Slow Vista Start Up

You turn on your computer and it takes what feels like a lifetime to startup. If you have windows Vista on your computer then I am guessing your computer is relatively new. The cause of Vista startup most likely falls into two categories. The one I will talk about is Spyware. Spyware and viruses can causes the performance of your computer to degrade significantly. This could be the reason for your slow Vista startup.

90% of personal computers have spyware installed on them and half the time the user doesn't even know. Spyware is a software that is downloaded to your computer with out your consent and is used to spy on you. Spyware varies from a company simply wanting to send adds that relate to you, to stealing your personal information and money. The negative effects of spyware can cause problems for both you and your computer. Spyware can track everything you type into your computer, ever site you visit, every email you send, Instant messages, passwords, and even personal information such as your social security number.

How To Fix A Slow Computer

Do you want to learn how to fix a slow computer? Most likely you are a computer user, but have no idea about why your computer starts to slow down over time. Having experienced a slow computer myself, I was finally able to clean up my slow computer and make it run like brand new again.

What I Did To Fix My Slow Computer

To make your computer run faster again, you will need to repair your registry files. They are the files in your computer registry that give the software and hardware the instructions to run properly. A computer registry filled with errors will cause the computer to slow down, because the applications get stuck

The 4 Elements That Makes Up A Personal Computer System

There are 4 elements that make up a personal computer system: the user, software, hardware and the electricity all working together for the whole system. Each of these elements is essential to the system itself.

The user is the person’s who perform the task using the computer system. The nature of the task depends upon the application program or software that is needed to perform the task. The software that the user used requires certain hardware components to function properly.

The hardwares of the personal computer system are made up of its equipment that are usually connected (the computer, monitor, printer and so on). It is defined as hardwares because you can physically touch these components. The programs are called softwares since their function can only be used when the computer is turn ON. Software is a set of coded instructions that the computer uses in order to carry out the user's tasks.

The user can only use the computer when it is turned ON. Without any electrical power to run through the personal computer system, it will not function. The ability of the personal computer system to control its components is through a series of on/off signals.

Here is how it works, when a user tries to type a document or a letter using his/her personal computer. The first thing the user do is to turn ON the power for the computer. Choosing a Word Processor software in order to write the document. The user uses the hardware such as the keyboard to write the content of the document; the typed document is then displayed onto the monitor screen. After the user finished writing his/her document. The user will use the software to instruct the printer to print the document. The software works together with the hardware components (the keyboard, monitor and printer) to accomplish the task that the user requested.

All of the four elements: the electrical power, hardware, software and the user work together to make up a personal computer system.

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What's The Benefit To Building Your Own Computer

There are a few benefits to building your own personal computer. I know you ask yourself why I want to build my own personal computer. After all the entire computer market is full of computers that carry a pretty reasonable price tag.

Bear in mind that the computers on the market today that are out there, are what I call assembly line computers. They are computers that are mass produced. The technologies in the computers that are cheap only offer the basics. Also these computers are loaded down with a lot of useless programming. That is only designed to make the computer look more attractive. In fact these programs only cause the computers performance to be hampered. When you add to these computers or upgrade from the basics, the price tag can get pretty hefty.

Building your own personal computer allows you to decide from the start what will be put into the computer. The type of technology you put in your computer will determine your price tag.

The computer you build will and should have a longer life. When you build your computer you put in it, the computer technology that can be upgraded as you desire.

This increases the life of your computer, and allows your computer to grow with the technology.

The most important reason why you should build your own personal computer is the learning part. Getting a better understanding of what is inside the box. Understanding the technology in your computer will really come in handy when something goes wrong. If you have ever taken you computer to a computer tech, you know how costly that can be. I’ve been in computer tech shops picking up parts, and personally witnessed people paying as much for service as it would of coast those to buy a new computer.

How to Make Your Personal Computer Run Faster

It is quite obvious that the speed of most computers tend to decrease gradually when compared with its speed at the time of purchase. It is quite possible to increase the speed of most computers by just performing simple computer maintenance. However, you should not expect your computer to perform more than its capacity. You should not expect your Pentium II computer to perform like a Pentium III Computer. Also, your computer with a 64 MB Ram can not perform like one with 256 MB Ram.

Not withstanding the speed of your processor and size of your computer memory, the speed at which a computer performs tasks tends to decrease with time. With time, your windows will start loading slower, your programs will require much time to launch and in general, the performance of your computer becomes slow.

When you experience some of the problems above, you should not worry much. You can take some of the steps below to increase the speed of your personal computer, be it a notebook computer or a laptop computer.

You can actually increase the speed of you personal computer by using a disk cleanup utility available in most windows. Disk Cleanup Utility will enable you to clear your personal computer of unnecessary files. Unnecessary files present in the recycle bin, compress old files, temporary files and many other files which may not be useful is removed by the Disk Cleanup Utility. Removal of such files will help to improve the performance of you Personal Computer.

Another way of increasing the speed of your personal computer is by uninstalling unnecessary or unused software. Unused system software will always use up your system resources and makes it to run slower. If you have unnecessary or unused software in your personal computer, it will be wise to uninstall them and increase the speed of your personal computer.

You can also increase the speed of a computer by increasing the size of the memory. Increasing the size of your computer memory can drastically increase the speed of performance of your personal computer.

Apply these little tips and watch the speed of your computer increase drastically.