Today almost every android phone has the facility to share
its internet pack with a laptop or a computer. This helps a lot when you need
internet but you don’t have an internet connection. Therefore if you want to
connect your laptop or other devices to your phone’s data plan, you can use these
three “tethering”
features:
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
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Tips to make your slow running computer fast
If a-once-fast-running computer has slowed down, you will try out different measures, like adding RAM, upgrading the CPU, or substituting the hard drive with an SSD. However, all these solutions come with a price tag. However, first you need to find out the root of the problem and how to troubleshoot it. Also, you can try the following tips to enhance your system speed.
1. The disk space
Whenever you access a website, temporary internet files and cookies are stocked up on your system. These files keep a record of the sites you have visited. These files may be useful for accessing information quickly, but slow down the time needed to load internet on your system by eating up space. Thus, you need to remove cookies, cache and internet history, to free the used up space of your disk, helping your computer to run faster.
2. Corrupt registry
Registry is a Windows database having important information about the system hardware, all the programs and settings that are installed, and the outline of each user account on your system. The registry can get corrupt, causing slow speed if not cleaned regularly. By cleaning registry, you free used up space as well as solve some system errors that can be a source of big trouble for you in the future. For this purpose, there are many top rated commercial software available, updated regularly. Cleaning and optimizing your registry will definitely increase your system’s speed.
3. Run Windows Update
If for some time you have not updated your Windows Operating System, many speed fixes released by Microsoft remain undone. Actually, this is exactly not responsible for slowing the speed of you system. However, it may improve the speed of your system. Whenever automatic updating Windows pop up on your system you should turn it on after reading it carefully what it is asking for. Unfortunately, majority of readers don’t take care to read these and simply close them.
4. Virus Attacks
Check out that your antivirus program is updated. With the help of antivirus software program, check your computer for the presence of any malware. A virus running in the background may be responsible for slowing down the speed of your system. Remove any detected virus by following the instructions given by the antivirus software.
5. Uninstall programs that are not used
When you purchase a new PC, it has many pre-installed programs onto it. They get collected over time as the PC gets old. Most of them are never used by you and without your knowledge keep running in the background, slowing down the speed of your system. For removing them, go as directed below:
Start » Control Panel » Programs and Features
In the Programs and Features dialogue box, scroll down and uninstall the ones you don’t need. If you don’t know what to stay and what to go then using some well-known freeware that suggests what is useful and what is not is a worth a try, though with a caution.
6. Run a disk defragmenting tool
Your hard drive can be reconfigured for storing information with maximum efficiency by suing such a tool. Disk fragmentation happens when different bits and pieces of your files and data that otherwise should have been at one place are dispersed on different parts of your hard drive. This problem is specifically found in old systems running Windows Vista or Windows XP. For disk defragmentation, open ‘My Computer’ right click on the hard drive and choose ‘Properties’. In ‘Local Disk Properties’ dialog box, under the ‘Tools’ tab there is an option ‘Defragment Now’, click it and go after carefully reading the instructions to defragment the disk.
7. Your drivers should be updated
Ensure that you have the latest drivers for your system, particularly the latest video drivers. Outdated drivers can result in numerous problems; slow speed can be one of them.
8. Deleting the background programs
Remove or disable any startup programs that start on their own each time your computer boots. Your security utility program like a malware or spyware protection program or an antivirus scanner on the system should be set not to scan your system for the detection of programs running in the background. The reason is that while scanning your system, they slow down the overall speed of your system. The other way to know what programs are running in the background and how much memory and CPU they are consuming, open the Task Manager. Set up a timetable to run your security and other programs for scrutinizing your hard drive when you have least work to do on your system.
Now, after reading the information, you will be in a position to detect the probable causes responsible for slow speed of your system and fixing them. In case of any confusion or problem, feel free to call PC Optimization experts.
1. The disk space
Whenever you access a website, temporary internet files and cookies are stocked up on your system. These files keep a record of the sites you have visited. These files may be useful for accessing information quickly, but slow down the time needed to load internet on your system by eating up space. Thus, you need to remove cookies, cache and internet history, to free the used up space of your disk, helping your computer to run faster.
2. Corrupt registry
Registry is a Windows database having important information about the system hardware, all the programs and settings that are installed, and the outline of each user account on your system. The registry can get corrupt, causing slow speed if not cleaned regularly. By cleaning registry, you free used up space as well as solve some system errors that can be a source of big trouble for you in the future. For this purpose, there are many top rated commercial software available, updated regularly. Cleaning and optimizing your registry will definitely increase your system’s speed.
3. Run Windows Update
If for some time you have not updated your Windows Operating System, many speed fixes released by Microsoft remain undone. Actually, this is exactly not responsible for slowing the speed of you system. However, it may improve the speed of your system. Whenever automatic updating Windows pop up on your system you should turn it on after reading it carefully what it is asking for. Unfortunately, majority of readers don’t take care to read these and simply close them.
4. Virus Attacks
Check out that your antivirus program is updated. With the help of antivirus software program, check your computer for the presence of any malware. A virus running in the background may be responsible for slowing down the speed of your system. Remove any detected virus by following the instructions given by the antivirus software.
5. Uninstall programs that are not used
When you purchase a new PC, it has many pre-installed programs onto it. They get collected over time as the PC gets old. Most of them are never used by you and without your knowledge keep running in the background, slowing down the speed of your system. For removing them, go as directed below:
Start » Control Panel » Programs and Features
In the Programs and Features dialogue box, scroll down and uninstall the ones you don’t need. If you don’t know what to stay and what to go then using some well-known freeware that suggests what is useful and what is not is a worth a try, though with a caution.
6. Run a disk defragmenting tool
Your hard drive can be reconfigured for storing information with maximum efficiency by suing such a tool. Disk fragmentation happens when different bits and pieces of your files and data that otherwise should have been at one place are dispersed on different parts of your hard drive. This problem is specifically found in old systems running Windows Vista or Windows XP. For disk defragmentation, open ‘My Computer’ right click on the hard drive and choose ‘Properties’. In ‘Local Disk Properties’ dialog box, under the ‘Tools’ tab there is an option ‘Defragment Now’, click it and go after carefully reading the instructions to defragment the disk.
7. Your drivers should be updated
Ensure that you have the latest drivers for your system, particularly the latest video drivers. Outdated drivers can result in numerous problems; slow speed can be one of them.
8. Deleting the background programs
Remove or disable any startup programs that start on their own each time your computer boots. Your security utility program like a malware or spyware protection program or an antivirus scanner on the system should be set not to scan your system for the detection of programs running in the background. The reason is that while scanning your system, they slow down the overall speed of your system. The other way to know what programs are running in the background and how much memory and CPU they are consuming, open the Task Manager. Set up a timetable to run your security and other programs for scrutinizing your hard drive when you have least work to do on your system.
Now, after reading the information, you will be in a position to detect the probable causes responsible for slow speed of your system and fixing them. In case of any confusion or problem, feel free to call PC Optimization experts.
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