Is your old computer runs too slow? And the best answer you got so far is to buy a new computer then I will show you couple ways to get your old computer run fast.
1. Start Loving Windows XP
Use Windows XP and do not try to upgrade to vista or Windows 7 as they require more resources ans your old computer might not able to handle it. With windows XP you can do pretty much every thing and most of the softwares are compatible.
2. Adjust Visual Effects for the best performance
Go to Control Panel > Click System icon > Go to Advanced tab > click Settings button (Performance) > Go to Visual Effect Tab> Check Adjust for best performance check box > Click Ok button and then click Apply button.
3. Increase the Virtual Memory
Go to Control Panel > Click System icon > Go to Advanced tab > click Settings button (Performance) > Go to Visual Effect Tab > Go to Advances Tab >
Click Change button (Virtual Memory) > Check Custom Size check box > Provide really higher value compare to Recommended size. Then it will pop up message with the maximum value you can use. > Click Ok Button > Click Ok Button > Click Apply Button
Need to restart to apply the changes.
4. Clean temporary files regularly.
I use CClearner to clean all the unwanted files that are created and slow down you computer. CCleaner is free and simple software that detect all the junk in your computer and delete them to free up the space as well and speed up the computer. It also fix registry errors as well. Follow this regularly (Once a month) to keep you computer smooth.
5. Disk Defragmenter can help you
It is another good practice to use disk defragmenter to organize the data in your hard drive.
Click Start button > Go to All Programs > Go to Accessories > Go to system Tools > Click Disk Defragmenter > Click the hard disk if you have multiple > Click Defragment button.
6. Keep you hard drive space
It is good to keep some space in your hard drive as it is been used for the virtual memory and helps you keep your computer running fast. If you have small hard drive then it is good to have a external hard drive to store all your big files ( movies, mp3, images).
If it is a small hard drive I will not recommend to partition it as the system partition will be really small and it will slow down the computer dramatically.
7. Disable Error Reporting
Go to Control Panel > Click System icon > Go to Advanced tab > Click Error Reporting button > Check Disable error reporting check box > Check But notify me when critical errors occur. > Click OK button > Click Ok Button.
8. Uninstall all the softwares not in use
It is always good to uninstall all the softwares that you do not use. It will free up the disk space as well as virtual memory. Also remember not to install all sort of programs you come cross as well.
9. Run limited number of programs
Running multiple programs at the same time will slow down the computer as it dose not have much resources to support. Specially if you run heavy application such as Windows Media Player or some thing then it will be bit hard to run couple of other programs simultaneously.
10.Be Generous
You know that your computer dose not have much power so do not expect it to do things fast. If it takes couple of extra seconds to open a window do not try to click again or open it again. It will make things worst. Give it some times or you can use CTR + Shift + Esc (CTR + ALT + Del ) to open the Windows Task bar to see what programs are taking more resources and close them if you are not using them.
