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Startup Faster: Troubleshooting Boot Performance

by Rod Dunne December 15, 2010

This article takes a look at some simple ways to make your computer startup faster using Windows utilities, computer maintenance software and some simple maintenance tweaks. It is a natural fact that as your computer ages, it will begin to slow down as more applications are installed, the disk drive fills up and the registry (more)

Startup Optimizer: Tools and Tips for Faster PC Boot Performance

by Rod Dunne December 8, 2010

By using Windows own startup optimizer utility and PC repair tools, it should be possible to improve slow boot up performance on just about any PC. This article takes a look at some of the automated approaches to improving Windows startup performance; along with the manual changes you can make using Microsoft utilities. Automated startup (more)

Improve Slow Boot Up Performance

by Rod Dunne November 4, 2010

Slow boot up performance can often be fixed using a combination of PC maintenance software and Window’s own utilities. The key to any investigations is to try and limit which applications/services are being run as the computer is booting. Improving slow boot up speeds using MSConfig The first steps to improving slow computer start up (more)

Slow Startup – Fixing Windows Boot Performance

by Rod Dunne November 1, 2010

By using computer maintenance software, it should be possible to improve slow startup performance on most versions of the Windows operating system. In this article, we’ll show some of the more common techniques and software utilities to improve slow Windows startup performance. Automating slow computer startup gains using software One of the easier ways to (more)

How To Improve Windows XP Slow Startup Performance

by Rod Dunne August 13, 2010

How long do you normally have to wait for Windows to boot up? If it is anything more than a few minutes then this can be a major irritation and inconvenience. Here, we’ll show how to speed up Windows XP slow startup times. Main Startup Problems The factors that cause Windows XP slow startup performance (more)

How To Speed Up Windows XP

by Rod Dunne August 2, 2010

The brute force approach to fix slow computer performance is to add more memory. But this approach doesn’t resolve what is actually slowing down the computer. Here, we’ll look at how to speed up Windows XP computers using manual and automated methods. The focus is on XP as this system is still in widespread use (more)

How To Fix Slow Computer Problems – Windows 7

by Rod Dunne July 31, 2010

Windows 7 pulled together a number of tools and diagnostics to help fix slow computer issues. Here, we’ll look at some of these tools and suggest some ways of making the best use from them. Windows XP/Vista/2000 Users: The Windows 7 tools listed in this post are found in different locations in earlier operating systems (more)

Slow Computer Fix

by Rod Dunne July 30, 2010

Sometimes the easiest slow computer fix is the simplest. Here, we’ll look at some of the easiest things to do in order to give you a faster PC, along with software options for tuning a slow PC. Understanding how to fix a slow computer is not rocket science. What it boils down to is understanding (more)

How To Fix A Slow Computer

by Rod Dunne July 17, 2010

Understanding how to fix a slow computer can sometimes appear like a game of trial and error. In reality though, achieving a faster PC boils down to understanding what programs/services are putting undue demands on your slow PC. Here, we’ll look at some of the common reasons why a computer runs slow and propose some (more)

My Computer Is Slow

by Rod Dunne June 7, 2010

Anytime I find my computer is slow I immediately run through the following checklist to establish what might be wrong and how it can be remedied (and preferably even sped up). As with any PC repairs, be sure to make a laptop backup of your data before attempting any changes to your computer. Anti Virus: (more)