How can I make my computer run faster?

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Carlos: that's not enough information to really go on, but when it comes to
video games, I always look at the capabilities of the video card - that can
have a huge impact on game performance.

Leo

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I found this software on eBay and it works awesome, The software has organized my drive very efficiently and it actually increased performance by 40%. Its all about the defragmentation with Perfect Disk 8

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=180173091677&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=008

its only eight bucks on there and other sellers want 15-40 dollars!

Anyways check it out, it really works!

rick

You Need To Update Your ram to at least 512mb 128mb is not enough for xp

i have just orderd a 2.5ghz intel pentium prossor 400 fbs and socket 478 and i want to rune world of warcraft but it takes the cpu up to 100% and i have tried it on my other computer wich has 2.4ghz with 512 ram and it still manages to run it, is ther anyway i can make it so that i can run my game and make it not stop. ohh and the computer i am trying to play the game has 1gb ram.

1 gig of ram is good but better to have 2 gigs for serious gaming, also is your video card at least 256mb? 512mb card is best but kind of expensive.upgrading your memory is easy and not to expensive.(easy do it yourself thing)

ways to speed up computer
1.) defragment disks
2.) disk cleanup
3.) stop programs when startup

Also get Opera, not firefox or internet explorer. It's the fastest and the best. Those are the best way to speed up your computer.

I reccomend lots of things. I have got a DELL LATITUDE CPx Laptop with 128MB-500MHZ. This may sound rubbish and it was when i got it second hand. Until i sorted it out. I recomend that you download Auslogics Disk Defragmenter and Auslogics Registry Drfragmenter. www.auslogics.co.uk/downloads. They are free. Regitry Defrag sorts out Windows and makes start ups and prosesses faster. Also clear Internet Explorer Cache each time. Also run disk cleanup every time your logging off, it takes 1-2min.

If this makes my laptop dead fast i think it will make your more advanced and more powerfull computers much faster

Thank You.... Daniel Palmer.

VERY USULL

To speed up a mid-level config PC,

-Ensure the system is free from spyware and malware. These can seriously cripple performance.

-Add RAM. But note that anything more than 3 GB is useless on a 32-bit OS.

-Defragment the hard drives. The fragmentation disease affects every Windows OS, regardless of FAT or NTFS (FAT is worse!) and reduces performance. Especially for lower and mid-end PCs. Combat fragmentation with a good automatic defragmenter...no need to waste time by scheduling regular defrags; yet gain continuous benefit of defragmentation. The hard drive is the performance bottleneck in a PC, so keep it optimized always.

-Update hardware drivers to the latest manufacturer recommended versions. Especially with video cards, these can have a major boost.

-Don't mess with registry. Don't use any of these registry 'tuners' or 'optimizers'. They are usually trouble.

What relly helps your pc work faster is installing the hole operating sistem that may sound rude but I have notice that after 6 month of using my pc It gets slow and I have to format it and there we go againg. It really works, try it.

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Ulises: Yes, in fact that's so common there's a term for it:
"software rot". 6 months seems a little extreme, but
ultimately it depends on how you use your machine and how
often you install or uninstall software. If you do it a lot
then sometimes the best thing is to reformat and reinstall.

I find I do it about every year or two on my primary
machines.

Thanks,

Leo

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