Easy Ways to Speed Up Your PC
When your PC starts its steady decline into sloth-like speeds, the first thing you’d love to do (besides beating it Office Space -style) is head straight to the mall for a fancy new machine. But the reality is there are easy changes you can make to speed up your computer. From start up to surfing to gaming, here are five ways you can clean up an old PC to make it look young again. Speed Up Your Start up If an entire pot of coffee can brew in the time it takes for your computer to boot, it’s time to make some changes. Most likely your computer is not slow – it’s the dozens of programs turning on during start up that are slowing it down. Download a comprehensive tool like Auto runs to easily disable certain programs during your start up. Or try Windows’ slightly less thorough, built-in utility,Ms Config. To find it, go to Search or Run under Start and type “ms config.” Under the “Start up” tab, unchecked the boxes of the programs you don’t need to run every time your...
