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Become Far More Efficient with A Faster Windows OS

Bearing with slow computers can really make anyones day bad. Crunch times would surely more difficult with slow personal computers. Before you try throwing your personal computer into the trash bin, use these basic steps to speed up Windows:

> Do not enable System Restore.
Speed up in Windows is easy to attain through basic knowledge. Turning off your computers System Restore is one of the many steps you can take to put your computers speed bar a notch higher.

System Restore takes up big memory in your PC, therefore taking up space that may be utilized by more important applications.

In the Control Panel, click on Performance and Maintenance menu. Select System and click on System Restore. Mark the Turn off System Restore on All Drives and click OK.

> Obtain a Registry Cleaner.
There is a lot of software to speed up Windows. Registry Cleaners, for example takes care of the registry files that your PC frequently makes and maintains. With Registry Cleaners you have the alternative of saving only the registry files that are often in use by your computer. Though these files are relatively little, they in general eat up a lot of space in the hard drives over time.

> Use boot defragment.
To shorten the time your computer takes to boot, you can employ boot defragment. This command allows you to place files needed for booting next to each other, thus lessening the time your computer needs for locating them. Click on Start menu and run Run. Type Regedit then press enter. Type in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction. Hit its Enable option, right it on and hit Modify. After change the value to UY to enable. After that, restart your PC.

> Modify the time of loading programs.
If your programs for a very long time, opt to tweak its loading option. Choose the icon of the program and right click on it. Select Properties. Click target box then add /prefetch:1 at the end of its line. Click OK. Start your PC again to see the changes.

> Go to another Static IP.
If your PC is connecte on a network and you have DHCP server access, perform the listed steps to speed up your PC. Acess Start then Run. Type in NCPA.CPL, select OK. The Network Connection would be opened. Right click on Local Area Connection and select Properties. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) then click Properties. Fill the option for static IP with your subnet, default gateway and DNS server information. Click OK. Find your your router manual so you would see these values. computer bugs troubleshooting