How to make my pc faster and more steady?

My os is Windows XP.As time goes on,my pc becomes much slower.What's the best way to make it fast?I'm a bit tired of reinstallation.

Reply 1 : How to make my pc faster and more steady?

Have you run virus and spyware scans?

What do you have running in the background?

More information from you is needed. "My PC becomes much slower." Exactly what does that mean?

Reply 2 : How to make my pc faster and more steady?

You should be updating antivirus every 7 days or less. Also, how much RAM do you have? Are you going to microsoft.com (security updates) or set your computer to automatically update.

You can download ADWARE 2007 for free and scan the computer. I have a feeling you have a virus. Also, delete your cookies.

Reply 3 : How to make my pc faster and more steady?

First, uninstall any programs you don't use.. Next, if you haven't installed Service Pack 2 and all the Windows Updates, please do so.

Click on the link below and follow all of the procedures listed.. It may take a while to follow all the steps but it allow the computer to run a little smoother:

Cleanup Steps

Hope this helps.

Grif

Reply 4 : How to make my pc faster and more steady?

What does "more steady" mean? I think I know and would suggest that you get and run registry repair software.

From here:

http://www.download.com/3120-20_4.html?qt=registry+repair+software&tag=srch&tg=dl-20

Some of these are free, some are for pay.

Also do a "check disk".

periodic defragmentation's can improve the speed of your PC. About every 20 hours of use would be my suggestion at least. I do mine daily.

Removing unused programs and junk files can help too.

If your PC is an older model consider a RAM memory up grade. For some idea of the type of RAM you need and the cost; see this link:

http://www.crucial.com/uk/

How are you set for an Internet connection? Going from dial up to DSL can really pick up the speed of things. If your using DSL consider a 10/100/100 Ethernet Adapter with 1GB of memory.

Reply 5 : How to make my pc faster and more steady?

if u want make ur pc much faster,do overclocking.

Reply 6 : How to make my pc faster and more steady?

You can follow these troubleshooting to boost the performance of your computer :--

1. Try to delete all the temporary internet files from your computer.
2. Try to uninstall the unwanted programs installed on your computer.
3. Try to perform the "defrag" and "diskcleanup" utility over the specific time.
4. Try to remove all the temporary internet files from your computer.
5. Scan your computer by using any updated antivirus program.
6. Try to install and download the "Antimalwarebytes" (freely available
7. Try to update "Antimalwarebytes".
8. Scan your computer using the "Antimalwarebytes".
9. Please follow the same procedure for "Superantispyware" as you done for "Antimalwarebytes".

Reply 7 : How to make my pc faster and more steady?

You mentioned it three times in your post... Could you please provide a link to such so we could check out it's antispyware abilities?

Just curious...

Grif

Reply 8 : How to make my pc faster and more steady?

I had done some tests a long time ago on XP on how to save RAM just my switching your themes. Here were my results:

large icons with media center theme
392MB

large icons with classic theme
390MB

small icons with classic theme
325MB

small icons with media center theme
330MB

Cleatype Font smoothing with small
icons with classic theme
325MB

standard font smoothing with small
icons with classic theme
267MB

So if you use the standard font smoothing with small desktop icons and the classic theme you can save over 100MB of RAM. I also spent a day with those settings and I did notice that my computer was noticeably much faster.

Reply 9 : How to make my pc faster and more steady?

I am replying to this thread in lieu of the recent Windows Official magazine article suggesting you check your boot order. When you start your computer up it should give you some key command options such as F2 or something like that. If you go to that it should take you to your computer's BIOS section. Depending on your computer it should say something to the effect of Boot order or Advanced BIOS Features. Use the appropriate keys to make sure that Hard Disk/Hard Drive is first in the boot order and that CDROM/CD-ROM is second incase you need to reinstall windows in the future. This should reduce your start up time by around ten seconds give or take. Hope this helps!

Reply 10 : How to make my pc faster and more steady?

Although setting the boot order so your hard drive loads first will allow the system to load a couple of seconds quicker, for most users, allowing the DVD/CD drive to boot first is generally preferred. For most, making the hard drive boot first will show very little difference in boot time and it doesn't help normal operating performance at all.. Also, if you place the DVD/CD drive second in boot order as you advise, you won't be able to run a bootable disc at startup until you change the boot order back again.

A boot disc, such as a Windows installation disc must boot BEFORE the hard drive loads or it will not work as designed. If the hard drive is corrupted and you want to run a repair install of the operating system, the DVD/CD will need to load first.

Obviously, boot order is up to the user's preference but all our machines have the DVD/CD drive load first. Likewise with all my private machines and client's machines..

Hope this helps.

Grif

Reply 11 : How to make my pc faster and more steady?

hi,
Buddy for maintaining your system's performance u can use diff. tool that also pretty helpful...but i think one must fully optimize ur PC.. There is this one application named "Advanced System Optimizer" that has all the utilities you want right from system optimizers to uninstaller...You can try this as this may be useful to you for all your requirements and it is available at cnet. Please be sure to rply if u are benifitted