move them and they
become scattered on you hard drive and as time passes, windows
become slower and slower due to time needed by the system to
find required file on hard disk. You can learn more about why
volumes become fragmented by using "Disk Defragmenter" Help.

My main point is that your computer becomes lazy with time. I
am sure many of you have observed that after installing
windows, computer become slower gradually with time. So I would
strongly recommend you that you use Disk Defragmenter regularly,
at least a week. I know it is quite boring process but while
taking bath, lunch start it. Believe me you will feel the
difference later.

4. Frequency of Changing Windows:

I would like you to compare the difference between speeds of
your computer when you freshly installed windows and now. I
know your answer! Obviously now you will be feeling your PC
lazier than before.

This is all due to many factors such as file fragmentation;
increasing of windows registry size, increase in number of
files and folders in your primary partition and also because of
some viruses and spy wares.

I would strongly suggest you that you should reinstall windows
after formatting your primary partition at least every 3
months. That will keep your computer always efficient. Many
people think that formatting hard drive is not good. That is
almost a wrong illusion. Formatting your partition every 3
months and installing fresh copy of windows will considerably
increase your computer's performance.

5. My last tip:

Finally do not save junk, programs, movies, games and almost
anything you can on your windows partition that is usually C:
and believe me your computer would show optimal performance for
longer time and provide fewer errors.

It is better you make your "My Documents" folder in other drive
than C: as well as make also Program Files folder so install
everything like Microsoft office e.t.c there not in windows
installation drive. Do it and feel the difference.

Always check for your programs which automatically run at
startup and use your computer's significant resources. Try to
disable them carefully and feel the change in performance. Here
is a way to check which programs and processes start
automatically when windows starts. Go to START->Run then type
"MSCONFIG" then you can see which your memory consuming
programs are. If you do not want to do anything above and want
shorter way with shorter improvements then create new user
account and delete previous one. You will observer a slighter
change and this also removes many errors if present in windows.

If you cannot even do this then why you wasted your time by
reading this article and do something else ;)

I have tried my best to show all possible ways that could help
you all to improve your computer performance.

About the Author: Alan John, always have tried to help windows
users in all ways possible. Due to good experience and taking
of some computer courses, I am able to do that. Here is one of
my website should help many of you. http://freehelp.50webs.com

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