Tips Improve Performance of your Computer

 

Essentials of Computer

We use computers in our day to day life. It is essential form of Communication to make our lives better .we work daily Online & offline using computers. To get our work done whether offline & online with ease of  click of button we need tools.

These are the free tools that I am using from several years I would recommend anyone to use the same.

For Antivirus:

I have Microsoft Security Essentials installed on my computer its very easy to install user friendly  & the best thing is it wont slow your computer  performance (speed) .Just keep it up to date  for latest Virus databases & scanning capabilities .I had used different antivirus in the past  they slowing down the computer performance .
Microsoft Security Essentials : http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/products/security-essentials

Clean your Internet caches (Temporary files):

Temporary files gets populated in your temp folder in windows system folder .its recommended that you clean those temp folder .How it works in this internet terminology every time when you visit a website web-site owner’s place a cookie in your web browser when you visit a that particular site in future cookies  track your  user activity .if suppose you are searching a particular article on internet on website then with the use of those cookies your web browser displays advertisement related to that particular article from the website you have visited in past.

Its always recommended to clean your web browser Cookies as well. You can do it manually .open your web browser go to Menu: Tools >> Options  >>  Privacy  >>  Show cookies  >> Delete Brower’s history.

I used ccleaner it’s a third party free tool that cleans all cookies & temporary internet files It is easy to use and its free.
CCleaner :http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download

How to check which program is slowing down your system or in other words what programs that you have installed on your Computer is eating up your memory and taking long time to start your computer. First thing you need to check is how many TSR’s ((Terminate & Stay Resident) are actively participating in the boot up process.Booting (starting) your Computer don’t have to take much time but if you have more TSR’s then it will take time as these TSR’s take memory and time to load after normal boot.

How to check how many TSR’s are participating in boot up process ?

Press windows key on your keyboard and go to run type in msconfig /all

Below shown system configuration utility in that just go to startup tab and uncheck what need not to be included then apply the selection then restart your computer.

Super Anti-Spyware Free Edition: This is also essential install this software and run once a week to check any malware or spyware affecting your privacy. http://www.superantispyware.com/

Firewall:

Always use windows firewall as your default

Navigation: Press Windows Key >> Settings>> Control Panel >> Windows firewall

I hope you all enjoy reading through my post.