VMware: Ways to Accelerate Your Windows XP
Is there any hope for your computer if it's running slow and thus making you feel frustrated? In this article, learn how to run a virus scan, stop unneeded programs from running in the background on your machine and other helpful ways to help you speed up your Windows XP computer.
How To Make Win XP Run Faster
Is there a performance enhancer we can give our computers to make them run like new? There should be a product like engine restore for computers. Well, if you taking the following few steps can make your computer run like new.
- Applying Windows Updates. You know doubt run your computer on the internet. We all do. You must keep your machine up to date with patches and security updates. Failure to do this opens up your machine to hackers, it will turn you computer into a spam pool.
- Do you have an auto updating virus checker? Do you run a check on your machine for spyware? You should run a virus scan and spyware scan regularly. I will greatly reduce your chances of that spam pool. It will also allow your computer to run a lot easier, don't we all feel better when we are not sick.
- Head on into your Control Panel, Click Add/Remove Software. Now look at the list, do you recognize anything. Delete the ones you don't use, do some online research about the ones you are unsure about. A lot of programs auto download onto you computer. Shopping sites are notorious for this; they say it will make you shopping easier. But in reality, it just slows everything down.
- As you surf the web, temporary files are left on your hard drive. Just as if you are getting full, moving doesn't seem to be as much fun. Temporary Internet files tend to fill up your hard drive quickly and can cause Internet Explorer to malfunction. Just cleaning up the hard drive, running a scan disk and defrag can add that zip to your system. It could run like new when your finished.
- Running out of memory is never a good thing. If your RAM is low, then Windows automatically starts using the Virtual Memory. Virtual Memory tends to be slower than RAM. So, go out and get some physical RAM, take your computer up to the maximum that it can handle. This will make your machine seem like new. A word of advice let Windows handle the virtual memory that is unless you're a Wizard or feeling adventurous. To change the virtual memory go to control panel/system/advanced under advanced click performance click advanced again then click the change button under virtual memory.
Taking these necessary steps will greatly increase you Windows XP experience. I hope that you found this article informative and enjoyable to read.