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One of the worst parts of using windows is the insane amount of time it can take to load. If you have had your computer for more than a year or two you know this first hand. Here are a few times on how to make your windows pc run faster (no installing Os X or Linux is not one of them)

These tips and 5 more can be found on Gear Fire

1. Scan for viruses and spyware. If your computer had a sudden dramatic drop in speed, your problem may be spyware or a virus. I suggest you download Ad-aware, Spybot S&D, (and AVG if you don’t already have antivirus) to scan for bad stuff. Update each program and run a full scan.

2. Keep your drivers up to date. Old hardware drivers can sometimes be inefficient, so it is always a good idea to keep your drivers up to date.

3. Disable Unwanted Start-up Processes. Go Start > Run, type msconfig and hit enter. This will bring up the System Configuration Utility. Go to the start-up tab, and you will see all the programs that load when you start-up your computer. Do not disable any processes that you don’t understand. However you will probably recognize many that you don’t need at start-up, such as CD-burning software, or MSN messenger, or a P2P client. You can safely uncheck these to stop them from booting next time you start up your computer.

4. Disable Hardware you don’t use. Using the Device Manager (Right-click on My Computer, click Properties, and go to the Hardware tab) you can disable any hardware on your computer that you do not use. Each piece of hardware requires time to load it’s drivers. Disabling stuff you don’t regularly use such as firewire ports, PCI ports, and bluetooth could save you a couple seconds each time you start your computer. Don’t worry, you can always re-enable them any time you like!

5. Uninstall software that you don’t use. While it is true that installed software usually doesn’t affect computer performance if you don’t run them, some programs install things called “Services” which are similar to processes and run at start-up. You shouldn’t fool around disabling services, because usually you need most of them. The best way to ensure you don’t have any useless services clogging up your system is to uninstall any software you don’t need anymore.

Read the rest of the tips here at Gear Fire