What's the best program for speeding up computer, like making my PC faster? I want only speed up programs, not AVs!\n\nAnd where can I get it?
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It depends on what you mean by speed.  If your computer seems to be running slow, the frist thing to do is to clean out all those junk files and old registry entries, I like using CCleaner, http://www.ccleaner.com/ and while it cannot make your computer faster TuneXP can make your computer "feel" faster by optimizing Windows, http://www.driverheaven.net/dforce/default.php after that there are a number of tweaks explained here, http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/blog/_archives/2005/12/5/1434755.html and here, http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/blog/_archives/2006/1/12/1658713.html, follow the instructions to the letter but TuneXP will have already applied some of those tweaks but not all of them.  Also, to get your PC booting faster, set your hard drive as the first boot device (through the BIOS) and then get BootVis, http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=664 BootVis was a program designed by Microsoft to cold boot Windows XP in less than 30 seconds (I got mine down to 25 seconds without disabling any major components/drivers).  Of course my PC is also faster than the average.\n\nUnless your motherboard supports it, you might be able to overclock your CPU (AMD processors are very overclockable in most cases) but if your motherboard doesn't support it, don't try it.  My Gigabyte motherboard came with EasyTune 5 so I used that to test overclocking and my Athlon 64 3700+ is overclocked to 2.6GHz (stock heatsink/fan) up from 2.2GHz.  It's fast...\n\nAlso, consider defragging your hard drive, either with Diskeeper (my personal favorite) or the one that is built into Windows, my personal opinion is that Diskeeper does a better job but it cannot defrag the paging file.  In order to defrag the paging file you will need to get a free program called PageDefrag, http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/PageDefrag.html which will be run at boot time.  The paging file cannot be defragged while you are in Windows.  Diskeeper is not free by the way but they do have the freeware Diskeeper Lite floating around out there, though it is no longer officially supported or available on the Diskeeper site, you really have to look for it.
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Its really not a good idea because its so out of date.\nAll of the anti virus updates are added as fixes. To see what that looks like install Ccleaner and check out the list of updates and hotfixes tagged on to Windows.\nThese all load one by one after the program loads and that increases the time it takes to load and startup the pc.\nNewer versions have all the updates integrated into the program.\n\nThere are decent freeware security programs you can use, they are only free for home users. Business users have to pay. (its probably tax deductable for them.)\nTheres a full list of freeware on my blog but 2 good ones are AVG 7.5 and Avast.\nhttp://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/  -AVG anti virus or\nhttp://www.avast.com - Avast Antivirus
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Norton is extremely overrated!  It can cut the performance of your computer by up to 40%. To a Google search for the AVG, this program catches more viruses that Norton and doesn't slow your system down! P.S. the product key is never on the box, it's always on the sleeve that contains the CD.
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the top reasons why computers run slow are--Not enough RAM and too much Spyware!\n\nThe spyware issue can be fixed for free, so we'll start there.  Go to download.com and download AdAwareSE, it's a free personal spyware removal program, that you can schedule to run at night when you're sleeping even, so you don't even have to worry about it, it'll just maintain itself.  You can also try SpyBot Search & Destroy, another great program...it came on my computer, so I'm not sure where to get it, or if it's free, try download.com or search on a search engine...it's also a good program, but like I said, I have no idea if it's free or not.\n\nWhile we're at it, if you do a lot of downloading all the time (especially from P2P programs like LimeWire), go to freeav.com and download some free anti-virus software, and run that too.  Viruses can make your computer very slow sometimes, along with a million other much more malicious things, so having virus software is good too.\n\nNow of course just downloading these isn't enough, you have to actually install them and run them...may sound silly to you, but a number of people think it's enough to just have them sitting on their desktop (yes mom, i'm talking to you! =D ).\n\nNow that we've got that taken care of, let's talk RAM.  To see how much RAM you have currently in your computer, go to your desktop and right click on the "My Computer" icon.  \n\nClick on Properties (it's at the very bottom of the list).\n\nOn the General tab (this should be the one it opened on) All the way at the bottom it should tell you what your computer is currently running.  processor XXXXMHz X.XXGHz, & XXX GB or MB of RAM.\n\nObviously, the only number that is really important here is the last one.  Your processor speed is actually what decides how fast your computer is capable of going, but most newer (last 5 years or so) computers have enough speed to keep most people happy, so we won't go there.  \n\nNow, how much RAM you need is based on what you want your computer to do.  Basic users, running Windows XP (Home or Professional) need about 512MB to 1.0 GB of RAM.\n\nOf course if you're trying to play all kinds of video games (isn't that what computers are for anyway?), or run lots of programs at the same time, you may need a little more than this.\n\nUpgrading your RAM will cost you money, so I highly reccomend running those programs first, as well as going into your control panel & add/remove programs, and uninstalling any useless programs you may have on there...sometimes programs will be running in the background and you won't realize it, and they're eating up all sorts of system resources, so if it's on your computer and you don't want it--DUMP IT!\n\nHope this helps, I'll check back to see if you update anything, and maybe I'll be able to give you some better answers!
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best answer,\n\ndear member,\nput it on the side, and use SpeedUpMyPc 3 or latest and make ur computer traces completely trashed just download it and run it for once and u will c how it is.....\ndownload.com\n\nthankU
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There are memory optimizer type programs for computers. Try Tune-Up Utilities 2006 (free 30 day trial) It has a memory optimization section in there.\nhttp://www.tune-up.com/\nfree to try for 30 days, great program. \nRAM is pretty dirt cheap now, easier to just put some more in.
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Make your computer run faster. \n\n1.  Add more RAM.  2GB should pretty much max you out. \n2.  Stop unused programs.  Use MSCONFIG and other utilities to prevent programs from autostarting.  Use Task Manager to KILL programs that you don't use. \n3.  Keep only the windows open that you are using. \n\nMore importantly, if you are using a P2P program to download,  DO NOT WALK AWAY.  Instead, verify each and every download, so your computer does not get infected.
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Do what i did just get one external memorie & save all your programs in this memorie...& restart your pc.....the good think about this is, when you don't have any program no necesarie on your pc it will run two times faster & much better.... i get this divise on the best buy & i just expense $100 dollar getting a 200gt external memorie\nthat is my advise....it really works
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Do a defrag on your computer...\nClean disk...\nAlso they have RAM chips you can add to your computer which will make it run faster..
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Here are the standard remedies:\n\nA major cause of slow PC's is fragmentation of the hard drive.\nYou need to defragment the HD at least once a week if not more depending on how much you use your computer, and what you do with it.\n\nOne way is to use the defragment utility built into Windows XP.  It is slow but does the job rather well.  Go to:\nStart > Programs > Accessories > System Tools   and then click on System Defrag to run the tool.  It will take several hours so let it run overnight or simply walk away from your PC for a few hours.\n\nA great program for defragging automatically is Diskeeper 10. It costs $30 but is well worth it. Go to www.download.com and search for Diskeeper. Read the Publishers Description and the tech and user reviews. It can be scheduled to run automatically as the program deems necessary, and if you are using your PC and the program launches itself, it will take a backseat to whatever you are doing and give you the priority for CPU usage. I think you'll agree it's a good program to have. It precludes your needing to remember to defrag at regular intervals.\n\nAlso, another major cause of a slow PC is programs that are running in the background. Here's another really good Microsoft tool.  Go to Start > Run >   type in msconfig in the box and click OK.\nThis will bring up a window with several tabs at the top.  Click on the “Startup” tab.  It will list the programs that are running on your PC and eating up resources.  Look them over carefully and turn off any that don’t absolutely have to be running.  Simply click on the “check mark” in the little box beside the program name.  Clicking on it will remove the check mark.  Once you have edited the Startup list, click on Apply and then on OK.  Once you have exited the window, reboot your PC for the settings to take effect.\n\nAnother good thing to have is a little program called FreeRAM Pro. It is free and is available from www.download.com This program puts a little RAM meter on the System Tray and shows how much RAM you have remaining that you are not using at any given time.  I think you may be surprised at how little RAM you have to run other programs. Also, once it is installed you can right click on the little meter, then click on RESTORE and it will open the RAM display window. You can tweak the settings so it will display your CPU usage also.  Then just click “Minimize” and then “To System Tray” to return to the Task Bar.\n\nHope this helps
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This depends on what programs you are considering removing.  Some programs install themselves in your start-up registry and, therefor, use memory the minute your computer starts.  Removing these programs will help alleviate your memory and speed up your computer.  Also, check in your system tray (the icons next to your clock) and see how many programs are running there.  Icons in your system tray are programs that are currently running and using up your system memory.  If there are icons there for programs you don't need to start up right away, shutting them down will also help.\n\nShort of these options, installing extra memory or a faster processor (if your motherboard will support it--Pentium III processors are cheap nowadays) will always be the best sure-fire way of increasing your speed.  If you are running Windows XP with 256MB of RAM, you are going to run slow no matter what you do.\n\nRun Anti-Spyware programs to clean up your system like Ad-Aware SE Personal and Spyware Blaster.  Also, run a program called TweakNow Registry Cleaner to clean up your start-up registry.  All of these programs can be found by going to:  www.download.com and doing a search for their titles.
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In fact any computer nowadays is fast as you don't ever need - unless you're gaming, 3D design, video encoding and so on...\n\nThe question is if the computer is optimized. This means, with the given software and hardware configuration, is the computer as fast as it normally should be.\n\nA system free of virus, spyware and hardware faults can still be slow. The important thing is where the processing speed is going. If you have a 500Mhz pc for example, you shouldn't run WindowsXP with full graphical details. As long as you can figure out where you processor speed is going, and you manage it to point towards you primary task, you'll be just fine.
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Suggestions Galore\n---------------------------\n\n1. Go to run, type msconfig and press Enter. Select the startup tab and deselect all the checkboxes expect your anti-virus.\n\n2. After some monthes of usage, your computer's regestry gets fragmented just like your hard drive. So install a Registry cleaner (e.g. Winaso Registry Optimizer). \n\n3. Go to My Computer properties, select the advanced tab. Select visual settings and uncheck as many checkboxes as possible.\n\n4. Install a hard drive cleaner (e.g. Easy Cleaner).\n\n5. Update your system memory.\n\n6. Whenever you feel the PC is running slow, open the task manager and close useless processes manually or you can install a process cleaner.\n\n7. Run a virus and spyware scan. These slow the PC down.\n\n8. Install a system Optimizer.
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viruses,   spywares, ...\n\nbest advice?, get an antivirus, norton 2005 is the best, it comes with spyware control included, \n\ni also think that should get a techinician to take all those bad things from your computer out, then install the antivirus and your computer will be fine.He can also erase all the programs that you dont use, that will help your computer a lot cause it will have more memory, and it will run faster as the result.\n\nstop clicking and installing wallpapers and screensavers from the internet, that has a lot of viruses.\n\nthere are a lot of other causes that make your computer do that, but i think most of times are the problems that i just told you.\n\ngood luck :)
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Well if you are going to open a small pc repair part time business then from my observation working with computer forums as well as Q and A sometimes here are some of the most common questions. I'll rate them from basic, advance, and expert\n\n\nBasic Questions to expect to find:\n1. I want to upgrade my computer. What is the maximum speed it can go and how much will it cost me?\n\n2. My computer has a virus and my scanner won't delete it can you delete it for me?\n\n3. My Computer has been acting slow, and my icons are all funny can you fix it for me?\n\nAdvance: \n1.  I can not uninstall this program because Add/Remove won't let me. Can you remove it for me?\n2. I want to add another hard drive or upgrade what should I do.\n3. My CD Drive will nto read CD's my computer picks up the CD drive but it will not do anything it just makes this wirling sound.\n\nExepert:\n1. Windows will not start not even safe mode. Can you restore my windows without losing anything? I have important documents and programs on there that can not be replaced\n\n2. My computer will nto start it just making beeping sounds.\n\n3. I get a NDTLR missing when turning on my computer\n\nI do not have any code like C++, or Java because I do not know any. these are some of the questions you can probally researcha nd figure out on your own without major problems. I have troubleshoot all these problems before bymyself and if you like tinkering with stuff I wish you the best of luck on your buisness.
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Yeah, I agree first clean out any spyware, adware using the following:\n\nAdaware SE Personal, http://www.lavasoft.com/\nSpybot S&D, http://www.safer-networking.org/\nMS AntiSpyware Beta - http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx\nand also get SpywareBlaster - http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/\n\nThen scan for viruses using AVG Free, http://free.grisoft.com/\n\nThere are also a number of cleaning programs and tweaks you can do on Windows, first the cleaners:\n\nCCleaner will remove junk files and old registry entries, http://www.ccleaner.com\n\nRegCleaner will clean out old registry entries as well and might pick up a few that CCleaner missed, http://www.majorgeeks.com/download460.html\n\nNext there is a program that will tweak the way Windows XP handles itself, this can also boost your PCs performance so download TuneXP, http://www.driverheaven.net/dforce/default.php read the guide for a very helpful section on which options you should turn on or leave alone.\n\nI would also recommend defragging your hard drive using either Diskeeper (not free) or just using the built-in utility that Windows offers (Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Defragmenter) and let it run to completion.\n\nLastly there are a number of tweaks you can do to get Windows running EVEN faster, there are two parts, Part 1 http://xgatech.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1194&keywords=tweak&PHPSESSID=c716fdaf20b535562d9cc585479ecccc and Part 2 http://xgatech.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1223&keywords=tweak&PHPSESSID=c716fdaf20b535562d9cc585479ecccc\n\nYour computer will be running faster than it ever did when it was brand new if you do ALL of the above.
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I have about 10,000 songs in itunes, and my computer is not any slower because of it. You are just storing the files on your disk. This does not use any of the processor unless you are actually accessing the file.\n\nSo - the real question is why your computer is slowing.\n\n1/ Over time, you need to defrag your hard drive. Open my computer, right click on your c drive > properties > tools > defragment now. Do this every couple of months.\n\n2/ You have a lot of programs that have snuck into your computer at startup time. install winpatrol (free - use the link below). Check the 'startup programs' tab. if you have more than about 20 items, invistigate each item and disable anything you dont need. Liutilities.com is a great source for this.\n\n3/ If your antivirus is norton or mcaffee, dump them, as they are resource hogs. Just make sure you follow all the remove instructions to get everything out. Install Avast instead. Its free, small, fast, and more effective than the previously mentioned.\n\n4/ lastly, you can blame microsoft's patches every month to a small degree. Every patch they make adds a little bit to the overhead. Its the price we all have to pay for the innocent and not-so-innocent hackers.\n\nTaking care of the 1st three should speed you up considerably. regarding #4, and just overall performance, RAM is the best thing you can buy next to bandwidth. Forget all the accelerators you may hear about. Its just junk.