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Author: Adam J. Thompson
Is your computer as slow as cold molasses in January? Would you like to learn a couple easy tweaks that you can use to easily increase your computers speed and make your programs run faster? There are actually many ways to speed up your computer, but here are two of them.
Tweak #1: Speed up
All of the files that your computer needs to operate, and all of the files and programs you have on your computer are saved on your computer's hard drive. After awhile all of the files saved on your hard drive become "fragmented", meaning that they are spread around on various sections of your hard drive. Your Windows computer has a handy little tool that will Defragment, or consolidate all of the files on your hard drive, making access to files on your hard drive faster and smoother.
Here's how to Defragment your hard drive:
Click "Start"
Click "Programs" / "All Programs"
Go to "Accessories"
Go to "System Tools"
Click "Disk Defragmenter"
You will then see a window that shows, among other things, you hard drive, probably called "C". Click on your hard drive, then click the analyze button. After the program is done analyzing your hard drive, it will tell you if you need to defragment your hard drive. If it tells you that you need to, just click "Defragment".
Tweak #2: Speed up Internet Explorer
If you're having problems with Internet Explorer locking up or running slowly, you should try cleaning out IE's temporary files.
To start, open up Internet Explorer, click "Tools" then "Internet Options...". Click "Delete Files" then confirm that you do want to delete the files.
Note: If you have a slow internet connection, deleting the temporary files
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