Windows 7 Slow Down

May 20, 2010 by Ralph Walker  
Filed under Speed and Blind Dating

Has your computer been struck by Windows 7 slow down? If so, read on, as I explain some of the most common reasons why this can happen and tell you what to do to speed your computer up.

Windows 7 is designed to be an improvement over Windows Vista. One of the core goals was to make it more efficient, which has led to an operating system that is lean and fast. But although Microsoft have done a lot to make it faster, there are some problems which have affected every version of Windows from the beginning. These same problems can cause Windows 7 to become sluggish over time. Luckily, there are things that you can do to to make it fast again.

If your computer has suddenly become slow, it’s possible that Windows 7 is not to blame. You could possibly have been infected with malware. This is dangerous, damaging software that is designed to cause harm to. There are several different kinds of malware which are widespread, including viruses, Trojan horses, and spyware. They tend to slow your computer down, but they can do much more damage besides, so you need to get rid of them. To do this, there is antivirus software which you should use to scan the computer and get rid of any malicious software you find. Doing this can help to eliminate Windows 7 slow performance, and also to keep your data secure and safe.

But not all slow downs are caused by viruses. One very common cause is hard drive clutter. Hard drives these days are so big that is easy to forget about the files that you are downloading. In the past, when we had much smaller hard drives, we would have to constantly manage all the files and regularly delete ones we didn’t need. This is a massive inconvenience, because we couldn’t keep all the data that we wanted, and needed to back up a lot of information to floppy disks. The only benefit is that we didn’t have much clutter on our hard drives. But after I mean files that you don’t need. The more space that is consumed on your hard drive, the slower it will run, so deleting unnecessary files can give it a much-needed speed boost. Think of it as spring cleaning for your computer.

In this article I’ve only had space to cover a couple of factors which can make Windows 7 slow. There are quite a few different things that can cause this problem, and usually more than one of them will be affecting your computer, so you should check out by Windows 7 optimisation site. This tells you several different things that you can do to get your computer working fast again.

To get your computer running at top speed, visit the Windows 7 Slow site and apply the simple solutions that are there.

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