Over time, you’ll notice that your computer slows down: browsing the internet becomes slower and programs, files, folders and other tasks take more time to open. There are techniques you can do to speed up computer software, though.

Listed below are techniques to improve your computer performance. These tips intend to be used in-order as it aims to give you first the simplest and very basic process until your computer responds better:

{Upgrade Your Hardware} – Before performing any modifications to your operating system, ask yourself if your computer have sufficient hardware to run my operating system properly. There are many reasons why pc slow down occurs, but if you are forcing RAM-hungry programs and the latest operating system to your old computer, it is best to upgrade your hardware first.

{Declutter Your Desktop} – The basic rule is that the more icons you have on your desktop, the slower will be for your computer to respond during operations. While you can manually remove these programs and files from your desktop, remember that you are just deleting the shortcuts, not the entire programs or files.

If you don’t use these desktop icons, do not hesitate to remove them. Deleting unimportant and unnecessary programs not only free up some disk space but also free up your RAM.

{Scan your computer for system errors, virus, adware, and spyware} – Running your operating system requires all sorts of files and programs. {Over time, it is possible that these files become corrupted}. It is also possible that computer viruses, adware and spyware infest your computer. If your computer significantly slows down in a short span of time, it may be caused by any of these. {You can either use the utility called “System File Checking”, which will inspect the files and repair the problem it finds; or run an anti-virus, anti-spyware, or anti-adware to check and remove any malicious content of your pc}.

{Do away with Windows Visual Effects} – Different Windows operating systems offer visual effects to use exciting, fun, and different; however, these also needs a lot of RAM to run and can be the cause for your computer to slow down. {To adjust or disable this feature, follow this sequence: Control Panel - System and Maintenance - Adjust Effects or Performance (depending on your Windows Operating System)}. {You have 4 options: Let Windows choose what’s best for my computer (the default setting), Adjust for best appearance (all effects are enabled; this setting requires the most amount of operating memory), Adjust for best performance (most effects will not be used), and Custom (where you can adjust and select the setting you want to use)}.

If you have tried all these techniques and you are not able to speed up computer software, you can resort to reformatting your computer and reinstalling your operating system and programs.