learn how to speed up your computer! within tod

1. HOW TO SPEED UP ANY PC
Actionable Tips To Speed Up Your Computer

2. REMOVE VIRUSES FROM YOUR PC
• Chances are, you have a few viruses or parasites on your computer from
surfing the web and downloading programs.
• Remove the viruses using popular virus removers
• Norton
• Macafee
• Windows Defender

3. DEFRAGMENT YOUR HARDDRIVE
• If your computer is running slow, you may want to consider defragmenting
your hard drive.
• Essentially moves all files to one portion of the hard drive.
• Faster access and reading time
• Allows for faster computer
• Can Be done by right clicking on your hdd and clicking “properties”

4. CHANGE STARTUP PROGRAMS
• When your computer boots, it can be quite slow.
• If you want to speed up your PC boot time, consider changing up the
startup programs
• These are programs that automatically start up when you turn on the computer
• With multiple startup programs, your computer can take forever to startup.
• This can be done by going into windows control panel!
• Be sure to disable most of the startup programs that you don’t want starting
up when booting up your computer

5. STAY UP TO DATE WITH UPDATES
• No matter what operating system you’re using, always stay up to date with
updates
• For windows: keep up with the windows updates
• For Mac: keep up to date with apple updates
• Updates are sent out frequently (weekly, monthly)
• Updates help to keep your computer and data on your computer safe
• Allows for better performance of your computer

6. CLEAR CACHE
• Be sure to remove the cache from your preferred web browser
• Remove any temporary files that you have (most of the time within your
downloads folder)
• This helps to allow quicker response time for reading and writing to your
computers ram and hdd

7. UPGRADE HARDWARE
• Upgrade Your RAM
• This allows for most memory to be allocated to multitasking or running programs
that require a lot of random access memory
• This can be done for under $100
• Upgrade to a Solid State Drive
• A solid state drive runs on flash memory and has no moving parts within the hard
drive. This makes accessing files and data on the hard drive considerably faster
than using a traditional hdd.

8. FOR MORE INFORMATION
• If you’d like more tips to speed up your computer, check out our website!
http://www.unrant.com/computer-internet/