Let’s look at  reasons why your computer
may be running
slow…
Computers are an essential aspect of our lives. We use them for work, school, business, recreation and more. Our lives have been made exceedingly more interesting because of them and opportunities for creativity and enjoyment with a PC are endless, that is, until the machine starts grinding to a halt!

There are many reasons why a computer begins to slow down with use; we will look at three of these now.

Ahhgh!! Faster!!!!!

The first reason for a slow PC is the registry. This is basically responsible for holding the entire computer system, hardware and the software preferences. With lots of use the registry becomes cluttered with redundant data. Registry cleaning will not only free up the space but would also solve some of your computer system’s errors that can give you computer problems in the near future. To clean the registry, you can find several different brands of cleaners on the market today. You just have to guarantee that what you choose is updated and reliable. Care must be taken with some of them too; check online reviews if you are going to buy one of these. Cleaning your computer’s registry will do miracles on your computer’s performance and speed. For cleaning my PC and keeping the registry in order, I use ccleaner

Spyware and viruses can be another reason for a slow XP PC. In surfing the web, you inevitably pick up these little nasties. Most spyware is there to run programs to upload details of your surfing preferences to marketing companies. Unlike viruses, they are relatively harmless; the pain is that they take up your processor power and memory capacity in doing their nasty little deeds. For antivirus I run Kaspersky internet security. Through talking to many computer geeks I have learned that this is one of the best available.
For spyware, as aresult of my geek friends advice, I use both Adaware and Spybot Search and Destroy. Lavasoft Adaware does a paid version and a free version. Spybot is free.

Thirdly, slow performance can be due to a lack of memory or RAM. The ram is where data is temporarily stored by programs at work on your computer. If these programs can’t find enough space in the RAM, the data then gets written to the hard drive which takes more time, in turn slowing down your PC.
Adequate RAM is also important especially if you are running multiple programs at a time. A computer with a Windows XP operating system can usually run with a 512 MB of memory, but if your computer is equipped with many programs and applications, it needs twice as much as RAM in order to perform faster.

There are still many other factors that could slow PC XP however the above mentioned factors are the most common. These three, corrupt registry, viruses and inadequate memory are the factors that you should be careful about in order not lose your computer’s speed.
Kris Mainieri is an accomplished Computer Tech focusing on innovative and unique ways to help people take their computing performance to a whole new level. Click here to discover more.