Monday, September 26, 2011

How to speed up your computer


Windows operating system is an intelligent machine, it has the capability to repair and fix many system related issues automatically and it works as if a PC repair tool also. You might have noticed when a blue screen appears your computer reboots or shutdown automatically, it is just because the produced error in the system should not affect the other components of the machine. However there are many occasions where Windows cannot heal itself and we need some extra efforts to fix the issues. Follow are some important points for how to speed your computer.


Automatic updates from Microsoft: - Automatic updates from Microsoft can be obtained easily. These updates are essential to protect your computer from many external threats such as spyware, virus, Trojan and from other malwares. Though not all the updates released by Microsoft are important for your PC, but most of them are highly required especially security related updates. It is easy to download and can be downloaded automatically from -

Go to control panel and select Automatic updates and turn it on if it’s off.

Performance information tools: - Performance and Information is a place where you’ll find many useful other tools and utilities. This is a great collection of features in Windows 7 and it has many useful tools and utilities within itself. Go to Go to and check for various useful tools and utility there. A performance information tool is the place where you can get many useful and PC tune up utilities simultaneously. They are related to the followings-

Adjust visual effects in your PC- Visual effects do not contribute in Windows performance but they consume lot system resources all the time. Turning visual effects off can save you huge amount of system resources and you can make your PC run faster.

Adjust indexing service- If you do not search many items from the Windows search indexing, you can turn this feature off to speed up your PC performance.

Adjust power settings- By default the Power setting is not set to the highest performance. You may change the power plan to the highest from the same performance information tool.

Run Disk cleanup tool:- Run Disk Cleanup tool under the Performance information tools. This tool looks for all the temporary and other unwanted stuff in your computer. Run the utility and remove all the temporary files from your system.

Advance tool- Advance tool option under performance and Information option contains many useful sub menus. You can check your system current health status from this option and can perform many Windows tweaks and tricks. The advance Tool feature works as a great PC doctor tool which is capable enough to solve many PC related issues.

Verify your CPU usage

Verify if the CPU usage is normal or not. If it is above normal (usually should be 15) the performance of your computer will be slow. High CPU usage can be due to many factors in your system. A virus or any other malware can infect your system and the CPU usage will go up to 100% as well. Use your up dated virus remover tools to remove all the viruses from your PC. There are many free antivirus and other computer cleaner tools available online those are of great importance to eliminate any PC threat from your system.

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