I'll tell you how, with minimum time and effort, to bring your
computer or laptop in order, increase its responsiveness, make it turn on
faster.
It's no secret
that over time the computer starts to work more slowly. Fortunately, this
is fixable. It is enough just to carry out regular optimization, remove
excess information garbage and observe some rules. It does not require any
third-party programs, you can do it with the built-in Windows. About them
and will be my story.
I'll start with simple methods of optimization, I will end more
radical, requiring increased attention.
1. Remove unnecessary
programs
I am sure that there
are one, two or more programs on your computer that you did not use for months. Such
programs are recommended to be removed in order, first, to free up space on the
hard disk, and secondly - many programs have components that slow down the
system a little.
Go to Start - Control
Panel - Add or Remove Programs (for Windows XP) or Start - Control Panel
- Programs and Components (in Windows Vista and 7) and use this useful tool to
remove all unnecessary programs. Delete only those programs whose name and
purpose you know.
I strongly recommend that you remove the following programs if they
are available to you: Sputnik.com, Guard@Mail.ru, AlterGeo Magic Scanner,
Yandex.Bar, WinZix, Google Toolbar, Bing Bar, Start Search, Update Software,
Speedbit, Ask toolbar, Ask.com, Gator, QIP Internet Guardian.
Programs
containing the following words in the title should not be deleted. it can be drivers or useful
programs : A4Tech, Acer, Acorp, AMD, Asus, ATI,
AVerMedia, BenQ, C-Media, Canon, Creative, D-Link, Defender, Dell, GeForce,
Genius, Hewlett-Packard, HP, IBM, Java, LAN, Lexmark, Microsoft, Mobile,
Motherboard, Mustek, nVidia, Realtek, Samsung, Toshiba, Wi-Fi, Wireless.
2. Clean the hard disk of unnecessary files
We
will not confine ourselves to the removal of programs-we will continue to clean
up further. Go to Start - All Programs - Standard - System Tools - Disk
Cleanup:
Here's the window that opens:
Select the C: drive and click OK:
Here we click the Clear
system files button to
open a more complete version of this program:
Note: in Windows XP you do not need to click "Clear
system files", because this button is not there.
Further safely put
daws on all the lines - nothing important will be removed, you remove only
garbage.
Then click OK, a
pop-up window with a question will appear, click Delete files and wait:
The second stage is
completed, we proceed to the next.
3. Checking and
defragmenting the hard drive
Open My computer (in Windows Vista and 7 item is
called simply - Computer and is
located in the Start menu), then right click on the drive C:
Having selected Properties , we get to the window
named Properties (it
is quite logical), open the Tools tab :
First of all we press Execute check:
Be sure to check
the Automatically correct system errors . Checkbox on Checking and repairing damaged
sectors is desirable
to put, but then the test will take a minimum of an hour or more. It's
unlikely you want to wait that long. Therefore, if your computer turns on
and off without errors and hangs, if there are also no windows appearing in the
process of errors and there are no unexpected hangs, then you cannot tick.
Click OK. Since
this is a drive with Windows installed, the following window will appear:
Click the Schedule check disk and reboot the
computer. At boot time, instead of the usual welcome screen, the blue
screen (on Windows XP) or the black screen (Vista and 7) will pop up first - do
not press anything, wait - there will be a disk check.
When the computer finally boots, check the remaining hard disks,
if they exist (D :, F :, E: etc.). Of course, CD and DVD drives do not
need to be checked.
Next, go to the second step - defragmentation. After this procedure, your computer will
quickly turn on, programs will also start faster.
In the properties of the C: drive, click Run
Defragmentation:
Note: you can also start the defragmentation from the Start menu
- All Programs - Standard - System Tools - Disk Defragmenter.
In Windows Vista and
7, defragmentation is configured to start automatically, but for a number of
reasons, this launch may not work. For example, the computer at this time
is turned off - no defragmentation will, of course. So starting manually
at least once a month (often no sense) is more than recommended.
Close all programs
that you can close, then select the disk to defragment and click Disk Defragmenter . We are waiting for the completion
of this procedure, then defragment the next disk.
4. Remove unnecessary
programs from autorun
The most effective way
to make your computer run faster is to turn off some programs that start when
you turn it on.
Press Start - Run or the combination of keys [ Win ] + [ R ] ([ Win ] - this is a button with the Windows
logo between Ctrl and Alt). In the appeared window enter msconfig
Click on OK. The
"System Configuration" program will start, in it open the Startup tab and
disable unused applications.
5. Cleaning the
computer or laptop from dust
Often acquaintances
carry me their laptops and computers with a request to "reinstall Windows,
because it slows down." In the vast majority of cases, reinstalling
Windows is not required. Usually the reason for the brakes of the laptop
and the desktop computer is overheating Flakes of dust and wool of domestic animals
gather on its fans, inhibit rotation, block heat generation ... brp ... So
regularly - once every six months or a year - do dusting your "electronic
pet".
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