Do You Have a Slow Running Computer? Speed It Up !!

So you have a slow running computer and you are trying to figure out what may be causing this. There are 3 common ways for your computer to start slowing down and we will discuss them here. Let digest an important piece of information here first. Virtually every little thing stored on your computer is a "file". Some are more important than the others and they all perform certain tasks. Let's see why your computer may be on it's way to a screeching halt.

Tip #1: You have a general hardware problem such as your hard drive slowing down or a faulty RAM chip. This is the least common of the three because the average life expectancy of a hard drive is 40,000 hours. If you suspect something is wrong with your hard drive, get it replaced.

Tip #2: The next thing you will want to look at is how much hard drive capacity you have left. Click on "start" and then right-click "Computer" and select "Manage". Look for the tab that says "storage" and select "Disk Management". Most people store all of their files on the C: drive so we want to investigate it. Right click the C: drive and select "Properties". This will give you the space used and space free. You want at least 12% free on your hard drive.

Tip #3: Ok so you have some room left on that hard drive. If you have a lot of programs installed on your computer, most root problems on your computer point to the registry. When you install another program on your computer, the install program goes out to your registry and changes some files and values. If some of these values get corrupted, your computer as a whole in affected. A great tool to fix your underlying issues is a Windows Repair Tool.