Once of the biggest reasons as to why your computer runs slow has to do with your computer being setup to “look pretty”. A lot of your computers resources are being used to make the interface look good and if you were to tune these down, then your computer might be able to run a bit faster.
This holds especially true if you are using Windows Vista since Vista has a lot of unnecessary things that are running in the back ground that are designed to just make the computer look good. Here’s how to tune down your computers looks to make it run faster:
If you are using Windows XP, click Start, right click on My Computer and select Properties. Select the Advanced tab and where it says “Performance”, click on the Settings button. In the Visual Effects tab select Adjust For Best Performance. What you are doing here is making Windows XP look more like Windows 98. If you would like your computer to look somewhat good and still be tuned for performance, select the Custom box, make sure that all of the other boxes are checked off, scroll down to the bottom and select “Use Visual Styles On Windows And Buttons”. Now select Apply and then OK.
If you are running Windows Vista just start by clicking Start in the left hand corner of your screen, right click on Computer and selecting the Properties option. On the left hand side, select the Advanced System Settings. In the advanced tab where it says Performance double click on the Settings button. Now in the Visual Effects tab, select Adjust For Best Performance. This will make your Windows Vista look more like Windows 98, but it will be faster. If you would like to keep the way that your Vista looks, and still have your computers fixed to go faster select the Custom box, make sure that everything is checked off and then select the box that says “Use Visual Styles On Windows And Buttons”. Click Apply and then OK.
The amount of a performance boost on your slow computer will vary greatly depending on your computers limitations, but I have used this tune up for many different computers and most of them saw a noticeable difference. Surprisingly most computer users never really take the time to tune their computers looks for performance and this can be one of the main causes of a slow computer. For the most part there really isn’t any loss at all to the person using the computer and most people will do just about anything to make their slow computer a bit faster, so feel free to give it a try.
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