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Chad Hardy - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
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- If You Have a Slow Computer Defragment Your Hard Drive
[Computers-and-Technology:Personal-Tech] When software is installed many files are installed onto your computer in all sorts of places. So, when that software is opened or a particular file is opened the computer has to search all over the hard drive to find all of the necessary parts to open. Defragmenting your hard drive will get all of those pieces and put them in some sort of a logical order increasing the speed at which your computer can work.
- XP Startup Programs - How to Manage Them and Remove Them
[Computers-and-Technology:Personal-Tech] Certain programs will add additional programs to your startup process which means every time your computer starts it also has to run these additional programs. These additional programs could be update software, programs that give your mouse and keyboard additional features, search tools and more. Most of the startup programs can easily be disabled with the built in Microsoft utility called MSCONFIG.
- How to Run CHKDSK
[Computers-and-Technology:Software] The SCANDISK / CHKDSK (Check Disk) program will scan your hard drive for problems like bad sectors, and a physically damaged hard disk. All of these problems can result in a slower computer. Sometimes the SCANDISK /CHKDSK program isn't able to repair the problems in which case you will probably need to purchase a new hard drive and have it installed.
- Delete Temp Files to Speed Up Your Computer
[Computers-and-Technology:Personal-Tech] As programs are installed and uninstalled on your computer there are files that are put onto your computer during these processes. These files are normally referred to as temp files, meaning temporary files. The problem is that the programmer sometimes forgets to program the installation or uninstall program to remove these temp files. So what happens is your computer slowly gets filled with lots of fragmented files that don't belong anymore?
- Automatic Startup Programs Are Slowing Down Your Computer
[Computers-and-Technology] As you know when you install a printer, scanner, video card, sound card, etc. onto your computer you have to install the software that comes with that device. What you might not know is that there are some tag-along programs that will sometimes get installed as well. These programs might run in the background checking for updates or give you additional functionality for that device. But you don't have to have those programs running.
- Removing Startup Programs to Speed Up Your Computer
[Computers-and-Technology] See those little icons in the bottom right corner of your computer screen? The ones beside your clock. Every icon you see down there represents one or two programs running on your computer that is helping slow it down.
- 3 Simple Ways to Speed Up Your Computer
[Computers-and-Technology:Personal-Tech] As a computer repair technician I get lots of phone calls from people complaining, "my computer just isn't as fast as it used to be. There has to be something wrong with it because it used to be so much faster." Well there is something wrong it and I am going to give you the top 3 reasons why your computer is slow.
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