Quick Fixes To Make Windows Boot Faster
The Windows operating system is the most used operating system in personal computing. It has many advantages over other operating systems such as its ease of use, but it also has one disadvantage, and that is sometimes it can be slow to boot up. It doesn’t make any difference what version of Windows you have on your PC, if you use even just a couple of the following tips, you will make Windows boot faster.
One program to native to the Windows OS which will be turned on from the factory is called Windows Automatic Indexing. This program keeps track of what types of files you have on your computer and where they are located. It is designed to help you find files much quicker than just browsing through your folders. The downside is that it can seriously slow down your computer when you go to boot it up. Try turning Automatic Indexing off to get a needed boost in starting up your machine.
Another resource hog on to start up is your Fonts folder. Each font you have sitting in this folder must be loaded when your computer starts. If you have a bunch of fonts in your computer, it will naturally be slower. You really do not need to many fonts unless you happen to be a designer. Try to decide which fonts you can live without and get rid of them.
If you’re anything near like the average user, you will be trying out new programs all the time. There will be plenty of them you do not like so you’ll have to uninstall them. When you uninstall a program, and install another one, the programs will install in any gaps in the data on the hard drive. This causes the programs to be scattered, and if it is needed upon start up, it will take longer. Defragging your hard drive can help with this problem.
Junk files are a real big problem for a lot of people. Using the Disk Cleanup tool can help get rid of junk files which are no longer needed and causing your computer to drag. Some of these will be temporary Internet files, while others will be bits of programs not being used anymore but still loading into memory when Windows starts. Disk Cleanup will take care of this for you.
You can decrease your computers start up time by adding extra RAM. It will also make your overall computer performance much better. If you are suffering from a slow starting computer, take the above advice to heart, and more importantly put it to use. If you only use one of these, it will make Windows boot faster.
