Are you running Vista or Windows 7? Here are ten ways of enhancing system performance:
- Manage startup programs – Open only the applications that essential to you in your work environment. Some programs start themselves automatically when you start Windows Having too many open at the same time will impact performance.
- Do you really need the eye-candy to perform your tasks? If not, adjust visual effects. On systems that have the share memory with the graphics engine will see an improvement if adjusted properly.
- Adjusting indexing options can improve performance- Indexing options can help you find what you’re looking for quickly and easily on your computer.
- Adjust power settings not only saves energy but the computer resumes from power-saving settings more efficiently, and adjust battery usage for portable computers.
- Defragment and preform disk cleanup regularly.
- Use Advanced tools to establish a baseline and monitor your work activities to insure that things are working efficiently.
- Get a good video card – this is key to improving the Windows Experience Index..
- Turn off the sidebar – Disabling the sidebar does save system resources.
- Use ReadyBoost – Take advantage of faster flash memory instead of the hard drive.
- If all else fails, turn off Aero