Thursday 2 June 2011

HOW TO SPEED UR PC QUICKLY...6 tips

provided by ur"s GowThaM
By following a few simple
guidelines, you can maintain
your computer, help increase
your PC speed, and help keep it
running smoothly. This article
discusses how to use the tools
available in Windows 7, Windows
Vista, andWindows XP Service
Pack 3 to help make your
computer faster, maintain your
computer efficiently, and help
safeguard your privacy when
you're online.
Note: Some of the tools
mentioned in this article require
you to be logged on as an
administrator. If you aren't
logged on as an administrator,
you can only change settings that
apply to your user account.
1. Remove spyware, and help
protect your computer from
viruses
Spyware collects personal
information without letting you
know and without asking for
permission. From the websites
you visit to user names and
passwords, spyware can put you
and your confidential
information at risk. In addition to
privacy concerns, spyware can
hamper your computer's
performance. To combat
spyware, you might want to
consider using the PC safety scan
from Windows Live OneCare. This
scan is a free service that helps
check for and remove viruses.
Download Microsoft Security
Essentialsfor free to help guard
your system in the future from
viruses, spyware, adware, and
other malicious software (also
known as malware). Microsoft
Security Essentials acts as a
spyware removal tool and
includes automatic updates to
help keep your system protected
from emerging threats.
The Microsoft Windows Malicious
Software Removal Tool is another
utility that checks computers
running Windows 7, Windows
Vista, Windows XP, Windows
2000, and Windows Server 2003
for infections by specific,
prevalent malicious software,
including Blaster, Sasser, and
Mydoom, and helps remove any
infection found.2. Free up disk space
The Disk Cleanup tool helps you
to free up space on your hard
disk to improve the performance
of your computer. The tool
identifies files that you can safely
delete and then enables you to
choose whether you want to
delete some or all of the
identified files.
Use Disk Cleanup to:
Remove temporary Internet files.
Delete downloaded program
files, such as Microsoft ActiveX
controls and Java applets.
Empty the Recycle Bin.
Remove Windows temporary
files, such as error reports.
Delete optional Windows
components that you don't use.
Delete installed programs that
you no longer use.
Remove unused restore points
and shadow copies from System
Restore.
Tip: Typically, temporary Internet
files take the most amount of
space because the browser
caches each page you visit for
faster access later.
To use Disk Cleanup:
Windows 7 users
Windows Vista users
Windows XP users3. Speed up access to data
Disk fragmentation slows the
overall performance of your
system. When files are
fragmented, the computer must
search the hard disk as a file is
opened (to piece it back
together). The response time can
be significantly longer.
Disk Defragmenter (sometimes
shortened to Defrag by users) is
a Windows utility that
consolidates fragmented files
and folders on your computer's
hard disk so that each occupies a
single space on the disk. With
your files stored neatly end to
end, without fragmentation,
reading and writing to the disk
speeds up.
When to run Disk Defragmenter
In addition to running Disk
Defragmenter at regular intervals
(weekly is optimal), there are
other times you should run it,
too, such as when:
You add a large number of files.
Your free disk space totals 15
percent or less.
You install new programs or a
new version of the Windows
operating system.
To use Disk Defragmenter:
Windows 7 users
1. Click Start, click All Programs,
click Accessories, click System
Tools, and then click Disk
Defragmenter.
2. In the Disk Defragmenter dialog
box, click the drives that you
want to defragment, and then
click theAnalyze disk button.
After the disk is analyzed, a
dialog box appears, letting you
know whether you should
defragment the analyzed drives.
Tip: You should analyze a volume
before defragmenting it to get
an estimate of how long the
defragmentation process will
take.
3. To defragment the selected drive
or drives, click theDefragment
disk button. In the Current
status area, under the Progress
column, you can monitor the
process as it happens. After the
defragmentation is complete,
Disk Defragmenter displays the
results.
4. To display detailed information
about the defragmented disk or
partition, clickView Report.
5. To close the View Report dialog
box, click Close.
6. You can also schedule the Disk
Defragmenter to run
automatically. (Your computer
might even be set up this way by
default.) UnderSchedule, it reads
Scheduled defragmentation is
turned onand then displays the
time of day and frequency of
defragmentation. If you want to
turn off automatic
defragmentation or to change
the time or frequency, click
Configure schedule (or Turn on
Schedule, if it is not currently
configured to run automatically).
Change the settings, and then
clickOK.
7. To close the Disk Defragmenter
utility, on the title bar of the
window, click theClose button.
Windows Vista users
Windows XP users
1. Click Start, point to All Programs,
point to Accessories, point to
System Tools, and then click Disk
Defragmenter.
2. In the Disk Defragmenter dialog
box, click the drives that you
want to defragment and then
click theAnalyze button. After
the disk is analyzed, a dialog box
appears, letting you know
whether you should defragment
the analyzed drives.
Tip: You should analyze a volume
before defragmenting it to get
an estimate of how long the
defragmentation process will
take.
3. To defragment the selected drive
or drives, click theDefragment
button. Note: In Windows Vista,
there is no graphical user
interface to demonstrate the
progress—but your hard drive is
still being defragmented.
After the defragmentation is
complete, Disk Defragmenter
displays the results.
4. To display detailed information
about the defragmented disk or
partition, clickView Report.
5. To close the View Report dialog
box, click Close.
6. To close the Disk Defragmenter
utility, on the title bar of the
window, click theClose button.
Running Disk Cleanup and Disk
Defragmenter on a regular basis
is a proven way to help keep
your computer running quickly
and efficiently. If you'd like to
learn how to schedule these
tools and others to run
automatically, please read Speed
up your PC: Automate your
computer maintenance schedule.4. Detect and repair disk errors
In addition to running Disk
Cleanup and Disk Defragmenter
to optimize the performance of
your computer, you can check
the integrity of the files stored on
your hard disk by running the
Error Checking utility.
As you use your hard drive, it can
develop bad sectors. Bad sectors
slow down hard disk
performance and sometimes
make data writing (such as file
saving) difficult or even
impossible. The Error Checking
utility scans the hard drive for
bad sectors and scans for file
system errors to see whether
certain files or folders are
misplaced.
If you use your computer daily,
you should run this utility once a
week to help prevent data loss.
Run the Error Checking utility:5. Learn about ReadyBoost
If you're using Windows 7 or
Windows Vista, you can use
ReadyBoost to speed up your
system. A new concept in adding
memory to a system, it allows
you to use non-volatile flash
memory—like a USB flash drive
or a memory card—to improve
performance without having to
add additional memory.
Learn more about ReadyBoost in
Windows 7.
Learn more about ReadyBoost in
Windows Vista.
6. Upgrade to Windows 7
If you try all the previous
remedies and your computer still
isn't as fast as you would like it
to be, you may want to consider
updating to Windows 7.

TOP 20 TIPS TO INCREASE YOUR PC PERFORMANCE

provided by ur"s GowThaM
Follow these tips and you will
definitely have a much faster and
more reliable PC! The icon
means that the tip will work best
under Windows 98.
1. Wallpapers: They slow your
whole system down, so if you're
willing to compromise, have a
basic plain one instead!
2. Drivers: Update your
hardware drivers as frequently
as possible. New drivers tend to
increase system speed especially
in the case of graphics cards,
their drivers are updated by the
manufacturer very frequently!
3. Minimizing: If you want to use
several programs at the same
time then minimize those you are
not using. This helps reduce the
overload on RAM.
4. Boot Faster: The 'starting
Windows 95/98' message on
startup can delay your booting
for a couple of seconds. To get
rid of this message go to c:\ and
find the file Msdos.sys. Remove
the Read-Only option. Next, open
it in Notepad or any other text
editor. Finally, go to the text
'Options' within the file and
make the following changes: Add
BootDelay=0. To make your
booting even faster, set add
Logo=0 to remove the Windows
logo at startup.
5. Restart only Windows: When
restarting your PC, hold down
Shift to only restart Windows
rather than the whole system
which will only take a fraction of
the time.
6. Turn Off Animations: Go
to Display Settings from the
Control Panel and switch to the
Effects Tab. Now turn off Show
Windows Content While Dragging
and Smooth Edges on Screen
Fonts. This tip is also helpful
with Windows XP because of the
various fade/scroll effects.
7. Faster Start-Menu Access: Go
to the Start menu and select Run.
Now type Regedit and hit Enter.
The Registry Editor will appear
on the screen. Now, open the
folderHKEY_CURRENT_USER
\Control Panel\Desktop. You
should see a MenuShowDelay
value. If you don't then do the
following: right click on a blank
space in the right pane and
select New\String. Change the
name in the new value to
MenuShowDelay. Now that we
have the MenuShowDelay value,
double click on it and enter0 in
the value data field. This sets the
start menu delay to 0
milliseconds.
8. Resolutions: If you are willing
to do anything for faster
performance from your PC, then
try lowering your display
resolution. The lower it is, the
faster your PC.
9. Turn off Active Desktop:
Go to your Display Properties and
switch to the Web tab. Uncheck
View My Active Desktop As a Web
Page. Since the Active Desktop
option under Windows 98 uses a
lot of system resources, this
option can have a dramatic effect
on the speed of the whole
system.
10. Defragment Often:
Windows 98's Defrag tool uses
Application Acceleration from
Intel which means that when you
defragment your drive, data is
physically arranged on the drive
so that applications will load
faster.
11. Take your PC to Bed:
Using the Advanced Power
Management feature under
Windows 98 gives you the
option to use the sleep
command. That way, you can
send your PC to sleep instead of
shutting it down and then
restarting it. It's as simple as
pressing a button and then
pressing the same button to
wake it up. You can tell Windows
after how many minutes/hours
of inactivity to automatically sleep
the machine in the Advanced
Power Management section of
the Control Panel.
12. Faster Internet Access: If
you use the internet for
reference and the sites you visit
are rarely updated then try the
following. In IE (the same can be
done in Netscape) go to Tools,
Internet Options. Next, click on
Settings... in the Temporary
Internet Files section. Finally,
select Never for the first option
and double the amount of
storage space to use, click OK!
13. Benchmarking:
Benchmarking can be very useful
when run frequently. It can tell
you how your PC's components
are performing and then
compare them to other machines
like yours. For example, when
you overclock your PC, you want
to know how much more speed
you have and whether it is
stable. All this and more can be
discovered using benchmarking.
An excellent piece of software for
doing this job is SiSoft Sandra
which can be found in the
Downloads File Archive!
14. Refresh the Taskbar without
restarting: If you in some way
change the taskbar, either in
Regedit or elsewhere, you can
refresh the task bar without
restarting. Hold down Ctrl Alt Del,
and double click on Explorer. Say
Yes to close Explorer, but no to
closing Windows. This will
refresh the Taskbar and system
tray.
15. Quick CD Eject: Instead of
pushing the button on your
drive, right-click your CD drive
letter in My Computer and click
on Eject. This will also remove
any icons that have become
associated with the CD drive.
16. Start Up Programs:
Windows can be slowed down
when programs run on start up.
To eliminate this, check your Start
up folder. You can access it from
the start menu: Start, Programs,
Start Up. Another way to
eliminate programs from loading
even before Windows actually
starts is by doing the following:
Click on Start, then Run. Type
msconfig. It will take quite a
long time for this program to
load, but when you finally see it
on your screen, explore the
different tabs. They all have to
do with how quickly your PC
boots, so select what you want,
and uncheck what you don't
want!
17. Fonts: When Windows starts,
it loads every single font in the
Fonts folder. Therefore, the more
fonts you have, the slower the
booting process. To get rid of
unwanted fonts, simply go to the
Fonts folder under c:\windows
and remove whatever you don't
want. Fonts that have a red letter
'A' as their icon are system fonts,
so don't delete them.
18. Stretching Wallpapers:
Don't "stretch" your wallpaper in
Windows 98 since it actually
slows Windows down when you
drag icons around on the
desktop.
19. RAM Matters: If you have less
than 32MB then you should
seriously think of upgrading it to
at least 64MB. Windows runs
much more smoothly with 64MB
or higher and tends to use less
hard disk space for virtual
memory.
20. Partitioning: A very nice little
thing you can do to boost system
performance. By partitioning
your hard drive, splitting one
physical drive into several logical
ones, you can gain several
advantages. 1. If you get a virus
or you accidentally format a
drive, not all will be lost. 2. By
placing the swap file
(Win386.swp) on a separate
drive, The swap file will be less
fragmented and thus, faster. 3.
Place Windows on a separate
drive and whenever you need to
reinstall it, you rest assured that
your data is safe on a separate
drive. Partitioning can be done
using a few programs such as
FDisk which comes with DOS.
However, FDisk formats
everything on the hard disk
before partitioning. Alternatively,
you can use Partition Magic from
Power Quest to partition your
hard disk without losing your
data

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