10 tricks for a faster computer
Often hear people complaining that "if the computer goes slowly," and when I look a bit to find it a disaster. Maybe not all it seems to disaster, but I that are neater and more efficient setup and use than other people whine and put my hand in my head and think of how many could be improved. Here's a little guide.
1. Keep enough free space on the system partition C: \
Depending on which programs you use and how you need a minimum of 5-10 GB free on the partition. Usually here makes its all Windows temporary files while running (including swap file that gigantic), plus many other programs. And if Windows can be anticipated and configured (Control Panel> System> Advanced System Settings, open System Properties and Advanced tab first button Settings will let you move this file to another partition bigger or faster), more other programs can not or do not allow setup.
Simply doing their all temporary files in C: \ and you have to stop or how to catch're too late for that. Look at what large reach your Outlook emails when you gather. I had the surprise of ACDSee, who has also made a huge catalog of photos pretty well hidden. Take care of this issue and monitor how much free space you have on your C: \ while using the computer, when there are many programs open. If it's too little, it's time to do something.
2. Free up space on the computer.
I look for big folders manually and think about whether they can delete or not. To use this WinDirStat (free), which scans the drive and arrange folders on it in order of decreasing size.
Most are high of a good reason not walk in them. But you usually glaring the problems. A hidden folder ACDSee have a few GB, and I was using just watermark software. I looked through it option "clear catalog" and have applied it successfully. WinDirStat to see when photos you doing with DSLR came to occupy 15 GB and can sort out a little longer or move them elsewhere. See that a program that I use twice a year occupies 1.1 GB of space, so you better uninstall it and install it in a year, when you again need.
This release space is very subjective and do not have a clear recipe. You should think better when you burn lip after disk space, if in the most realistic way to delete or not a folder for a small gain continuous performance versus an inconvenience in that you do not have everything "at the ready". Most times there are always programs in the Program Files or Program Data or AppData you can remove, there are always pictures of stray and who knows what archives and files remaining large computer useless.
3. Use a program that deletes temporary files, logs and other remains well hidden.
I use CCleaner , which is free. He knows how to find and delete a lot of files you no longer need, remaining at various installations, errors, runs, cached browser and Windows and others. Do a scan, it shows you what they found and how much space issue, then you can let him or deletes them. I usually leave him without fear and just the browser cache not touch me.
4. Use a virus.
A virus it can keep those moments where you lose hours of reinstalling and reconfiguring its system. I consider myself super-pro-level expert and I dropped the firewall and other protections, but not antivirus. Although I know what to draw on the net and I immediately glaring dubious websites or archives strange, sometimes even the names and legitimate origin and contain viruses that can not only find out with a virus.
I use BitDefender Antivirus Free Edition, as I said here . It provides only basic protection, that it is free, but are satisfied with it. If your computer May you leave your children or wife or parents and you're afraid because who knows where I get them, they turn to an advanced solution that offers total protection, such as Internet Security or one with Antimalware (compare price and features antivirus programs ).
Better give money only to get home and discover that an hour was enough to ruin your everything when his wife clicked on an email with phishing or children thought they had won an iPhone because they were visitor number one million . I I Armored parents with all the protections possible and occasionally still asks me (already with voice-fearing) what to do because they have clicked on a link and have arrived at a site strange and opened 15 other windows and asked them if they want to download not know what "utilitarian". Stay calm knowing that they have nothing to spoil that do not let antivirus software, so you just explain to them what to do and what not.
5. Do not save many icons on the desktop.
Usually this is more difficult to control because I noticed that you can tell people and 10 times to no longer do so in two days again full of files and desktop icons, for i can to strangle.
I do not know exactly where the problem is, but a crowded desktop "tired" a little Windows. Perhaps because pre-accessing those files do not know. It's all about your organization. It's ok to save files to your desktop, if you find it faster, but then move them into folders computer, depending on their purpose, and leave empty desktop. A My Computer, Recycle Bin and a 4-5 programs you can visit every day are sufficient, although for this there taskbar.
6. Show generic icons, not previews.
An extension of the tip above, but for the whole computer, turn off the display of thumbnails instead of icons sites. Ie a file icon is the generic for that file type, not a real preview of what is in it.
Those previews take real long time to be calculated and displayed much and slow down access to any folder. And sometimes not only displays photos, but including programs such as CorelDraw or Office package have this option and access time and greatly increases rendering. Better organize your files in folders better than having to find out what is in them through these small previews.
Everything can stop Control Panel> System> Advanced System Settings, open the System Properties tab in the Advanced Settings button opens the first Visual Effects, where you can uncheck "Show thumbnails INSTEAD OF icons".
7. Take an SSD.
Do miracles ! Take a minimum 64 GB SSD, put Windows on it and you'll see a significant improvement in performance. That's why it's important what I wrote above, since only 64 GB partition system must have a little look after her.
8. Remove unnecessary programs launching at Windows startup.
Open Start, type "msconfig" and run that utility. Look in the Startup tab and you probably terrified of how many are there. Start cutting from them.
Even as Adobe Updater need to always run with Windows? Other programs and utilities printer-or-camera? Most can be switched on manually when needed, but are made to run non-stop thinking like a user to have as little interaction with the computer when you connect a device to give you the impression that "go straight".
Uncheck not what you need. If a program name is too cryptic, and in what folder it says is, and usually you can tell me who I was and cue-su.
9. Pull the most of your laptop battery.
If you laptop and want to keep as much battery, it's important to apply more of the above instructions. Remove thumbnails sites, eliminated programs that launches useless (especially laptops), walk in Power Plans and configure the current one so that the screen brightness to minimum (on most laptops you can see ok so long as you do not have very light strong back) and out of stand-by time.
10. Turn off animations and other special effects.
You find everything in Control Panel> System> Advanced System Settings, open the System Properties tab in the Advanced Settings button opens the first Visual Effects. There have all kinds of options to animate menus and windows and dispose of them as your convenience.
At the same chapter, ask yourself in the most serious way if you need a wallpaper. You see only when the computer starts, and is covered with windows that you open programs. Remove it or even use a compressed image well.
Why not use: defragmentation utility update (I can do for yourself), let Aero turned on, that still enjoy a little eye a modern look, do not use registry cleaners because I trust that they know what to deleted. With the above, everything goes razor, I never reinstalled Windows 7, XP only once or twice and never gave computer errors.
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