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There are various ways to speed up your Windows old computer. But which of them are powerful enough to make your Windows computer run faster? Here we pick up 6 helpful tricks for your reference.
Find that there are seldom-used applications installed in your Windows computer? These unneeded applications can take up the disk space so that influences the running speed of your PC. To easily find out all the unnecessary applications, you can head to Control Panel, click Uninstall a program and then you will get a full program list. After that, just right-click the unwanted application from the list and choose Uninstall to remove the application from your Windows computer.
With frequent use of the old computer, it's easy for the system to create and accumulate junk files like items in the Recycle Bin, data cache, etc, which can make the disk full and slow down your PC. So, it's suggested to usually clean up the disk. When it comes to the tool that helps to remove Windows's junk files, iSunshare System Genius is worth mentioning. As System Genius not only enables you to erase common junk files (e.g. temporary files) but also delete the invalid registry entries that it's difficult to remove generally. And you can follow the steps below to try this superior Windows cleaner.
Step 1: Get iSunshare System Genius in your Windows computer and then run it.
Step 2: Click Clean All in the left menu and hit Scan to begin finding out all junk files in your system.
Step 3: Next, you can see the details of the junk files and check the items that you want to delete. At last, just hit Clean in the upper corner to remove the selected junk files.
Some programs can automatically start up with Windows OS. Although you can use them more quickly and conveniently in this way, they can eat up the system resource and cause the slow system performance. To manage the startup programs and stop unnecessary programs starting with Windows, you can follow the instructions as follow:
Besides, you can also use iSunshare System Genius which applies to Windows 10/8/7 to manage startup programs with a few clicks.
As SSDs work faster and perform well than hard disks, it's also an effective way to make your Windows computer run faster by upgrading the hard disk to SSD. And instead of reinstalling the Windows OS, you can migrate the Windows OS from HDD to SSD without data loss. For how to add a SSD to your Windows computer, you can refer to this guide: How to replace HDD with SSD.
RAM is the hardware that provides memory for storing information temporarily. More RAM can make your Windows computer run faster when you run many tasks in the system. You can open Windows Task Manager (press Ctrl+Alt+Del)choose Start Task ManagerChoose Performance to see how much memory is used. If the Physical Memory is used over 70%, you can add more memory to speed up your Windows computer. If you want to add or change RAM memory for your laptop, you can follow here.
Deleting useless duplicate files helps to increase the speed of your Windows old computer and also frees up disk space. However, Windows does not come with a tool to remove duplicate files, so you need a professional and safe third-party software. iSunshare DupFiles Genius is such a software that enables you to find and delete duplicate files on your Windows computer.
Step 1: In the main screen of the software, click the Add button in the lower right corner, select one or more disks or folders from your Windows computer and click Next to continue.
Step 2: You can click the Add button to select folders to exclude from scanning, check the types of files to be scanned, set the maximum and minimum size of scanned files, skip system files and hidden files, etc. Once the settings are complete, click the Start scanning button.
Step 3: DupFiles Genius will list a report of duplicate files based on your scan settings. You can right-click on the file to see the location of the file. If you purchased the full version, you can simply check the box in front of the File Name, click Delete, and select Yes in the pop-up dialog box to delete these duplicate files. If you did not purchase the full version, you can only delete one duplicate file at a time.
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