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How to Speed up Your Computers Performance

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By kcmc22
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Slow Computer Fix
Slow Computer Fix
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I think everyone has had the problem with waiting on your computer to upload a program, move from program to program or surfing the net it take forever to change from page to page. Well I have some quick easy ways to help speed up your computers performance. This can be done by people who know their way around computers and those who know very little about how to work computers.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • your computer
  • time
  • patience
  1. Step 1
    Slow Computer Fix
    Slow Computer Fix

    Use your Disk Clean-up tool to do this.
    Go to:
    -Starthttp://forms.ehow.com/contribute.aspx?P=10&id=4763552#
    -programs
    -accessories
    -system tools
    -Disk Clean-up
    Once this has been done it will help your computer performance

  2. Step 2
    Slow Computer Fix
    Slow Computer Fix

    Your computer sometimes will have areas in it that will go bad so you need to repair disk errors.
    Go to:
    -Start
    -My Computer
    -Properties
    -tools
    -Check now
    -put a check in the scan now box and push start
    I bad areas are found you can select to fix them

  3. Step 3

    Run a Disk Defragmentor
    Go to:
    -Start
    -programs
    -accessories
    -systems tools
    -Disk Defragmenter
    -Analyze
    The analysis will tell you if you need to run the defragmenter.

Tips & Warnings
  • Delete your temp internet files!
  • All of these could take a while.
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coachmac4 said

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on 8/1/2009 Thanks for these good ideas to speed up my computer! 5 *

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