Techspirit March 2014 Volume 1 | Page 9

2 March 2014 how speed Up Your PC Ever hanged up with your PC troubleshooting with speed. We guess many of us generally have the speed concerns with a PC and don’t even know how to overcome the situation. Listing some ways to speed up your PC which can speed your machine up to 200% just try them. Else call us, on a toll added number. 1 Clean up your HDD space being taken up by temporary files and recycle bin. Empty recycle bin. You can get the temporary files folder by typing %temp% in Run. For maximum processor utilization and max memory utilization use MSCONFIG Run>>msconfig>>Boot>>Advance Options>>Allocate max processors and memory. 3 utility. Limit startup processes, use MSCONFIG utility to customize services under Services Tab. Run>>msconfig>>Services>>Check hide all Microsoft services>>Disable all services which are not in use. Likewise then go to Startup Tab in msconfig and disable the programs not used by you. This step is quite essential and can speed up your PC to a high extent. These programs and services get automatically started at system boot and occupies memory, and slows down your system. Turn off indexing to disable windows search indexing at least in system drive (the drive where OS is installed). Right click on System Drive>>Properties>>General>>Turn of Indexing. However indexing helps windows search to quickly search your files. 5 4 Defragment your computer hard disk. Start Run>>dfrgui.exe>>Analyze and then defragment disks. Uninstall unused applications from Control Panel>>Programs and Features. Uninstall bloatware( programs preinstalled with your factory installed OS), useless toolbars, downloaders(not IDM), updaters, unessential media players, teracopy, widgets, easy tune utility etc. 7 2 6 Check for viruses and spyware clean then use one and only trusted antivirus programs, if you already have anti-spyware software installed, turn off Windows Defender protection. Don’t use too many antivirus programs use one lightweight like BitDefender and QuickHeal. Update all your drivers to their latest versions, do not install any additional drivers for sound or Bluetooth, wireless LAN, display etc. if it is already installed with windows and working properly. 8 Techspirit | 9