Does your computer start slow and run slow?

Does your computer start slow and run slow?

So many times we receive calls in our shop that my computer starts so slow or it freezes up when it tries to start. This can be an annoying problem but it does not have to be. We find many of these computers are bogged down with programs trying to start when the computer is booting up. In today’s society when we want things fast and now, waiting for a computer to start sometimes is like watching paint dry, it takes forever. Most of the time it just takes a little tweaking of the computer operating system to get it too speed up when the operating system is loading.

When computer systems come to our work bench we find that sometimes there is many as twenty or thirty programs trying to load and run at the same time when the windows operating system is loading. This can cause major problems especially if the Random Access Memory is low. With low RAM memory in the computer and you have this many programs trying to load along with the operating system trying to load this can cause the computer system to malfunction and all of a sudden you receive what is called the blue screen of death. When this happens customers tend to freak out and call there computer system dead and run out and purchase a newer and hopefully faster computer system or they call an expensive computer repair company. Most of the time a resolution to the situation can easily resolve the issue and save the customer hundreds of dollars in repair cost. Again with just a few simple tweaks you can have your computer system running like new again.

First let’s look at the lower right hand corner of your computer screen. See all those little icons down by the clock. These little icons are software programs that are running in the background and what is causing the computer to run so slow. These are also computer programs that start loading at the time the operating system is trying to load when you turn the computer system on. Most of these programs do not need to be running when the computer is running or need to be loading at the time the computer system is started.

To shut these programs off and not to turn on when the computer is fired up we need to do a little tweaking to the “System Configuration Utility”. This may sound scary and it can be to most computer beginners. In reality it is not as difficult as it sounds. First turn your computer system on, after the computer is turned on and running smoothly go to the start button in the lower left hand corner of the screen. Click on start and then find the “run” button when the start window appears. When you find “run” click on it and then you will have another window appear. After this window appears type in “MSCONFIG” then click on OK button. Another window will appear called “System Configuration Utility”, this is where you want to be, take a look at the group of tabs just under the name. Click on the tab that is called “startup”, this is where you will be doing some tweaking. Here you will uncheck the programs that you feel you do not need running all the time. Most of them remember do not need to be running just because your computer is running. Now you may want to Google the one’s that you do not recognize to figure out just exactly what it is and if it needs to be running in order to have your operating system to run correctly. Always lean in the area of caution, if you are not sure then leave it alone. Remember if it has a check in the box then it will run when you start your computer. So be careful and uncheck all the boxes you know do not need to be running.

When you have finished tweaking the start up options and you have turned off all unnecessary programs then this would be a good time to clean up your registry and really make your computer system run like clock work. To do this check out Registry Error and Problems and get help with cleaning up your computer registry.

When you have accomplished all this you should find that your compute should be running like the day you bought it. The computer should be back to normal and you can save your self hundreds of dollars by taking care of these fixes yourself.