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Increasing The Speed On Your Cheap Desktop Computer

Okay, so you went out and bought a cheap desktop computer and you find it just isn't up to speed, literally. There is nothing wrong with that. It is a fixable situation. I am going to tell you how to remedy that situation. There is a way and it works for cheap laptop computers also.

First a brief lesson in computers. Consider the following:

The Processor is your motor. It determines how fast you can go from 0 to 60mph.

The hard drive is is your file cabinet . The bigger your file cabinet is, the more stuff you can keep until you need it.

Memory or RAM is your workbench. The bigger your workbench the more things you can do at one time.

Now, lets speed this old cheap desktop computer up a little bit. Unless you built it yourself, your system came with a lot of temporary applications. (Temporary, because they are teasers and hope you will buy the full version.) They also come with a go od many applications you probably will never need. The key here is to do something about them. Let's get started.

Click Start; then click Run and type in "MSCONFIG" and click Okay. A window will open with several tabs across the top. Click the Tool tab. You will see a lot of information with little check boxes on the left. Programmers are egotistical. They think any application they write should be loaded any time you boot your system. Out of all of those checked, the only ones you really need are: SYSTRAY and Windows Explorer

If they are not there, don't worry about it. Some versions of Windows do not display them. The other thing you need is a virus checker. You did install one didn't you? Your system probably came with one but it will be a temporary version. Be sure you have a virus checker and keep it up to date

Take the checks out of all of the boxes at the left by clicking on them. Click Apply and OK.

The panel will tell you yo ur system must be rebooted in order for the changes to take effect. Do that. When the reboot is completed, an information panel will open telling you some configuration changes were made. Well, Duhhh, you just made them. Put a check mark on the tiny square on the left and tell the system not to reboot at this time. Congratulations! You have just increased the speed of your desktop computer!

If you feel a real need for speed, the single most important thing you can do, and the cheapest, by the way, is to increase your memory. By that I mean make your workbench bigger. A real clue that you need more memory is to listen to your system as you are doing things. Do you hear a lot of clicking? That is the hard drive at work. If you don't have enough memory, your system will still try to do what you told it but in order to make room, it has to clear some space on the workbench, in memory. To do this, it moves things in and out of memory to the hard drive. This takes up compute r cycles which equate to time. What you need to do is increase the amount of memory. I would recommend you have at least 2gb if you do anything more than homework and surfing the internet. It is not expensive. However, it must be added in matched pairs. In other words, if you want to add 2gb, then you buy 2 1gb modules. Installation is simple, but if you are leery about cracking the case, a Best Buy, Circuit City, or a Mom and Pop repair shop will do it for about $ 27.

Increasing your memory can increase the speed by as much as 40%. Believe me, it is worth it, especially if you do anything with photos or video, or audio. You can take that cheap desktop computer of yours and make it into a workhorse.

G0 ahead and get to it. If you have any questions, post them in The Geek's Computer Blog and I will answer them at my first opportunity.

More I Will Help You Speed Up Your Old Cheap Desktop Computer Issues

Question by ===Your Name Here===: What is a good, fast and cheap desktop computer that I can buy.? I am on a tight budget and I am looking for a new Desk Top computer that is relatively fast and pretty cheap. Does anybody have and suggestions Best answer for What is a good, fast and cheap desktop computer that I can buy.?:

Answer by Mitch F
a 1998 mac

Answer by sponggie
e machines

Answer by grogle27
the older macbook g4 is pretty fast and runs about 200$ the only setback is it wont work with an iPod it will just charge it

Answer by John C
dell has a nice deal on a desktop for about 349,, check it out,, http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?oc=dddodg4&c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&kc=features~desktops_great_deals youll have to provide the monitor,keyboard and mouse, but you can take that from you old computer, till you can afford to buy a nice Lcd monitor,, good luck

Answer by Andrew S
I'd have a look at Dell as another poster has already suggested. They have plenty of perfectly decent machines from around the £300 mark here in the UK. Not hardened gaming machines to be sure but perfectly respectable.

Answer by waterfox94
Compaq Presario or the blue Mac.

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