I will answer this question for Windows users. For those who don’t have windows I give the advice to do the similar things but in any case you have to look how this is done on Linux or MacOs (or whatever).

There are two main cases of slowness: The pc itself is slow or the internet connection is slow. The best thing to find out, if your pc itself is slow, you should download a benchmark test program. You can find many of them on a common search engine (e.g. google or yahoo).

Just type in the search terms benchmark test download and you will find a lot tools and description how you can test if the benchmark output is correllant to you machine. But in most cases it is not your computer that is not fast enough, but the internet connection.

To check this, try the following points. It could be, that your neighbours are surfing together with you, but you don’t know it. Things like that happen, if you have a wireless connection between your router and your computer. To be sure, that this can’t happen anymore, login into your router (he has normally an IP-Adress by itself) and make your internet connection keyword safe.

Best thing to choose is RSA at the moment. To set that, you normally have to directly connect a cable to your router. The next thing is to check all the tasks running in the near of the clock. There are many things, that need to “call at home” permanently. So ask yourself: Do I know this program? Do I need this program?

Another important thing is the system update of windows. If you like to make your computer only in the standby mode, the system can get more and more unsecure. So always drive your system down or manually check, if all updates are always installed.

Very important is a virus checker that is always updated. Antivir is not the best one, but its for free and its better than nothing. Another point are all the places windows has to start programs automatically. Get from sysinternals the autostart checker and put everything away there what you don’t know.

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 Taking into consideration, the wide availability of software and hardware on the market today, users find themselves in the position of having to thoroughly research applications and devices to ensure proper functionality with their own PC or address compatibility issues.

It’s imperative to know the capabilities, proprietary limitations of video or sound cards, as well as properly reconciling different applications with specific requirements, so as to avoid potential conflicts. Troubleshooting a slow PC, requires to completely understand what the problem is, running a diagnostic utility to locate possible errors or unauthorized modifications to your computer, running utility, antivirus, or antimalware applications to clean up infected areas and last but not least implementing a process of elimination strategy.

Essentially, checking off of a list, the usual suspects (virus, spy ware, Trojans, etc), to narrow down the culprit. Running registry optimization software, memory enhancement apps, scandisk, defrag, disabling unnecessary programs from running in startup or in the background in general, checking through Task manager for unneeded memory allocations and unknown or hidden files that are always active.

Furthermore, updating video or sound drivers, operating system features, checking for leftover files of uninstalled programs that have taken up residence in the registry and have not been completely removed by utility software, is recommended.

It would also be advisable to run trusted, registered versions of applications for the most part, that are usually regularly updated for the latest threats, as opposed to just freeware. Additionally, being able to duplicate the problem on another computer, may go along way in successfully resolving the issue, because it may provide helpful hints that are uniquely suited to the problem at hand.

However, if this is not possible, this article’s general recommendations almost always will do the trick. There are instances, where computers simply need to be upgraded in terms of system memory and as a result adding more RAM, can also be the solution to a slow PC.

It’ important to keep in mind, that although there’s the potential for malware to wreak havoc on a personal computer, taking the proper precautions, having a regular maintenance schedule and keeping ourselves informed as to the latest breakthroughs in technology, will go a long way in enhancing our ability to understand how our PC works as well as be in a position to troubleshoot it successfully.

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