Monday, January 24, 2011

TOP TEN TIPS TO IMPROVE SYSTEM SPEED

1.LET YOUR PC BOOT UP COMPLETELY BEFORE  OPENING ANY APPLICATIONS

2.REFRESH THE DESKTOP AFTER CLOSING ANY APPLICATION.THIS WILL REMOVE ANY UNUSED FILES FROM THE RAM.

3.DO NOT SET VERY LARGE SIZE IMAGES AS YOUR WALLPAPER. DO NOT KEEP A WALLPAPER AT ALL IF YOUR PC IS LOW ON RAM(LESS THAN  64MB)

4.DO NOT CLUTTER YOUR DESKTOP WITH LOTS OF SHORTCUTS.EACH SHORTCUT ON THE DESKTOP  USES UPTO 500 BYTES OF RAM.

5. EMPTY THE RECYCLE BIN REGULARLY.THE FILES ARE NOT DELETED FROM YOUR HARD DRIVE UNTIL YOU EMPTY THE RECYCLE BIN.

6. DELETE THE TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES REGULARLY.

7. DEFRAGMENT YOUR HARD DRIVE ONCE EVERY TWO MONTHS..THIS WILL FREE UP A LOT OF SPACE ON YOUR HARD DRIVE AND REARRANGE FILES SO THAT YOUR APPLICATIONS RUN FASTER

8. ALWAYS MAKE TWO PARTITIONS IN YOUR HARD DRIVE. INSTALL ALL LARGE SOFTWARES( LIKE PSP, PHOTOSHOP,3D MAX ETC) IN THE SECOND PARTITION.WINDOWS USES ALL  THE AVAILABLE EMPTY SPACE IN C DRIVES AS VIRTUAL MEMORY  WHEN YOUR COMPUTER RAM IS FULL. KEEP THE C DRIVE AS EMPTY AS POSSIBLE.

9.WHEN INSTALLING NEW SOFTWARES DISABLE THE OPTION OF HAVING A TRAY ICON. THE TRAY ICONS USE UP AVAILABLE RAM, AND ALSO SLOW DOWN THE BOOTING OF YOUR PC.ALSO DISABLE THE OPTION OF STARTING THE APPLICATION AUTOMATICALLY  WHEN THE PC BOOTS.YOU CAN DISABLE THESE OPTIONS LATERON ALSO FROM  THE TOOLS OR PREFRENCES  MENU IN YOUR APPLICATION.

10. PROTECT YOUR PC FROM DUST. DUST CAUSES THE CPU COOLING FAN TO JAM AND SLOW DOWN THEREBY GRADUALLY HEATING YOUR CPU AND AFFECTING THE PROCESSING SPEED. USE COMPRESSED AIR TO BLOW OUT ANY DUST FROM THE CPU.NEVER USE VACUUM.
RAM IS THE WORKING AREA(DESKTOP) OF THE CPU, KEEP IT AS EMPTY AND UNCLUTTERED AS POSSIBLE!!

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