You can leave all the default settings, except maybe untick "cookies" for whatever web browser you use. Personally I just cba logging into all my sites again, but up to you. For a browser, I like Chrome best but would also recommend Firefox. Just avoid IE at all costs, it's so slow. I even dip into Edge now and again but also find this a little slow. Also check you're browsers Search and Home Page settings. Sometimes malicious programs change your search and home page settings which can open your system up to virus infections so make sure they're both set to something you trust.
If you're on Windows , do "Restart" your PC once in a while. With Windows , when you "Shut Down" your PC it doesn't actually fully shut down, Windows saves a small snapshot of what it had running prior to shutdown to make the boot up process quicker, so restarting your PC is the easiest and quickest way of letting Windows fully refresh itself.
If it's 2GB or less then it will struggle to multitask with modern programs as they simply expect a bit more these days. If it's full then the system will start getting very slow. You can view the "Processes" to see what's consuming your RAM. If you are on Windows 10, I'd also recommend you ensure you're on the latest version by running Windows Updates. The new versions do come with changes, but nothing that can't be gotten used to and it also comes with massive performance, reliability and security improvments.
If you're on Windows 8, upgrade to 8. As with Windows 10, this also comes with many improvements. And that's about that. By this point, provided there hasn't been any major issues discovered, the machine should be behaving much better now. If there has been a major issue found, your options are to Google your way to a solution which, depending on the issue, can be not so bad or a nightmare. Sometimes, when all else fails, it's just time to backup your files and rebuild the machine.
With Windows it comes with a "Factory Reset" function built in which can be accessed via "Settings", specific location varies. Always make sure you have a backup of your files prior to doing this though. Why is this top of the page? Appreciate the professional instructions. As for the date? August 8 by Tammy. Otherwise take your machine to Best buy and have them do it for you, probably at a cost.
One more thing you need to do is to check and see if you have enough memory RAM installed in your PC and if you have anything less than , consider increasing it. Now you are finished and your machine is supposed to be all cleaned up. However, you still have one more step to go to make sure that you hard drive is OK as well. Then say Yes to the message that will open. Go back to where you were and put a checkmark in the second little square, click OK and wait for the four-step process to finish.
Close down all open windows and restart your machine. And wait for the process to finish and you see your desktop.. Now, restart your computer and see how it behaves. Now, do me a favor; Go to start, control panel; scheduled tasks, click on scheduled tasks to open and then click on help to learn how to schedule your machine to clean up itsself automatically and at least once a week. Thomas brentser. Buy a drive ssd may speed up your computer with me, thanks to the computer immediately works better.
Cherry Boxing chettbox. In my case I run the windows in the safe mode and I use a tool windows fix in a program called advanced system care and evrything goes right after that.
Michael McWhirter macmikey. Never go to a website and download software just because someone told you to do that. It is very dangerous and you could just be making your problem worse, or, giving away sensitive personal details.
Windows is crap software and needs to be replaced every once in a while. It is a pain in the rear, but it will save countless hours waiting for a slow computer.
Poor advice. Generally, except the computer network state, how long you will take to download something from the websites or other internet locations often also are limited by the maximum computer downloading speed. Download too many files, videos, songs and more data at one time. Run too many programs, tools, files and other processes while downloading.
Have you open and use many programs, tools, files and other background processes while downloading? If so, that could be the reason why your computer downloads take too long. Computer viruses In daily uses, the virus also is able to bring people extremely slow performance.
And it also can cause people unbearable downloading speeds. Overall, the reasons behinds often depend on your different situations. Have you fed up with such extremely slow computer downloading problem? Really want to know what you can do to speed it up anyhow? Here are some practical solutions for you to extremely improve the data downloading processes speed:.
Reconnect or fix computer internet connection. No matter whether your computer network connection is in good state, merely go reconnect it and go see whether this makes a difference. Try to do the updates from safe mode. Jan 13, AM. It isn't the internet speed. After 4 hours it still said 4 hours remaining.
I cancelled. Googled "iTunes Update" and downloaded in less than 10 minutes. Seems to be a problem on the App store side. Sep 25, AM. More Less. Many users are struggling with Windows 10 apps take a long time to open problem, especially those who have upgraded to Windows 10 from other Windows versions.
Some are finding that their Windows 10 apps take a long time or take forever to load. If you are one of the complainers who is frustrated by the Windows 10 apps take long time to open, you've come to the right place. In this post, we will see what you could do to troubleshoot Windows 10 is very slow in opening any application.
What's more, we also show you two effective tips on how to speed up Windows 10 to make programs open or load more quickly. When encountering programs taking a long time to open in Windows 10, you can first restart your computer to check if the problem still exists. Or you can update your apps and programs if they are out of date. After these two quick fixes, if the apps are still slow to open, continue trying the following solutions.
One of the main reasons for Windows 10 apps slow to open issue is that your PC might be infected with a virus that slows your Windows 10, 8, or 7 PC response time. You can use Windows Defender or a third-party antivirus program to scan your system and remove virus or malware. Step 3. In the "Threat history" section, click "Scan now" to scan for viruses on your computer. There are several reasons why you are experiencing Windows 10 is very slow in opening any application.
This could be because of some corrupted file or data on the system that causes you some issues. Using Command Prompt running as Administrator, you can perform these commands that can fix issues on your system. Step 1. Type command prompt in the Search box. Righ-click Command Prompt and choose Run as Administrator. Step 2. Type the following command in the command prompt window and press "Enter" on the keyboard. Step 4. Reboot your Windows computer and check if you have the same error message.
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