Improve the system performance while system is slow down speed
1. Spyware and viruses:
Remove the viruses and spywares on your machine.
If the software Scanners is not work(i.e. Symentec,Mcaffee,AVG etc), do the following steps to identify.
i. Identify and end suspicious processes with windows task manager
ii. Identify and disable suspicious services with the management console.
iii. Identify and disable suspicious services and startup items with the system configuration utility.
iv. Search and delete registry entries associated with suspicious services or startup items.
v. Identify and delete suspicious files.
vi. Install and use multiple spyware detection and removal utilities.
NOTE: if the above are steps are fail in normal, Go to the safe mode and try again the above steps.
2. Processor OverHeating:
Processors are generate lots of heat. All Processors require cooling element, typically a fan of some type. Machines used for more application and gaming or other the processor temperature goes ove spec, the system can slow down or run erratically. Todays latest motherboards are monitor the processor temperature and report it via the system BIOS setting.
The processor fan fails for the following reason:
i. Dust is preventing the fan from spinning smoothly
ii. The fan motor has failed.
iii. The bearings are loose and jiggling.
Often you can tell if there is a fan problem by listening and touching the computer. A fan that has loose bearing starts jiggling and vibrates the case,making a characteristic noise. You may barely notice the noise at first, and its common for even the experienced computer pro to overlook this change. But the time goes by, the sounds and vibrations will become so prominent that you will change the fan out just to stop the racket.
You don’t always need to replace the fan. If it is covered with dust, you can often spray away the dust with compressed air. Note that even though you might get the fan running again, its life span has likely been reduced because of the overwork.
3. BAD RAM:
Some situations can lead to a bad RAM relationship with a particular machine.
i. RAM timing is slower than optimal machine spec.
ii. RAM has minor flaws that only appear on details testing.
iii. RAM is overheating.
There are many different speeds and types of RAM, and the better motherboards may be tolerant of using RAM that dows not match the motherboard’s maximum specs.
For example,
Your motherboard may support ECC RAM but will still work with Without ECC RAM, or may support both PC2700 and PC3200 DIMMs. But be aware that you may need to change BIOS settings and you can see performance decreases if you install that is slower than the maximum spec.
Minor Flaws in RAM chips can lead to system slowdowns and instability. The least expensive chips often have minor flaws that will cause your system to slow down or blue screen intermittently.Although builtin machanisms may allow the system to keep working, there is a performance hit when it has to deal with the flawed RAM chips.
If you want to check for overheating of RAM, open your computer’s case, power down, and pull the plug out. Ground yourself and touch the plastic on one of your RAM chips. If you find that your RAM chips are overheating,you should consider buying a separate fan to cool your memory. If your mother does not support a RAM fan, you might be able to get enough additional colling by installaling a fan card that plugs into a PCI Slot. You can also buy copper “heatspreaders” or RAM heatsinks that improve heat dissipation and help prevent problems caused by overheated RAM.
4. Failing Hard Disk:
There may be many signs of imminent failure before a hard disk finally gives up,depending on the type of failure(mechanical,electronic,logical or firmware failure).
The signs are,
i. Slow access times on the affected drive.
ii. An increasing number of bad sectors when running scandisk and chkdisk.
iii. Unexplained blue Screens.
iv. Intermittent boot failures.
When you notice the system slow down, run scandisk or chkdisk, depending on your operating system.if you notice a bad sector where a good sector existed earlier, that is a clue that the disk is going bad. Back up the data on the disk and prepare for it to fail soon.
5. BIOS Settings:
Most of the people accept the BIOS settings as they were configured in the factory and leave them as is. However, slowdowns may occur if the BIOS settings do not match the optimal machine configurations. Often can improve machine performance by researching your mathorboard’s optimal BIOS settings which may not be the same as the factory defaults.
There is no centralized database of optimal BIOS settings , but a simple web search on your motherboard name and BIOS as keywords should yield the correct settings.
You may also be able to increase performance by updating or flashing your BIOS. Check with your motherboards vendor for the software and instructions to do this.
6. Windows Services:
Many windows services are enabled by default. Many of these services, however are not required for your machine to run properly. You should review the services running on your windows 2000/xp/2003 computer and disable those that you do not need.
So you can stop or disable the services on service management which is not important on your machine.
Do the following steps,
I. Start=>run=> then type services.msc
Then select the services and disable or stop the service which is not important.
7. Disk Fragmentation:
Disk fragmentation can significantly slow down your machine. The disk heads must move back and forth while seeking all the fragments of a file. A common cause of disk fragmentation is a disk that is too full. You should keep 20 percent to 25 percent of your hard disk free space to minimize file fragmentation and to improve the defragmenters ability to defrag the disk. Thus if a disk is too full, move some files off the drive and restart the defragmenter.
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