Software to Make a Computer Run Faster
Over time, computers slow down. This can happen for a variety of reasons, including how much software is installed on your system, how much is running at a given moment, how full is the hard drive, and how old the computer is. The best software utilities designed to speed up computers look at all of those reasons as possibilities and attempt to repair them. No software utility can make your computer a super-computer, but it can add considerably more life to your PC.
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System Mechanic
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System Mechanic looks at the most possible issues on a computer. This software utility looks at every aspect of your computer. It will recommend to you which software needs to run at start-up and which doesn't. You will find shutting off unnecessary programs alone will speed up the boot-up process. After running this, perhaps you will only have time to get a cup of coffee while your computer is booting up rather than being able to consume an entire 7-course meal. Additionally, it finds old "orphan" files on your computer. These are files left behind from software you don't use any more and thought you had uninstalled. System Mechanic will locate and remove such files. This utility also looks at your RAM, which is where your computer stores temporary information that it needs at the moment, and makes it more efficient. System Mechanic repairs a lot more as well. System Mechanic has a cost of $39.95 after a 30-day free trial as of 2009.
My Faster PC
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My Faster PC, as the name suggests, will also make your PC faster. This software will look at your computer's registry and make needed repairs there. Your registry is where Windows stores information on how to run the software on your computer. A lot of software that you have used over time will leave information behind in a registry that is no longer needed. Because your computer has to dig through the whole registry to determine how to execute a particular operation, if there is a lot of clutter, it will slow your computer down quite a bit. My Faster PC will clean up the registry, which should speed up your computer. It also looks at your start-up information and works to make that more efficient so that your computer will start up faster. This software will even check to see if there are updates available for Windows that might help speed up your computer even more. While this software might not be as complete as System Mechanic, what it does it does very, very well. My Faster PC has a cost of $29.95 after fixing up to 20 issues on your computer for free as of 2009.
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SpeedUpMyPC
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The third software utility that can help speed up your computer is Uniblue's SpeedUpMyPC. This software monitors your computer's activity in a variety of areas. It will look at everything from your Internet usage, to system settings, to how much of your computer's processing power is being used at at given moment. SpeedUpMyPC then works to make your system run more efficiently. By always running, it can sometimes stop those "spikes" of memory usage or of processing power than can happen during the course of a day of computer usage. You might even find, with this software, that your Internet connection is a little bit faster or at least more consistent. It won't make a dial-up connection seem like a broadband connection or anything that dramatic, but it can help speed up some tasks on the Internet. SpeedUpMyPC costs $29.95 as of 2009. While they do let you download the program and run scans for free, you cannot fix any issues it finds until you purchase the software.
Warning
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All of the above software titles will help your PC run more efficiently and quickly. Results will always vary depending on why exactly your computer is running slowly. However, no matter what the issue, these utilities can help. One last piece of advice: only run one of these at a time. Running more than one at the same time could cause real harm to your PC. Since these really do look at some very technical parts of your computer and adjust them. Running two of these will not make your computer run twice as fast as it would with one. Look at all three programs and pick the one that seems to suit your needs the best.
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