Most students today have thier own computer whether it be a labtop, desktop, PC, or Mac. These students load thier computer's memory full of various programs, downloaded music, games, saved items, etc. Now after years of use on my PC I started to notice it was running considerably slower. I debated looking into buying a new one, but PC's are not cheap and I've grown attached to the one I have now. It has everything I need and I dont worry about it getting throw around in my backpack when I take it to class. After doing some research I learned how to inscrease the speed of my PC with simple task which I'm going to show you. There's no need to go to websites like finallyfast.com when you can do it on your own.

1. Over Heated Harware

If you touch or feel your computer and it feels like it's been getting hotter than usual, this may be a result of debre stuck in your cooling fan. Usually it's dust that has built up in the fan or your computer is postioned in a place where the fans are blocked which prevents it from cooling the hardware inside your PC. To clean out the dust in your fan simply turn off your computer, unplug it, than spray it with a can of compressed air. If that dosnt work you can look up how to remove your fan, usually just a simple unscrew, and clear any debree from it.

2. Remove Unwanted Programs

From the first day you got your computer till today there have probably been numerous amounts of programs you've added to your PC. Whether it be a downloaded programs, or installed with a disk, or some that might have came with your computer, that are just eating up your memory. Everyone once in awhile you should go through your computer and remove any programs that are no longer needed or wanted. To do this simply go to your Start Menu, than Control Panel, switch to Classic View, and than double click on Add or Remove Programs. Scroll through the list and select any program you wish to remove and click the Remove button next to it. If your unsure of a Program you see, make sure you find out what it is before removing it as it may be linked to another program.

Even if you don't have a program showing on your screen, it may still be running when your not using it. This can cause your Processor, which is the "brains" of the computer that carriers out instructions for programs" to run poorly since it's trying to run many programs. To see all the programs which you are currently running hit the CTR, ALT and Delete buttons at the same time. If you see a program running that is not suppose to be, select it and hit End Task. You can also right click program icons from the task bar to disable unwanted programs.

3. Preventing Start-Up Programs

When you turn your computer on everytime there're programs that are started as well. Most of these programs are ones you'll use but there are some programs that start that are un-neeeded causing your processor to do more work than it has to. To choose which programs start when your computer starts go to Start, than Run. Then enter "msconfig" and click run. Click on the Start Up tab and deselect the programs you don't want to start when your computer starts.

4. Clear Out Junk Files

When you visit a web site, your computer needs to download the page along with any pictures displayed on it. To prevent your computer having to download the same files again each time you visit the same web site, your web browser will store files and than it will retrieve them if the site hasn't changed since your last visit. These files will build up over time and cause your computer to slow down. To erase these files and other files, such as the ones located in your Recycling Bin run a Disk Cleanup. To do this go to the Start Menu, than Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Clean Up. Select C: Drive and than choose the places where you want to clear the files from.