My Computer is Slow | Make Your Computer Faster

Hello friends, suppose you are working on your computer and then you realize that your computer is too slow for you. For every computer user the slow computer is one of the most frustrating things in his/her work. You are working on your computer and then you see that your system is taking more than five seconds to open File Explorer or any other file. None of the Windows actually slow down with time, the slowness of your system depends on other factors — May be some kind of virus or high storage usage etc.

If your computer is slowing down and you want to make speed-up your PC then we are here. Today we will tell you some best tips / ways to make your Windows faster. You don’t need to buy any new laptop or PC.

Uninstall Your All Unused Applications / Programs

Whenever you buy a new PC, there are many applications or programs installed, which you don’t even use. So before heading towards next step please uninstall those unused programs. Some programs run in your background and you don’t know that they are running and consuming your storage and making your computer slow as well.

You can simply uninstall these programs from Control Panel as shown in this figure:

Your Unnecessary Startups

There is a Note before going through this step: This Step can affect your PC’s Startup. So use it well.

You can also disable your unnecessary startups in your PC. To do this:

• Go to Task Manager (you can open your Task Manager by Ctrl + Shift + Esc)

• Select Startup

• Disable those you don’t want

Done…

Delete Temporary Files

Temporary files also make your computer slow. To delete the Temporary files in your system you can simply open Run (WINKEY + R) and type temp and press enter. OR Go to This PC and open C Drive and then go to Windows and Temp. View files details and Delete those files which are older than the current dates.

Temp Files' Location

 

Disk Cleanup Your Drives

Clean up your disk by Disk Cleanup. It will not clean up your whole data but only clean the unwanted files. To clean the disk:

In This PC

• Right Click on the Drive / Disk you want to clean up
• Choose on Properties from the dialog box
• Select General and click on Disk Cleanup

Disable the Visual Effects, Shadows and Animation Effects

Windows offer you some beautiful shadows, animation etc. This makes your Windows appearance more beautiful. These effects hardly affect the performance of computer but may slow down it so we will recommend you to disable those shadows, visual effects etc. to disable it:

• Type sysdm.cpl in search box
• Click on Advance Tab
• Select Settings
• And disable some.

If you want to check each effect then you can but we will recommend you to choose ‘Adjust for best performance’ at the top and then click on OK.

Reboot Once / Again

Sometimes many computers start slowing down because they are not rebooted for long time so make sure to reboot your computer.

Scan for Malwares and Viruses

Malwares and Viruses are the common problems which are making your computer slow so please scan your computer fully for checking any malwares or viruses.

Update Your Antivirus

Sometimes your antivirus is out-dated so it will be unable to find different kind of virus. So please use updated antivirus and then scan your computer.

 
Update Your Windows

If your version of Windows is outdated then may it will affect your speed. So check the newer version of your windows.

Check Your Updates

Clean Your PC

Sometimes dust also creates the problem in working of PC. Try to open your PC and clean every part especially fans. You can find many tutorials on internet on How to clean your PC or Laptop etc.

Clean Everything and Start Again

If none of the steps are working then clean everything from your computer after taking your important data and then start your PC as new as it came.

Required More RAM

Random Access Memory also known as RAM. All applications runs on RAM so if the capacity of RAM is less than the required capacity of RAM for specific software then definitely it will slow down your computer. So if you have less RAM then increases it.

Hard Drive Storage

If your Hard Drive is storing very much of data (more than 85% of full capacity), then it will definitely affect your computer speed. So increase your Hard Drive or expand it.

Hardware Problems

Still have some problems, if you tried every single step given above then there are some problems in your Hardware and you have to change some of them.

Still Slow...

If your computer is still slow then it is the time to buy a new one…

I hope this article helps you. If you have any question related to this topic then feel free to comment below and if you have any other step then tell us we will add in this.

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