| How To Improve A Computer's Speed When It Exasperatingly Slow |
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| Computers - Computers |
| Written by Ed Lathrop |
| Saturday, 14 February 2009 10:57 |
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It often seems that as time goes by a computer loses a significant amount of its original speed. Sometimes this lost speed is thought to be a normal part of computer aging but this is usually not the case. It takes a long time for a PC's parts to become old enough for their aging to affect the way the computer will perform.
It often seems that as time goes by a computer loses a significant amount of its original speed. Sometimes this lost speed is thought to be a normal part of computer aging but this is usually not the case. It takes a long time for a PC's parts to become old enough for their aging to affect the way the computer will perform. In this article, we will talk about the things that frequently play a part in helping a computer's speed deteriorate and what we can do to prevent this from happening. A Computer's Resources When we talk about a computer's resources, we are talking about the types and the ratings of the parts that comprise the computer. Those things that most influence the speed of the computer would be the motherboard, the CPU and the RAM. Still, even though we may install more RAM in our computer to give it a speed boast, most times this is done to accommodate new software or hardware we installed on the computer. However, if a computer has suddenly become inordinately slow, increasing the amount of RAM will not cure the problem. What Has Slowed Our Computer Down? When a computer becomes slow, either over a short period of time or a long one, there are usually very familiar unauthorized villains that are stealing the computer's resources and causing its performance to suffer. Some types of malware is what very often will steal a significant amount of our computer's resources and make it next to impossible to use. Malware means malicious software and can be anything we normally associate with viruses or spyware. Actually, it is not really all that important to know exactly what kinds of malware, be they viruses or spyware, have infected your computer. However, using a good spyware cleaner regularly is important. There are cleaner software programs that take care of cleaning out both spyware and viruses from your computer. So, you don't need to deal with separate virus and spyware cleaners. However, you do need to clean out all parasites or you may end up having your computer shut down on you and you may have your identity stolen all at the same time! And The Registry! Corruption will build up in a computer's registry from regular every day use. The only way to avoid this is to not use the computer. This, of course, is not a viable option. So, what this means is not only do we need to keep viruses and spyware out of our computers, but we must also keep the registry free of corruption. Just like viruses and spyware will slow down our computers, so will registry corruption. In fact, some of the slowest and most unstable computers I've ever seen have become so because of registry corruption. There are other things a PC owner can check when he or she is dealing with a slow computer. Here's one: look in the system tray. This area of the computer screen is located in the lower right hand corner. If you find any icons there, right click them and look for the option to close the programs these icons represent. If doing so gets some of your computer's speed back, you'll know one of these corresponding programs was stealing resources from the PC. Still, it is most important to make sure you are free from spyware, viruses and registry corruption. If you do, your computer will likely continue to race down the information highway like it did the first day you used it. About the Author: You've learned a lot in this article about malware, spyware, viruses and registry corruption and how any of these things could spell trouble for you and your PC. Now find out how you can get a free scan with your choice of any top rated Antispyware program and any top rated registry cleaner of your choice by visiting Antispyware Review and Registry Cleaner Review. |