Dealing with a slow PC is one of the most annoying things one can face. You know what they say: If you truly want to get to know someone, disconnect their internet connection .
You’ve probably already seen how people can easily get angry when their PC is not working or it’s really slow, and you’ve probably experienced it yourself before. A fast computer is the result of a healthy computer. If the PC is protected, it automatically works better and has almost no issues to deal with at all. Reasons for the slowness of your PC are almost infinite, but the question is, how to make computer faster and safer all the time? Here’s how.
6 tips on keeping your computer FAST and SAFE
1. Careful with software and plugins
There are plenty of videos, movies, images, programs, plugins, and other interesting content that people download almost every day. You must be careful when downloading programs and installing them on your PC, because it might look innocent at first, but can still be a threat to your PC if it’s downloaded from distrustful websites. Besides malware and other infections your PC can get, malicious programs can ruin computer’s system and make it much slower.
2. Manage your cookies
Some of the pop-ups are there to deliver you with malware, but not all of them are bad. Either way, you should block pop-ups , to be sure your PC will work properly. Set your browser to disable it by default, and you have nothing to worry about.
3. Try to be less friendly on social networks
Many links that you’ll find on social networks (Twitter is popular by less content and more links) may lead you to
untrusted websites and potentially cause a problem with your computer, crashing its system randomly. Not that all of them are like this, but if the story seems too good to be true , it could be a trick. Just try to be careful, that’s all.
4. Public Wi-Fi is not always a safe place
Though public Wi-Fi can ease our lives when it comes to communication, but it can still be dangerous just connecting . Coffee shop hotspots are great to use if you’re traveling, but just be careful when you’re accessing your personal and sensitive information (such as bank account), through their free service.
5. Turn off unnecessary programs
There are a lot of programs that run in the background of your PC, making it much slower than usual . Most of these programs, you probably don’t even need, and by shutting them down, you’ll increase the overall system speed and performance.
To remove all these pointless programs, go to: Control Panel> Programs and Features> and you’ll see the list of installed software. Uninstall those that you do not want to have anymore.
6. Deleting temporary files
Set an option to automatically delete temporary files, because they are slowing your computer down.
Do the following: go to My Computer> Local Drive (usually C:\)> Windows folder> open the Temp folder> right click on it> on View options, choose Details. Select all the older files and delete them. At the end, go to Recycle Bin and empty it. Or, you can watch this tutorial video that explains the process.
By deleting these files, you should have more space on your hard disc and it should influence speeding up your PC.
Have you got problems with slow a PC?
How will you deal with it?
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