6 Must-Know Methods to Speed up Computer

Computer becomes slower and slower, when start computer, time for loading program becomes longer and longer. Didn’t find any virus via Antivirus and everything seems as normal as before, so what’s wrong with your computer? Then how to speed up your computer? Follow the step by step guide below, you may find the way to solve the tough program.

Clean and optimize your registry
Clean and optimize your registry first rather than add RAM or buy a new computer. Registry is the centre database of your computer operating system which contains information and settings for hardware, operating system software, most non-operating system software, and per-user settings. You must load the registry whenever you launch any programs on your computer. If the registry is too fat or with some errors, computer’s performance will seriously be impacted.

To optimize your registry, there are 2 ways.

The first way is to clean your registry manually. But it is with high risk to do this if you are not a registry expert. The wrong deleting or modification in registry will lead a computer crack. Click the "Start" menu button to open the Start menu. Click "Run" Type "regedit" into the text field and press "Enter". Access the many different entries in your Windows XP registry. It is separated into primary sections: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, HKEY_CURRENT_USER, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, HKEY_USERS and HKEY_CURRENT CONFIG. Click the plus to find and delete entries in the registry that you know are either causing conflicts or no longer necessary.

The other way is to download a Registry Optimizer and scan your registry for free. If you are not familiar with registry, it is highly recommended to use Registry Optimizer.

Stop the unnecessary start-up programs
When you first log onto your PC, dozens of programs and services -- most of which you don't need -- start up automatically. Click Start, Run then a dialog appears, input msconfig in the blank and then click OK. Click the Startup label you can disable the unneeded startup programs.

Some Startup program cannot be found with msconfig commend, thus you need to edit your registry. To load your Windows Registry you can click Start, Run then input regedit. Now you have launched your Windows registry, you can do some modification with your registry. For example, if you want to disable the startup Print program, launch the Windows registry, in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run, find the right key and disable it. It is not recommended for users unless you are familiar with Window Registry. If you have deleted the wrong key, your computer may collapse.

Clear the temporary files on your computer
The Temporary files may appear on the hard drive beginning with a tilde character (~) and ending with a .TMP extension. Tons of temporary files on your computer will slow down your computer so you need to clear them to speed up your computer.

The Browser History will not only waste your disk space but also expose your privacy. So at first you need to clear your Browser History. You can Click Safety menu on the upper-right of the Brower, then click Delete Browsing History. For other kind of temporary files, you need some professional tools to find and delete them.

Uninstall the unnecessary programs on your computer
If you have never used a program for 3 months, it is recommended to uninstall it to save your disk space. The traditional way to uninstall a program from your PC to click on START > CONTROL PANEL > ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS, then find the program you want to remove and click "uninstall" beside it. Generally it works well but sometimes this may leave your computer stuck. Some program cannot be uninstalled by this method. The important thing you need to know is, an installed program has linked to the windows, and these links come in the form of registry keys which are stored in a big database called the 'registry. When uninstall a program completely, you need to remove these kinds of links also. Things always become complex when you need to remove data from registry.

Back up your registry
Before you do any modification in your system, it is better to back up your registry in case you made unexpected mistake in your registry. Click Start > Run and type regedit. On the File Menu, click Export...Name the file as registry backup and click save. To restore your registry backup, just double click it and press Yes.

Defrag your computer disk

When your computer writes information on your computer, a section of a file can be written near the beginning of the disc, whereas the rest of that file could be written near the end. The computer spends time in retrieving these file clusters from all over the disc so this causes programs to run slowly. A disk defrag is needed to speed up your computer. You can click Start, Accessories, System Tools, and Disk Defragmenter to defrag your computer disk. A frequent disk defrag is not recommended because it will be hard for your computer. Defragment it once a month is better.

The methods provided above are the most common ways to speed up your computer but also with high risk. If the registry keys are deleted wrongly, a system reinstallation is needed. The important information may lose and much time is needed. So if you are planning to optimize your registry, safety is most important and a registry optimizer is needed. There are many Registry Optimizers on net but few of them have integrated functions like clean and optimize registry, IE manager, Stat up manager, uninstall manager and back up tools. Wondershare Optimize Registry is just the integrated one.