How to increase computer performance?
Users whose computers have weak (by today's standards) processors and a small amount of RAM quite often encounter the problem of system freezing. Use the tips below to get the most out of your computer. 1. The main, but also the most effective way to increase computer power is ochistka jestkogo disca. This does not mean, of course, completely erasing the disk, but deleting unnecessary (unused) programs that can significantly overload your computer. By the way, it is not at all necessary to say goodbye to unused files forever - get an external hard drive and send all unused files there.
2. Disabling visual effects, i.e. minimizing the design style. If the design style of your Windows OS is not fundamentally important to you, then you can disable it in the settings (or set personal settings), which will also allow your computer to work much faster.
To do this, go to the “My Computer” menu and select the “System Properties” button at the top of the window.
On the left side of the new window, click on “Advanced system settings”.
A window will appear on the screen where you need to open the “Advanced” tab and in the “Performance” item select the “Options” button.
A window called “Visual Effects” will open.
You can either select the “Ensure the best performance” option, but in this case the simplest design theme will be installed, or check the “Special Effects” option and select the effects that will be included in your custom design style. When you have finished entering, click the “Apply” button and close the window.
3. Defragmentation of the hard drive. If you have never defragmented your computer, then this is one of the most important points for you to speed up your computer. Defragmentation allows you to collect all the pieces of information scattered throughout the hard drive into a single whole, thereby significantly reducing the movement of the read head, which will help increase performance.
To do this, go to “My Computer”, right-click on the C drive and select “Properties”. In the window that opens, go to the “Tools” tab and in the “Optimization and disk defragmentation” menu, select “Optimize”.
4. Changing startup settings. Once Windows starts, some programs installed on your computer have every right to start automatically without your knowledge. If programs such as antivirus should not be prohibited from autoloading for basic security purposes, then some other programs, for example, ICQ and Mail agent you can limit autorun.
To do this, type the key combination “Win + R” and enter the following word without quotes in the dialog box field: “msconfig”. Press Enter.
A window will open where you immediately need to go to the “Startup” tab. Uncheck programs that you installed yourself, and then the next time you start Windows, the system will not spend a long time loading each program. Click the "Apply" button and close the window. Now your operating system will boot instantly.
4. Cleaning the desktop. Oddly enough, you shouldn’t overload your desktop with folders and files, because... this greatly overloads the system. Keep all folders on local drives, and use the desktop only for shortcuts or very small executable programs.
5. Increasing the number of processors. This method is only applicable to computers with multi-core processors. Click hotkey combination Win+R to open the command line. Type the word "msconfig" without quotes and press Enter.
In the “System Configuration” window that opens, go to the “Download” tab and click on the “Advanced Settings” button.
In the window that opens, check the box next to “Number of processors” and select the maximum number. Click OK.
6. Increase virtual memory. Virtual memory is RAM with a page file. When the computer runs out of physical RAM, the system automatically transfers “excess” programs to file podkachki.
Go to the “My Computer” menu and select “System Properties” at the top of the window.
On the left side of the window, open the “Advanced system settings” item.
Go to the “Advanced” tab and select the “Options” button opposite the “Performance” item.
In the window that opens, open the “Advanced” tab and select the “Change” button in the “Virtual Memory” menu.
By default, Windows automatically selects the required virtual memory size. To change this indicator, uncheck “Automatically select paging file size” and check “Specify size”. In the “Original size” column, it is recommended to set a value that is 1,5 times the size of your RAM. For example, if your RAM is 2 GB, then set the value to 3000 MB. In the “Maximum size” column, you can set a value that is 2 times the amount of RAM. Thus, in our case it is 4000 MB. Click OK and restart your computer.
