Increase computer speed – 5 tips to return you a faster computer at startup

All PC users desire to have a faster computer when noticing that the computer becomes slow with the passage of time. This is mainly due to a slow startup speed. Here are several tips to increase computer speed at startup, making your computer always work at the way it was --- when you first bought the computer, no matter how long ago it was.

1. Let the system automatically shut down the programs that stop responding. In windows XP, this setting helps to automatically turn off the programs that stop working, which release available memory for other running programs and reduce the inconvenience of a manual shutdown. You can go to Start -> Run ->type “Regedit” and press “Enter” to open registry editor -> locate “HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop” branch -> reset the value of “AutoEndTasks” to “1”. Hence, when detecting any program has stopped working, the system will automatically turn it off, removing obstacles for a faster computer.

2. To increase computer startup speed, what you need to do secondly is to reduce the failure recovery time: go to run -> type “msconfig” to open “System configuration utility”-> “BOOT.INI”, and change the timeout as you want. If you are a faithful Windows XP user, I suggest you should set it to 5 seconds. Or you can right-click "My Computer" -> "Properties" ->"Advanced" –> click “Settings” in "Startup and Recovery". Here, you can set the time to display list of operating systems, and click "Edit" to manually edit the boot option, change timeout = 30 to timeout = 5.

3. Another way is to delete the unused files from the hard disk so as to release more available memory for a faster computer. Once you have looked at the files on the hard disk, you will find some suffix names with tmp、bak、log、old、txt, which generated unavoidably when browsing the websites or downloading programs. So it is recommended that you should regularly delete them from your computer by using the built-in Disk Cleanup.

4. Optimize page files. We know that, Windows XP will dynamically allocate the page files, so it will continuously take up large amount of hard disk space to meet the requirement of the running programs. This will result in lower system efficiency and delay system response. So it is necessary to reasonably set the virtual memory page files. You can go to “Advanced” within System Properties -> Performance ->and then “Advanced” within the appearing windows -> Virtual Memory -> click “Change” to reset the initial and maximum size of Virtual memory.

5. Last, you should insist on daily computer maintenance which helps your hardware, computer to survive longer and increase you computer speed. Normally, it includes: regularly scan the PC for viruses/spyware; uninstall the unwanted programs from your computer (monthly); frequently remove the useless system junk files from your computer; make a routine to run a disk defragmenter or error-checking on a weekly basic; do a good cleaning work and so on.

Hopefully, with the above steps, you will easily get a faster computer by increasing computer speed at startup. Only after increasing computer speed, will you happily enjoy every computer experience.