The What-to-do Series: Sluggish PC Performance
July 16, 2008Despite your awesome 3Ghz quad-core processor teamed up with 7200 rpm hard disk and 1Gb ram, you still find your system’s performance a tad bit slow off the mark. What might be the culprit? Or more importantly, how can this be rectified? Here are some possible causes of slow windows performance and their respective fixes.
Startup Overload
Startup programs are those that load automatically in the background as Windows starts (and manifests as icons in the right-hand corner of the system tray). Some of which are truly unnecessary and just hogs valuable ram. To disable these unwanted startup items, just click on Start > Run, type ‘msconfig’ and go to the ‘Startup’ tab. You’ll be presebted with a check list of all the programs that automatically runs everytime your computer boots - and it’s safe to un-check Windows messenger, iTunes, or Azureus. You may also deselect programs that give you errors during startup. After reboot and Windows tells you about the changes, just uncheck the notification box then click Ok so it won’t bother you again. (more…)
