the best tips for speeding up your windows pc
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The Best Tips for Speeding Up Your Windows PC
If your computer has started to slow down, there are many options for speeding it up.
Below, we show you some of the best tips for speeding up your PC, some from previous
HTG articles and some described here.
Turn off Startup Programs
hen you install a program in indows, it may add a small program that runs when
indows starts. !fter installing a lot of software, your boot up process could become
slow. If there are programs you don"t use much, they probably don"t need to start
every time indows does. #ou can disable startup programs manually or use the free
tool CCleaner. #ou can also use $oluto to speed up boot time.
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Clean Up Unnecessary Files on Your Computer
!s you use your computer, files collect in all %inds of places. indows and programs
running in indows create temporary files and log files. &iles you have deleted may
collect in the 'ecycle Bin, if you don"t empty it often. hen you browse the internet,
browsers create temporary files, sites put coo%ies on your computer, and the download
history and form history grows. CCleaner can help you clean up your computer. #ou can
set up CCleaner to automatically run on a scheduleand you can also create a shortcut
to run CCleaner (uic%ly and silently.
Schedule a Task to Perform Disk Cleanup
indows provides a built)in *is% Cleanup tool that removes old files and temporary files
to help you reclaim hard dis% space and possibly speed up your PC. It"s a good idea to
run the *is% Cleanup tool on a regular basis, such as wee%ly or monthly, depending on
your computer usage. #ou can use the Tas% $cheduler in indows to set up a tas% to
run the *is% Cleanup tool on a set schedule.
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Remove Malare! Spyare! and "dare
If you have malware, spyware, or adware on your computer, that can affect its
performance. The articles below describe some tools that help you get rid of malware,
spyware, and adware and also how to get rid of fa%e antivirus applications that areactually viruses in themselves.
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How *oes $pyware, +alware or Crapware Get on +y Computer
'emove $tubborn +alware with $uper!nti$pyware
$-P'!nti$pyware Portable is the +ust)Have $pyware 'emoval Tool #ou /eed
'emove +alware 0uic%ly with +alwarebytes" !nti)+alware
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How To 'emove !ntivirus 8ive and 9ther 'ogue:&a%e !ntivirus +alware
Turn off #indos Features
By default, indows enables a lot of features that you most li%ely don"t use and ta%e up
valuable resources on your computer. However, these features can be disabled. There
are many ways to disable indows features. e have previously written about the ;3best ways to disable built)in indows features you don"t want or need.
Disa$le the %nde&ing Service in #indos
The $earch Inde
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In the right pane on the $ervices dialog bo
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The indows $earch Properties dialog bo< displays. $elect *isabled from the $tartup
type drop)down list. Clic% 9? to accept the change and close the dialog bo
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#ou are returned to the $ervices dialog bo
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In the tree in the left pane of the 'egistry ditor, navigate to the
H?#C-''/T-$'Control Panel*es%top %ey. In the right pane, scroll down until
you find the +enu$how*elay data value. 'ight)clic% on the name and select +odify
from the popup menu.
In the 6alue data edit bo< on the dit $tring dialog bo
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$elect
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Delete Unnecessary %tems from the Send To Menu
$ome programs may add items to the $end To menu when you install them. If so, your
$end To menu may become slow to access. However, you can easily customi@e the
$end To menu in indows and remove items you don"t useor even disable the $end To
menu completely.
)imit the 'um$er of %tems in *ach Folder
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If you have lots of files in a single folder, it can slow down
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%nstall Programs into a +irtual Machine
Installing programs in a virtual machine to test them using a virtuali@ation program li%e
6irtualBo< or 6+ware or%station or Player %eeps your host machine trim and fast and
can prevent it from slowing down. hen you uninstall them, any remnants are left in
the virtual machine, not on your host machine 5although, you can also use 'evo
-ninstaller, as mentioned earlier in this article, to uninstall software completely7. !lso,
you can test how the program itself, when running, affects system resources.
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/ow, you can be faster and more efficient when wor%ing or goofing offE
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