| 1. Increase Your RAM. | | | | see them running, so they'll open right away when you |
| The latest version Windows Vista which has been | | | | click their icons. Please check that you often use it or |
| pressed by Microsoft comes equipped with the | | | | not, for these programs wastes precious memory and |
| requirement of at least 1 GB of RAM. This is different | | | | slows down the time it takes Windows to finish loading. |
| form Windows XP requirement of 512MB. Also, if you | | | | Even after you check the notification area, you might |
| like to use all those graphical features and need to | | | | still have missed some programs that load |
| work on several programs simultaneously, you may be | | | | automatically at startup. You can find and disable them |
| better off with 4 GB. | | | | using Windows Defender. |
| 2. Apply the ReadyBoost feature. | | | | If you're unsure about whether a program should open |
| Adding system memory or RAM is always been | | | | automatically at startup, you can try disabling it, |
| regarded as the most efficient way to improve a PC's | | | | restarting your computer, and then using the program. |
| performance, since more memory means more | | | | If that causes any problems with the program, you can |
| applications are ready to run without accessing the | | | | go back and re-enable it to start automatically. |
| hard drive. However, upgrading memory needs the | | | | 4. Check Viruses and Spywares. |
| owner to be an advanced PC user, otherwise he | | | | Various kinds of files can be the best place for the |
| have to call a technician and pay for a lot of time and | | | | hidden spywares and malicious programs. Some kinds |
| money. In addition, some machines have limited | | | | of spywares and malicious programs may apply this |
| memory expansion capabilities, causing it impossible to | | | | place to attack your system indirectly and gain your |
| add more RAM. ReadyBoost is a new concept in | | | | personal information to make illegal profits. So you |
| add-on system memory of Microsoft Windows, first | | | | should invest in an excellent antivirus program with a |
| introduced with Windows Vista in 2006 and also | | | | powerful search engine and detect ability to prevent, |
| included with Windows 7. It works by using flash | | | | detect, and remove malware, including computer |
| memory, USB 2.0 drive, SD card, CompactFlash or | | | | viruses, worms, Trojan horses, adware, spyware, and |
| any kind of portable flash mass storage system as a | | | | other forms of malware as soon as possible. |
| drive for disk cache. The flash memory device serves | | | | 5. Clean and defrag your hard disk. |
| as an additional memory cache-that is, memory that | | | | A hard disk drive is designed to store and provides |
| the computer can access much more quickly than it | | | | relatively quick access to large amounts of data on an |
| can access data on the hard disk drive. Applying | | | | electromagnetically charged surface or set of |
| ReadyBoost-capable flash memory for caching allows | | | | surfaces. It contains various kinds of files, included the |
| Windows Vista to service random disk reads with | | | | system and application localization resources, OS temp |
| performance that is typically 80-100 times faster than | | | | files, video format files, etc. These various file not only |
| random reads from traditional hard drives. | | | | often mess up your system to a temp shutdown, but |
| 3. Limit programs load at startup | | | | also are attacked by the malwares. Some malwares |
| It will take a longer time to load more programs when | | | | come into your hard disk when you are surfing on the |
| Windows starts up. So limit the amount of programs | | | | Internet in order to attack your whole system and |
| which are designed to load automatically when | | | | steal your personal information to make illegal profits |
| Windows starts up is an effective way for you to | | | | through these files. By freeing up your disk space, your |
| speed up your system running. But some kinds of | | | | system will run more smoothly and faster than before. |
| programs need you to shut down them in a special | | | | I apply QuuSoft Disk Defrag and QuuSoft Junk File |
| way, because software manufacturers often set their | | | | Cleaner to fix my problem. |
| programs to open in the background, where you can't | | | | |