Just about every home computer deals with the problem of a slow computer at some time or another.
You know how it goes... You tried checking an E-mail or a new website heard and you can not, because your computer has slow 10 20 programs running in the background you have no idea what you are or how you have installed on your computer.
Almost every computer has numerous programs and items in the background with ample processing power way, do you want to. This article be information about all the background processes that happen in your computer so that you understand exactly what factors contribute to a slow computer. We will discuss how to remove this unused programs and background processes and show you how to tweak various preferences, your slow computer machine quickly sleek revive that once was.
There are basically 3 major areas that are the cause of a slow computer. Each discussed briefly in subsequent articles, we get into the details about each of these areas to repair.
The 3 main areas, a slow computer be diagnosis in the root:
Resource hungry programs
Spyware, viruses and other malicious programs
Physical hardware limitations
Resource hungry programs
Many times the root of a slow computer can be found by looking which running on your computer. Many new computers are so-called trial ware programs. Programs that are installed on your computer from the factory are trial-ware. Many times these ready-made programs are useless, do nothing more than to hog most valuable resources on your computer. I have consumed up to 30% of the computer resources cases of clients where the trial product was preinstalled on computers! These computers were running slow from the factory, in such cases, where the computer is actually faster run as was recalled to the client to due to the fact that we used this free space so improves the overall performance of the computer!
The second largest resource hungry programs are virus scanner.
In today's world, you must have some kind of virus protection if you want on the Internet are protected. Unfortunately many of these virus programs create more headaches than viruses you are meant to protect us from.
Most virus scanners do more to create a slow computer as most other elements of the following factors.
Active scanning - antivirus scanning of all activities of the computer in the background (file access, email, Internet traffic, system services, etc etc)
All this scanning has the effect to create a slow computer.
Many virus programs are great programs to load into memory and could take advantage of valuable resources more efficiently using your computer.
We discuss in later articles search in select proper virus scanner and configuration without side effect of the food to all resources on the computer effectively.
The first step in the healing of a slow computer identify is what programs you use, and removing them from your home. You must also active virus scanners are what memory and you get so that to identify eating up all your resources.
Spyware, viruses and other malicious programs
Almost everyone has a run at one time or another with a virus or had pop up while browsing the Internet. It starts innocently enough, get a pop up on your screen, you are prompted to sign up for a free holiday and the next, what you know that you have tons of garbage a slow computer, E-mail and more pop-ups than you know what to do with.
Spyware and viruses were the root of the more slow computers than anything else. These programs consume valuable resources, cause random errors, and basically make your computer hating.
Physical hardware limitations
The hardware in your computer is of course a concern if you the cause of a slow computer. Although many times you can upgrade your hardware to a slow computer to fix if it deals with the previous questions, the left still not, the programs that are memory in you will consume eventually new resources and be back with a slow computer. I see it so, if the computer was initially a fast machine, there is no reason that again can be it.
This article was only an introduction to the basics of what's behind a slow computer. In later articles we will show you how to remove and fix bottlenecks in your computer.
