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Most computers actually run slow because of a hidden part of your system, which is constantly being used by Windows. This part of your PC is called the "registry" and is the central database for Windows, which stores everything from your latest emails to your desktop wallpaper. It's one of the most important parts of Windows and can easily make your PC run slow.The more corrupt registry files your computer has, the more it struggles to read them.The files which makes it run slower and slower. To fix this, you simply need to use a registry cleaner. These are small software tools which actually work by scanning through the registry and fixing any bad files that are in there. This then allows Windows to read as many files as it wants, when it wants to.

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Without spending money:

Eliminate all the extraneous software from your machine. Seems like everything you download these days wants to run an "agent" on startup, & all it does is sit there & soak up RAM & CPU cycles. If your system tray (down by the clock) is crowded, get rid of as much of that stuff as you can. Additionally there are many gray-area malware apps (spyware adware scareware) which may or may not be picked up by your virus scanner.

Below, i will link a couple good programs for removing this stuff. First is "malware bytes," it will help you find any malicious or semi-malicious programs running on your machine & remove them for you. Second is "decrapifier" it is intended to be used on a newly purchased computer and will help remove all the pre-packaged demo-ware which comes with new computers.

Be sure you have at least 10% free space on your hard disk & then defrag your hard disk. The defrag utility is in start> accessories> system tools.

Optimize your operating system. Windows by default loads up all sorts of services that may or may not be necessary for your particular usage needs. I suggest googling for "windows XX optimization guide" with XX as your windows version for more info on what you do & dont need.

Physically clean the inside. Unplug your machine, take off the side, & blow out all those dust-bunnies. A clean computer is a cool computer, and a cool computer is a fast computer.

If you dont mind spending a little money:

Adding system RAM can greatly improve the performance of any computer system. Its like putting a turbo-charger on your car, the engines the same, but it produces a lot more power.

If possible, upgrading your video card is also a good way to boost performance in 3d games. Modern video cards have come a looooong way in the last couple years and a decent 512mb card can be had for under $100.

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Clean it up, delete unwanted stuff you don't use.

If you want to make your computer super fast, you need to get rid of any Temporary files, so you want to go to Run, by holding down the windows key and hit R, or you can just go to start menu and click on run. After that type in, highlight by going to file and select all (Windows XP) or hit CTRL A and it will highlight them, right click and delete. This will delete all the temporary files on your computer. If it doesn't let you delete a file, it's because it's an Data file. Just leave those. You will want to download CCleaner from Download.com, run the file, save the file, and extract the file, and do the installation wizard. Go under Registry once you have it installed and it will probably bring you up to a lot of issues in your registry. You want to click fix issues, and fix all selected issues or fix issue (if you only have one corrupt file in your registry.) Now you want to go to the homepage of CCleaner. Just click Run Cleaner. It might take a while, but just leave it, and it will be done, just click analyze and it will fix your registry and improve your PC performance!

A computer can be made faster by

1)defragging it regularly using Windows Disk Defragmenter.

2)deleting the temporary files in the system.

3)reducing the number of programs that start during windows start up.

4)optimizing system configuration

5)adding more RAM [memory]

6)upgrading the CPU

7)Upgrading other components such as Graphic Card

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