Author : Category : Multipurpose, Performance, Windows
Tags : Power plans, Power saver, Power settings
A power plan is a collection of hardware and system settings that manage how your computer uses power. You can use power plans to reduce the amount of power your computer uses, maximize performance, or balance the two. Which power plans are available? Balanced. Offers full performance when you need it and saves power during […]
Read moreAuthor : Category : Performance, Security, Windows
Tags : Bad Sectors, Defrag, Disk Cleanup, Slow
If you have created multiple user accounts on your computer, ensure other users are not logged in. If there are multiple users logged in simultaneously, system resources must be shared among them. Run the Disk Cleanup program to delete unwanted files(including temporary files, installed components and programs that you no longer use, and files in […]
Read moreAuthor : Category : Performance, Security, Virus
Tags : Safe mode
Safe mode loads the operating system with minimal set of drivers and services. Safe mode will not launch any programs that are set to start automatically when Windows starts. This makes Safe Mode very useful for diagnosing hardware driver problems and computer infections. Windows Safe Mode loads basic video drivers so your programs may look […]
Read moreAuthor : Category : Performance
Tags : Cache Memory, Physical Memory
When I look into the “Performance” tab of my Task Manager then there are the following values: Total: 2995 Cached: 1084 Available: 1085 Free: 52 In your chart above, the free (totally unused) + cache (that which has been preallocated) should just about equal the available amount. The available is going to show just a […]
Read moreAuthor : Category : Performance, Virus
Tags : Broadband Speed
Slow internet connection can be a real put off. It can break an online purchase or e-commerce transaction, turn streaming videos into bad slide shows and of-course – make us feel like, we’ve been waiting forever! There can be many factors influencing the speed of your internet, of them most important is – type of […]
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MSConfig is a built in utility in windows operating system. We could use this utility to disable the start-up programs to boot the computer faster. Here are the instructions: 1. Click Windows start icon and type in MSconfig 2. Click on MSconfig, will launch the Microsoft configuration utility. Select “Selective startup” & click Startup tab […]
Read moreAuthor : Category : Malware, Performance, Virus
Tags : Blue screen, BSOD
There are several reasons for Blue screen errors Incompatible drivers Hardware issues Hardware related software Infections – Rootkits, Trojans, Blended threats etc Standard software shouldn’t be able to cause blue screens — if an application crashes, it will do so without taking the operating system out with it. Blue screen occurs when windows encounter “STOP […]
Read moreAuthor : Category : Performance
Tags : Performance
Unable to get My computer performance rating Nothing happens when i press the “rate this computer” button Try the below: 1. Go to C:\Windows\Performance\WinSAT\DataStore (C:\ being your windows drive) 2. Try deleting all except the most recent file 3. Reboot and try to run the assessment again.
Read moreAuthor : Category : Performance, Security
Tags : Browser
Here are the steps to reset Browser settings Internet explorer 1. Open internet explorer 2. Menu>tools>internet options 3. Advanced Tab – Reset Internet Explorer settings Chrome 1. Open Chrome 2. Menu>Settings 3. Click on – Show Advanced Settings 4. Reset Browser Settings Firefox 1. Open Fixefox 2. In the address bar, type “about:support” 3. Click […]
Read moreAuthor : Category : Performance, Security, Virus
Tags : Browser, Computer Slow, Firefox, IE
We may have come across a scenario where Browser takes long time to start / load all webpage’s Reasons for the issue: 1. BHO entries 2. Corrupted cache 3. Multiple security software 4. Infection Steps to fix the issue: 1. Start I.E in safe-mode / disable all I.E add-ons to check 2. Start Firefox in […]
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