I am sharing my cool, tried and absolutely free ways to speed up pc/laptop performance.
1. Install CCleaner, it's a freeware cleaning tool designed to remove unwanted startup entries, unwanted softwares, temporary files, form history, cookies, logs, recycle bin, recent documents, fake registry entries, remains of an uninstalled softwares etc. and much more. This tool is absolutely free to download and offers a great in removing garbage from laptop.
2. Defragment my hard drives once in a month.
3. Using AVG Antivirus free edition that includes both antivirus & antispyware services. Auto update is on and ensure scanning of laptop once every 15 days.
4. Using fastestfox 3.1 firefox plugin for enhanced browsing.
5. Using DownThemAll! 1.1 firefox plugin for speeding up download process. It includes inbuilt download manager which will extraordinarily speed up the download process.
6. When interacting with google sites like gmail, youtube, orkut, adsense etc., I prefer to use Google Chrome browser, it works faster on these sites than other browsers.
7. Always make sure that atleast 35% of the hard drive space remains free. I do take backup in DVDs regularly to remove unused data from pc/laptop.
8. Set up my virtual memory at exactly 1.5 to 2 times of my RAM. (From My Computer properties - Advanced - Performance Settings - Advanced - Virtual Memory)
9. Allocating just enough space to Recycle Bin(5% of hard drive), System Restore(5% of hard drive) etc. This gives me more space on hard drive to use.
10. Turning Automatic Window Update off but manually updating windows version once every 15 days.
11. Removed unnecessary startup entries (using CCleaner).
12. Don't delete OLD Prefetch Data, to make window startup and shutdown a bit faster. Uncheck this option in Ccleaner too.
These easy to use 12 ways are making my interaction with computer a comfortable and speedy experience.
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