How to Speed Up My Computer
Instructions
The more you surf the Internet the more 'cookies' and 'temporary history files' are stored on your PC. Deleting both of these will free up operating space to help your computer run faster.
• Open up Internet Explorer, click on 'Tools' and scroll down to Internet Options.
• Under the 'General' tab scroll down to 'Browsing History'.
• Place a check mark in the 'Delete browsing history on exit' option.
• This will keep your browser cleaned from temporary files, etc.
• While you are there you might as well delete 'browsing history' by clicking on 'Delete' in the Browsing History area.
Make Computer Faster By De fragmenting and Compressing Files
This process will analyze the use of the space on your hard drive and defrag your files, put them back together, providing 'breathing room' allowing your computer to run faster.
• Click the start button in the lower left corner.
• Scroll up to 'My Computer' on the right side of the box that popped up. Click on it.
• Right click on the "C" Drive and scroll down to Properties.
• Click to open up the dialogue box. Towards the bottom of that box
check the statement 'Compress drive to save disk space'. Then click on
the 'Disk Cleanup' button. This process will take a few minutes.
• Choose the 'Tools' tab and select 'De fragment Now'. Click the
'De fragment' button towards the bottom of this pop-up window. This,
also, will take some time to process.
Clean Registry To Speed Up Computer
The Windows Registry, on your PC, is the place where Windows stores information it might need to retrieve later. After installing and uninstalling programs, or just general use of your computer, the registry can begin to fill up with unnecessary bits and pieces and slow down the performance of your PC. There are several software programs you could buy, download and use to clean your registry but I found the Free Windows Live registry cleaner.
• Click on Clean Up Scan.
• Windows Live free clean up scan checks your PC registry, locates items
that can be removed safely, then you choose to remove all of the items
or choose the items to remove.
• This will 'put your computer files in order' and be an answer to your question, "How to speed up my computer."
Complete Virus Scan
When you have cleaned up your PC with the items outlined above it is a good time to do a full system scan with your Internet Security Software. This will ensure that there are no little viruses to make your computer slow.