5 Ways to Speed Up Laptop Speed
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Top 5 Ways to Speed Up Laptop Speed And Performance
In this post you will find out the 5 essential methods to speed up your laptop boot time and overall performance when running many programs at the same time.
- Start by reducing the strain on
your hard disk. The Windows disk defragmenter tool can clean up drive sectors
by co-locating fragments of your files. Less fragments makes file access
quicker for applications and system programs. For extra benefits keep over 10%
of the disk empty for use by the operating system (for virtual memory).
- Keep the software on your laptop up to date and damage. This involves
running the Windows Update regularly for device driver and system updates.
Most third-party applications provide a 'Check For Updates' option as a
sub-menu item. Having the latest code ensures you have the fastest, most
secure and stable code on your computer.
- Reduce the number of programs running at any one time. You can do this via
the Task Manager by checking which programs in the processes tab are using up
all your memory. Alternatively, you can
speed up laptop boot up times by disabling services that get initialized
as Windows is starting. Use the Microsoft System Configuration application for
this (start menu > run > enter msconfig.exe).
- Degraded internet performance can result in perceived poor laptop speeds,
when in fact the connection or the browser are at fault. Disable browser
add-ons to reduce the number of remote calls the browser makes. Use your
firewall settings to restrict which applications are permitted web access.
Test your connection speeds (e.g. at speedtest.net) to ensure you do not have
slow connection problems.
- Finally, it is still worth considering a RAM upgrade for your laptop. This can speed up laptop performance considerably and is cheap and easy to implement. If your OS supports ReadyBoost enabled flash drives then you could try allotting some of the USB drive's memory to be used as additional RAM.
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