Malware
Perhaps the most important factor to a badly performing computer is malware.
Stage 1. Update the explanations of your anti-virus and run a full scan of your drive in Safe Mode. Resolve any unfixable issues. Note that some infections require additional steps until they may be removed; typically a web search will find specific instructions or a special removal tool. If you cannot find a solution, use the BC forums to obtain help.
Step Two. If the sluggishness is unanticipated, and you’ve recently downloaded an application, the problem might rest there. Check this by fully eliminating it. A user will normally perform a web search about the application before getting because in most instances, any potential trouble with malware or inferior performance will have surfaced.
Step three. Adware and Spyware can radically effect your computer’s functionality, and these are throughout the World wide web. A very recent study indicated that one out of every 20 executable files on Websites is spyware, and 1 in 25 domains contain at least one piece of spyware waiting for victims.
Experienced customers will regularly operate 2 or 3 of the programs, because each business has its own standards for what constitutes spyware and will just search against their own established. (A listing of really good, free anti-spyware programs is given by BC). Again, resolve any open issues before proceeding to the next phase.
Uncontrolled Applications
Stage 4. Review programs that self-launch on startup. You pc can be a arena for your interest. Many programs, for instance, install a fast-start feature that allows them to be opened fast; other programs may include an automated update feature that demands them to be working in the background. Each of these slows down your launching Windows and each requires a little bit of assets while your computer is running.
Remember that BC maintains a really complete Startup Database that contains info about whether the item is needed, optional, or unnecessary, in case you are uncertain about what could be safely deleted.
At-the same time, remember that all those symbols on your own Background also take a small amount of trunk time to put themselves.
Lack of Maintenance
Stage 5. Clean up your hard drive (preparation for Step 7). Delete unused applications and exchange old files into a CD. Unplayed games, tons of family pictures, zipped files that you have already opened, applications you haven’t found in two years, software for the old printer you put away last year—these are a few types of files you can delete.
(Note for sophisticated users: some professionals would contain the added maintenance stage of cleaning up the Windows registry, and there are several programs to assist do that. For the most part, registry maintenance won’t make a critical difference, and unless you are quite comfortable with Windows, and cautiously make backups of-the registry, you can do significant damage by creating registry changes, so this measure isn’t included
Stage 6. Run scandisk / checkdisk in Safe Mode. Have it fix 0x2150064.
Stage 7. Defragment your personal computer.
Hopefully, now that you have have finished, you’ll find a noticeable improvement in computer performance.