How to Increase computer performance FREE

Your PC getting slower and slower?
How to increase or boost your computer performance without spending a lot of money?Does it has any tweaks to tune up the computer without buying or changing new hardware?Well the answer is ,yes it can be achieved without spending too much money to upgrade the computer hardware .

While new technology keep bringing better performance to our PC.We will always need to upgrade the system to get a better user experience. Did you know we can get more out of the old hardware.You current computer system performance might not at the optimal level and what we can do is to optimize it with some minor tweaks.

If you are the Windows users,you might have noticed that after period of time, the operating system keep slowing down and it does not perform as fast as it used to,the time when we fist install it.

The problem that arises most probably due to the lack of regular clean up for the OS. It can be resolved if we follow these ways:

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1. Delete Temp Files: How to clean up the temporary files piled up on your hard disk. It can be done with the help of free tools available.or you can follow these steps.To clean up other temporary files on your computer in Windows xp/vista:Fist Click Start, Programs (or All Programs), Accessories, System Tools, Disk Cleanup; Choose the correct drive usually C:\ ,Check the boxes in the list and delete the files .

Note that these are the steps to clean up the computer temporary file.You should also delete the internet temp file to ensure you are are free from hacker and prevent browser hijacking via cookie.More detail coming soon.(when i have more time:)

2. Clean up the Registry: You should never try to clean up the registry manually unless you know what you are doing.You can use Registry cleaner tools to clean up . Before cleaning up you registry don't forget to create a back-up of your registry prior to modifying it because these tools may or may not back up your registry automatically .You can roll back the registry if there is problem after delete the registry.

3.Defragment Your Disk Drive. When running programs that contains hundreds and thousand of files, fragmenting can degrade the performance of your computer. And what we do here is to defragment it.Regular defragment will enhances the performance of Hard disk .You can use others software for this task or you can use FREE tool that available in Window to run a defragment process. To defragment your hard drive in Windows XP, open My Computer and right-click on the C: drive. Select Properties, then click on the Tools tab and select Defragment Now...It will take some time to defragment.Make sure you are not in hurry.

4. Scan the System: Scanning the system for spyware and cleaning it make huge differences in enhancing your computer's performance. As a result a significant amount of CPU resource will be freed up.

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Just Spend some money and get the Big Difference====
People who are willing to spend money to enhance their computer performance, check out these helpful suggestions:

1. Upgrade the RAM: The cost of RAM has decreased considerably in last three-four years, and that allow us to improve our system's performance by increasing the RAM. It is as cheap as chips and improving the RAM will definitely speed up your system. . RAM up-gradation can be performed quite easily, and will not require a bios update at all.The computer will run faster then ever before with the new RAM.

2. Upgrade the Processor: If you can carry some more expenses for upgrading your computer, then you should look into upgrading the main processor. If your motherboard is not too old and is compatible with the new processor, then you can change the processor only. However if it is too old, change both of them.

3. Upgrade the Hard Disk: You might consider upgrade your hard disk. The cost of hard disks have come down dramatically in last few years. Increasing the rpm of your hard disk will add up to the speed of your system. If the current speed of you hard disk is 5400 rpm, you might want to look for a 7200 rpm version with the same capacity.

Few Other Tips
4. Remove the Unused Programs: A number of programs in our computer, that are pre-installed like image analysis software, processing software, audio processing software, etc., is not of any use and we never use them. Such programs should be deleted from the system. It will save valuable hard disk space and free up RAM usage dramatically.

5. Format the Root Drive: Even now if the above mentioned steps don't help you much, go for root drive formatting. Reinstall the required programs only. Though it takes some time but is definitely worthy looking at how much difference it makes. Make a back up of all your data files on the hard disk before going for this method.

6. If you are going for the formatting option, it is strongly advised to create an image of your hard disk after all the basic programs are installed. It will help dramatically reduce the time required to restore your computer to a basic configuration.



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