| One of the key features of a computer is the speed | | | | setting and generally clutter the place up, it takes long |
| at which it operates. Everyone can forgive the odd | | | | for the processor to sift through the contents. Or more |
| software failure from time to time (although not when | | | | operating memory is used up on unwanted programs |
| you have forgotten to save your data) but a | | | | or programs that don't need to be run. |
| permanently slow computer is simply not on. So the | | | | One simple thing you can do in un-clutter your desktop. |
| type of processor and the speed at which it works is | | | | If yours is anything like mine, it tends to be the place |
| always one of the key specifications that a person | | | | where things go when I can't think of a proper place |
| looks at when they a buying a new computer. | | | | for them. Over time the desktop gets overcrowded. |
| When they make the purchase and take home their | | | | This uses operating memory each time you refresh |
| new baby, the speed at which it works is wonderful. | | | | the screen and can slow down your computer. |
| However as the computer matures into the equivalent | | | | If you run a windows operating system another option |
| of a spotty faced teenager, you notice that the speed | | | | could be to clean up the registry. This is a database |
| degrades somewhat. Eventually the computer is | | | | that tells windows where to look for certain programs |
| extremely slow and you can hardly get anything done | | | | that it needs to run. If the registry becomes corrupted |
| on it. Why does this happen and is there a quick fix for | | | | then it can send the processor down blind alleys and |
| it? | | | | the computer will become slow. Cleaning up all the blind |
| Well, just like a human, your computer acquires | | | | entries in the registry can speed up your computer and |
| baggage as it ages and this slows down your | | | | reduce the chances of freezing and crashing. |
| computer. As you install and uninstall programs, change | | | | |