Many have sat with their computer waiting for a page to load or a program to open. Six seconds go by and it feels like an eternity. We live in the age where we need everything yesterday. I don't know if you're like me but when I click on something I want it and I want it now. I didn't spend all this money on a nice computer only to sit and wait every time I click on something.

What I've learned after much research and many conversations with many computer experts who work on computers for a living is that speeding up your computer can be easier than you think. The disappointing news is that it's not just as simple as a faster internet connection as many are lead to believe. The cable company never ceases to stop their television commercials from running about nothing short of lighting speeds if you get their high speed internet.

The reality is it boils down to four main parts. I like think of them as wheels of a car. If you have a wrong size wheel or a deflated wheel your car just isn't going to run optimally. This small adjustment can make a huge difference in your day to day speed of operations. These four areas are the amount of RAM, processor speed, hard drive speed or RPM's and finally internet connection speed. Of these four areas the computer will only run as fast as its weakest link. For example you can have the best computer out there but if you're running a dial up internet connection you're never going to get optimal functionality.

Other tips would include never having more than 10 icons on your desktop. If you do by chance, create a folder and drag all major icons in it that you're not using. Next make sure your hard drive is less than fifty percent full. If you have a ton of pictures and songs consider purchasing an external hard drive to store all your space gobbling files. This will help quite a bit. The next lesson I learned is the more RAM the better. Ram can usually be purchased cheaply but the experts suggest no less than 2 gigs as a minimum amount. Finally make sure you run disk cleanup at least once a month to clear out all the junk files that you've accumulated that are bogging your system down.

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Having a computer that runs exceedingly slow is becoming a big problem to millions of users around the world today. A slow computer is like having a reliable PC that causes inconvenience when we do work, play or use the computer for whatever purposes. A fast paced lifestyle in this age of technology has no place for a computer that cannot keep pace. This particular problem has to be remedied so you can keep up with the things you have to do. There are two ways by which you can fix this problem and boost your computer's speed. Learn how by reading about them below.

How To Fix Your Slow Computer

1) Defragment Your System's Hard Drive

Your first option is to defrag the computer hard drive. The hard drive contains all the files, settings, data that you have ever used in the computer. Each time the computer runs, it saves, recalls and runs the various files contained in the hard drive. The memory of the hard drive has the latest files, emails, passwords, programs, etc. Since Windows keeps on saving, storing and recalling data from the hard drive, it becomes damaged and at times, it incorrectly saves data in it. Thus, the solution is to fragment or split up the data stored there. The bulk of information in the hard drive makes them hard to read and so, the computer slows down when it operates.

To defragment, go to:

START> ALL PROGRAMS and select the ACCESSORIES menu. Locate the System Tools tab and find the Disk Defragmenter. Click this program and press "SCAN NOW". This program will reorganize the files in the hard drive to make it easier for the system to read them and eventually, speed up the computer.

2) Remove Unnecessary Programs

The second option is to remove unnecessary programs. Most of the time, applications keep mounting, though not all of them are being used or even needed. These programs leave traces within your computer system and use up system resources which eats up space in the memory (CPU), causing the decrease of computer speed. To filter the programs you don't want or need anymore, go to Control Panel and choose the Add/Remove Programs tab. From the list of programs, remove those you are willing to delete then click uninstall.

3) Clean The Registry Of Windows

Finally, fix the registry. Even if you use both methods to speed up your computer you still have to clean the registry. It is a key component of Windows that functions as the library of data such as registry keys, settings, options, files that the computer owns. It is a huge collection of vital information that needs to be taken care of. Since they are always being used, the database cannot avoid damages. If issues are present, then the computer will have problems processing the activities and therefore, it will slow down. To treat this problem, download the Frontline Registry Cleaner, a tool that can scan the registry, identify problems and fix them without complicated instructions. It will maintain the registry and solve the problem of a slow computer.

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