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Here in Software Critics, we don’t only care about software but we make sure that your PC is highly optimized to perform your software’s full potential. And how are we going to do this? Simple.
Software Critics came up with these highly effective ways to optimize your PC speed that would not compromise your Windows registry. Again, we have always emphasized this,
“save money during this economic recession or just simply make the most of our money’s worth.”
So, these helpful tips will prevent you from spending just to upgrade your system in order to boost PC speed as these safe tweaks would not cause you any trouble and is guaranteed to make your computer run faster.
Here’s how:
Speed up Windows Explorer
Go to Windows Explorer, click on the Tools menu, then click on Folder Options, click on the View tab, find Automatically search for network folders and printers check box and uncheck it
click Apply, then click OK and reboot your PC.
These steps eventually will make you Windows Explorer run faster as Windows will no longer automatically search for network files, shared folders, and devices in the network.
Optimize Appearance Settings
Go to Start then Settings and select Control Panel, in the Control Panel, click System and then Advanced tab. In the Performance Options window select Adjust for best performance and click OK to confirm and close the window.
If you’re running on Windows XP, setting it optimized for best performance will free up RAM thereby reducing the effects in the graphical user interface.
Uninstall No Longer Used Device Drivers
Be extra careful in unistalling these device drivers in your PC. Make sure that even though these may be unused for the meantime, it must be something that you will no longer be using not even in the significant future because you don’t want these drivers to malfunction in case you might thought of using it somehow.
Remove Unnecessary Software
One of the easiest approach to do this is by clicking on Start, then Settings, select Control Panel, double-click Add/Remove Programs.
You can also use an unistaller software do to the job but make sure that this unistaller would not remove any registry component. After removing the software, activate your computer’s registry cleaner or registry repair software to make sure that no unwanted components are left. Don’t forget to back up your registry as well. When the computer asks you something about removing “related components”, just don’t remove it. It’s better left in there as it would not harm your computer.
Disable Indexing Services
This is not really necessary as it utilizes large space of RAM. To disable this, go to Control Panel, double-click Add/Remove Programs, click Add/Remove Windows Components, uncheck Indexing Service and click Next and then click Finish.
Defrag Windows frequently
Defragging the Windows registry removes gaps which can improve system performance where fragmented files are put together thus maximizes your system speed. For further information, read our post on “How to improve system performance by defragmentation”.
For optimum performance, you might want to consider using an internet speed optimizer software. What more could be as pleasing as having a fast internet access and a highly responsive system? Right?
Now, to make more impact, why not view these tips on video? Watch and learn. Remember, you don’t always have to spend in order to get the best out of your resources. You only need some tweaks and some helpful tips.
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