Desktop/Laptop Tune-up Tips

If you are running a System with Windows OS, you need to follow the below steps to tune-up your machine.

1) Install the following mother board drivers depending upon your system model

Dell: http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04?c=&l=&s=bsd

Lenovo: http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products

Intel: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/default.aspx

Gigabyte: http://www.gigabyte.in/support-downloads/download-center.aspx?ck=2

Asus: http://support.asus.com/download/options.aspx?SLanguage=en&type=1

Sony: http://www.sony.co.in/support/productcategory/it+personal+computer

2) Update your system with the latest security patches from internet. Below is the process:

Go to “control panel” -> “System and Security” -> “Windows Update” -> “Check Updates” then select important updates and install them.

3) Update Antivirus software and run full scan at least once in every week. (Don’t install multiple antivirus software’s, because it will effect system performance. Sometimes system will respond very slowly because of this.)

4) Maintain clean desktop, because it affects the system performance. If you have many items on your desktop, system will run slowly. So delete unnecessary files form your desktop and move unused items from the desktop to another drives (“D” or “E”).  In case of system crash and you are unsure about restore process, you will lose all desktop items. So keep your data in other drives and create shortcuts on the desktop.

5) Uninstall unnecessary programs from your machine like toolbars, browser add-ons and Etc.

1)      Go to “Control Panel” -> press “Uninstall a Program” under “Programs” -> select unnecessary programs and uninstall those.

6) Remove unnecessary startup items

Go to “Run” -> type “msconfig” -> Select “Startup” tab -> uncheck unnecessary items from startup -> Press “OK”. It will ask restart machine, just select “ Exit without restart”

7) Delete temporary files from System

Go to “Run” and type these command one by one.  i.e. “temp”, “%temp%”, and “recent”

Also clean “Recycle Bin” items, if don’t need.

Go to “My Computer” and right click on “C” drive, select “Properties”.

Then click “Disk Cleanup” button, it will scan all the temporary files from your machine and will display the details below.

You can select check boxes required by you. My suggestion would be, select all check boxes then press “OK”(Before selecting all check boxes, you need to verify all the selected items)

8) Defragment all drives.

Go to “Control Panel” -> “System and Security” -> Select “Defragment your hard drive” under “Administrative Tools” -> “Configure Schedule” -> “Select All Disks...” (Select your feasible time for run this settings. Because system must be turned-on while running this configuration.) -> Press “OK”, it will run automatically, if you configure schedule time. If you want to run manually, just press “Defragment Disk”   

Once you are done with all the above steps, restart the machine and check your system performance.