How to speed up your PC - tips and tricks

What can be optimized to Speed up your PC

Many computer users experience diminished PC speed and performance over time. There can be various reasons for low PC performance. In order to speed up PC it is crucial to identify the bottleneck – the area that is responsible for lower performance and affects functioning of the entire system. Three main areas can be identified:

• hardware issues – can be expensive to fix and speed up PC
  • PC specification not appropriate for actual user requirements (i.e. insufficient memory, slow CPU unit)
  • hardware failure
  • issues related to overheating
  • hard drive corrupted
• software issues – relatively easy to repair in order to speed up your computer
  • too many applications running at the same time
  • operating system problems – this can include corrupted or fragmented registry
  • specific application causes problems
  • hard drive overloaded and fragmented
• malicious software issues – fixing those problems can speed up PC dramatically
  • trojan horses are installed – potential risk of loosing sensitive personal information and data
  • PC is acting as “zombie” and is used by spammers and sends out e-mails classified as spam
  • system has been infected with spyware or viruses

Hardware issues can be difficult to fix without spending decent amount of money. Software and malicious issues are easier and cheaper to repair and once fixed can speed up your PC significantly. According to researches about 90% of computers used at home suffer from various form malicious software, including viruses and spyware.

Useful tips on how to speed up your PC

The "Basic Tips" and "Advanced Tips" sections focuse on software and malicious issues since these are the most frequent sources of problems and computers being slow. You will find out simple tips that will give you good results and speed up your PC significantly.

• If you are a computer user and have not done anything for the last two months in terms of optimizing performance of your PC you may want to start with some basic tips here.
• If you are an advanced user and want to tweak your system then check the "Advanced Tips" section here.