How to Speed up your PC

Is your computer slower than it used to be? You can speed it up to what it used to be with these tips. In this how to we are going to disable unwanted windows services. Windows has many services which help in many different situations, sadly half of these you will never need but still low down your PC. Follow these steps to disable the unneeded services on your PC and benefit from increased speed.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• A computer
• Any version of Windows

1. To enter service manager, go to Start > Run > Type services.msc and hit enter.
2. To toggle the startup type of a service between Automatic, Manual and Disabled, double-click on the required service and choose the specific option from the listbox titled ‘Startup Type’ in the General tab.
3. If you are unsure about a service or for some reason, think it's important, leave it alone or turn it to manual instead of disabling. It will help protect from damage.
4. Uneeded Windows services that you can turn off:
   
   * AdobeLM Service: Not all computers have this service, still it is useless, just disable it if you have it.
   
   * Alerter: Disable this one if you are not on a network because you will not receive alerts.
   
   * Application Management: Set this to manual.
   
   * Automatic Updates: Disable it if you don't require auto updating and patching of Windows. It is pretty useless if you use auto-patcher by NeoWin to update your Windows OS. Thus, you will save bandwidth.
   
   * ClipBook: Disable this if you are not on a network, since you don’t need to share anything.
   
   * Computer Browser: Disable this too if you are not on a network, as you don't need to browse and monitor connected computers.
   
   * Cryptographic Services: Set this to manual if you are not sure you need it.
   
   * Distributed Transaction Service: Set this to manual.
   
   * DNS Client: Set this to manual if you are not on a network.
   
   * Error Reporting Service: Disable this useless service for reporting errors to Microsoft, because they will hardly even reply to you for any error you get. Also saves lots of bandwidth.
   
   * Fast User Switching Compatibility: Disable it if you have only a single user on your computer, or if you do not use fast user switching feature much. That is, if you completely log-off and then allow other users to use your computer, then you do not need this. Note that this service is completely useless for low memory computers.
   
   * FTP Publishing: Disable this if you do not use FTP.
   
   * Help and Support: Set it to manual or turn it off if you do not use the help feature often. You can turn it on again when you want help.
   
   * HTTP SSL: Set it to manual.
   
   * Human Interface Device Access: Turn it off if you do not use hot-keys or remote systems on your computer; if you use them sometimes, it is better turn it to manual.
   
   * IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service: Set this to manual to save memory and time. Do not turn it off if you have a CD writer or a DVD writer attached to your computer.
   
   * Indexing Service: Turn it off, it uses lots of CPU. If you are an avid searcher, like a maniac, on your computer, leave it on since it will help you. If you know where your files are and do not use search that often, then disable it for your good.
   
   * InstallDriver Table Manager: Disable it, it does no harm in doing so.
   
   * IPSEC Services: Set this to manual.
   
   * Windows
5. Close down the services window and restart your PC. You should notice a difference in speed immediately.

Tips & Warnings

• Theoretically this method of speeding up your PC is risk-free, but before you disable a service make sure you don't use it. If something stops working after you have restarted your computer find the required service and enable it.