6 Computer Speed Tips

Posted on July 29, 2010 under Speed UP PC

You should know it if your computer can’t work very well. The outdated computer and Internet freezes will drive you mad. So, in order to maintain your reason, there are some tips on how to improve the efficiency of your computer:

1. Make the unwanted applications uninstalled— even though a computer can do many tasks, it doesn’t mean every program should be installed even including the unwanted program. Hence, uninstalling the wanted program in time is good to speed up your computer.

2. renew your antivirus software at regular intervals—-if the database of your antivirus can’t be renewal regularly, your computer may be at risk. Therefore, you have to update the antivirus software at least once a week.

3. Defragment per month—-there are various files stored in different places of your computer. So in order to make the application running, your computer has to search all the hard drive in order to find the exact place of the files needed. Therefore, defragmentating your hard drive monthly can vacate more space for hard drive, which can improve the efficiency and speed of your computer.

4. Have a firewall installed— A firewall is software that prevents your computer from malicious threats from the Internet. There are a lot of zombie computers on the Web that continuously scan computers to find security holes. If you don’t have a firewall, your computer is easy to be infected by the malicious threats on the internet.

5. Keep your CPU cabinet neat and tidy—- Open up the back cover of your CPU. Then clean the dust and dirt in the cabinet with an anti-static cloth and compressed air can. Make the can upright and spray carefully so as not to mist on the sophisticated circuits. Use the anti-static cloth to wipe off the dust.

6. Upgrading the hardware— if your computer crashes frequently, you’d better make a professional diagnose on your computer and upgrade some hardware. Some energy saving processors nowadays can help you to improve the speed of you computer and save the electricity.  According to your needs, you can you can also upgrade your memory and graphics card.

The 6 tips above is helpful for you to speed up you computer and deal with your computer problems.