Save some Memory and Speed up your Computer
GOAL: Learn a few helpful tips to stop Windows 7 from using too much memory and speed up your computer.
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Windows 7 browser, installed on many computers, has features slightly
different from its past counterparts. If you think that your computer
has slowed down after installing windows 7, you need to fix the problem.
Firstly, use the control shift escape key to find out how much
space windows takes up on your computer. All tasks carried out on your
computer are retained in the physical memory called RAM, every open and
running program takes up some space on it. Even Windows 7 uses RAM to
store and run its programs. Here are a few pointers that can help you
decrease the load on your RAM.
1. Superfetch
Certain programs
are used regularly on our desktops; these are prerecorded in the memory
by windows 7. So, next time when you give a command to run the program,
windows does not spend time loading it. But this immediate access comes
at a cost. This function called superftech takes up some of your RAM
space. If you have a system with more than 2 GB of RAM, then you don’t
have anything to worry, but any lesser means that superfetch is slowing
down other functions running on your workstation. So, think about
disabling this function, if you want to decrease the load on your
physical memory. The method to disable this function is quite simple. Go
to start, then control panel, and here make the ‘System and Security’
selection. Then, in Administrative tools, select ‘Services’ after which
locate the superfetch program. Right click on the program and in the
properties tab, click on disabled, then on the ’Stop’ button and lastly
select ‘OK’.
2. Disable Windows Aero
Right
click on the desktop and choose the advanced system settings, then
select the advanced tab. Under the performance tab, choose setting and
here make the ‘adjust for best performance’ selection. This will do the
trick and windows aero will come to a halt.
3. Programs
There
are some programs that can cause a memory leak from your machine. For
this, it is essential to know which programs are using up more RAM. To
do this, just run one program at a time, and check their memory usage in
the task manager by selecting the control + shift + escape keys. This
way you will know how much space each program requires.
4. Virus
Many
bugs can slow down and affect your physical memory usage. Troubleshoot,
detect and eliminate viruses from your desktop machine. Signs that you
have a malicious virus on your machine are a noisy hard disk, unexpected
pop ups, programs that start on their own and a slower than usual PC.
Install antivirus and antispyware programs and run them periodically.
Wrap up
Ram
is essential on any PC, and to keep your machine running smoothly with
Windows 7, remembers these vital details. Windows 7 uses about 1
gigabyte of memory on your machine. But, if you have a 2 GB memory then
it will run faster, and on a 3 GB machine it performance will pep up
further. Another good way out, is to use storage devices to boost up
your computers speed. Using Windows Experience Index, keep a track of
your computers speed.
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