Running the Disk Defragmentation Tool
Your computer writes to the first available area on your hard drive (disk). As time goes by, the files start to be rearranged on your drive (fragmented). When your hard drive is fragmented and you try to load a program it may have to find files and components on various sections of your hard drive. This will cause poor performance, as your computer is spending more time searching for the files it needs.
The defragment utility tries to put the files back in their origional order by organizing them in similar groups. This will allow your computer to run at optimal performance, since less time will be spent searching for files and components. Do the following:
Start Menu > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Defragmenter/Check Now.
Select the drive you want to defragment. When it is done you can close the window or select another drive to defrag.
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Thursday, February 4, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
Simple Computer Maintenance - Remove Startup Items
Does your computer take a really long time to startup?
If you have unwanted items starting with windows it can and will slow down the boot process and they will take up memory. Navigate to the Startup Programs area to view which programs are set to start when you login to Windowes. Go to the following:
Start Menu > Programs > Startup.
You will find programs in this folder, just delete the ones you do not want to automatically start. Then move on to the following:
Start Menu > Run > Type in: msconfig.exe [Enter] Click the Startup tab and uncheck any items you don’t want to startup.
WARNING - if you dont know what some of these programs are, do not un-check them. Please do a google search or calls us for assistance! Removing critical Startup items from your Startup tab can cause unwanted errors!
IOT provides pc computer repair, laptop repair, local area networking (LAN) and remote computer support for the Minneapolis, Saint Paul and Twin Cities metro area, as well as Saint Cloud, Rochester and all points in between! Serving Minnesota since 1995, IOT also provides software solutions, installation and setup and user training services.
For more information about computer repair or networking please visit our website iotsolutions.com or call us at 651-605-2500.
If you have unwanted items starting with windows it can and will slow down the boot process and they will take up memory. Navigate to the Startup Programs area to view which programs are set to start when you login to Windowes. Go to the following:
Start Menu > Programs > Startup.
You will find programs in this folder, just delete the ones you do not want to automatically start. Then move on to the following:
Start Menu > Run > Type in: msconfig.exe [Enter] Click the Startup tab and uncheck any items you don’t want to startup.
WARNING - if you dont know what some of these programs are, do not un-check them. Please do a google search or calls us for assistance! Removing critical Startup items from your Startup tab can cause unwanted errors!
IOT provides pc computer repair, laptop repair, local area networking (LAN) and remote computer support for the Minneapolis, Saint Paul and Twin Cities metro area, as well as Saint Cloud, Rochester and all points in between! Serving Minnesota since 1995, IOT also provides software solutions, installation and setup and user training services.
For more information about computer repair or networking please visit our website iotsolutions.com or call us at 651-605-2500.
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