5 Easy Ways to Speed Up a Slow Windows 7 Computer

October 7, 2010 Windows 7 Tips

Here are some ways to help you speed up a very slow Windows PC .These may seriously help you as they have helped many Window 7 users across the world.

1. Customize Startup Programs

Many programs have installed themselves to run on start up and this is actually affecting the speed of your computer in a huge way. In order to rectify this issue you will need to do the following:

Click the Start Menu and type run into the Search programs and files box. Once Windows 7 locates the Run command, click it to open. Type the phrase msconfig into the open: bar within the Run window.

Click the OK button.

From within the System Configuration window, make sure that the General tab is selected. Under the heading Startup selection, choose the option titled Selective startup.

Click the Startup tab. You will find several different Startup Items listed in this window. Click to deselect any programs or applications that you do not need to startup when Windows 7 starts up. After you have finished, click the OK button. You will be prompted with the option to restart your computer. Go ahead and do so.

2. Delete Temporary Internet Files

You need to know that over time temp files may build up and actually slow your computer down entirely. You need to know that if you actually delete these files then this in itself will be able to improve the speed of your computer drastically.

Navigate the path Start > Control Panel > Internet Options. Make sure that you are on the first tab General, and locate the sub heading Browsing history. Click the Delete… button.

Upon clicking the Delete… button, a new window should open, displaying many different internet related items that can be deleted. Select any or all of the items and click the Delete button to erase them from your PC. If you have ever wondered how to get rid of internet traces, this is how you do it.

3. Run a Disk Cleanup

You need to know that when it comes to Windows 7, it stores many temporary internet files. The thing is that the built in disk cleanup utility actually makes deleting these files extremely fast and easy. This is all you really need to do.

Navigate the path Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Cleanup OR open up the Start Menu and type Disk Cleanup into the search box.
Disk Cleanup will then analyze the files on your PC and determine which files can be deleted.

Go through the list of items that can be deleted and check any files that you don’t mind getting rid of. Upon selecting each item in the list, Disk Utility will give you a brief description of what each item is, in case you need further explanation. After you have finished selecting, click the OK button.

4. Uninstall Old Programs and Turn Off Windows Features

There is a certain way that you make your pc faster by uninstalling old programs and then also turning off some of the Windows features.

Navigate the path Start > Control Panel. Select the Programs and Features icon.

This should open up the Programs and Features window, which displays a list of the programs and apps currently installed on your PC. Click to select any program, and click the Uninstall program button to remove it from your PC. Alternatively, you can turn off Windows features that you don’t use by selecting the Turn Windows features on or off option, located in the right side bar.

5. Defragment the Hard Drive

You may want to defrag your machine so that the speed will be better and everything won’t be all over the place. Here is how to do this.

Navigate the path Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Defragmenter.
The Disk Defragmenter is very easy to use, as it only really has two options: Analyze disks and Defragment disks. Analyze disks gives you a quick overview of how much disk space can be saved from doing a disk defrag. Defragment disks starts the process of disk defragmenting.

I really hope that this has helped you.