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Causes for computer crashes — simple ways for you to optimize your computer
Nov 30th
When using the computer, I believe it won’t be a pleasant experience to see that it freezes or crashes frequently. So it is necessary for you as a user to master some knowledge on what causes the computer crashes and how to them to optimize your computer.
There are many causes to why the computer crash suddenly while you are in the midst of doing something and each has its own solution. But normally, below are the most common causes for computer crashes.
Cause one: Hardware conflict
If a crash is caused by hardware conflict, it is very easy to solve it by replacing the necessary components. But please bear in mind that the new items must be compatible with the existing hardware. Only in this way, will your computer run properly.
Cause two: Spyware or Adware running on the computer
As we all know that when there are malicious spyware and adware running on your computer, lots of valuable resources will be used up, which will cause your computer to run slowly and eventually crash. So to optimize your computer, it is vital to install correct anti-spyware software on your computer to block the potential danger presented to network security.
Cause three: Infected by viruses
Similarly to Spyware or Adware, if the computer is infected by viruses, a large amount of system resources will be taken and then slow down the computer. Seriously, it will eventually crash the computer. So please regularly scan your computer for viruses to always optimize your computer.
Cause four: Too many programs running at the same time
When a program is running, it will take some certain amount of system resources and memory. If too many programs run at once (including those running at the background), a crash will occur because of limited memory. So please close down other running programs as possible as you can but the one that you need currently, which will free up memory to ensure a smooth running of the program you do need.
Cause five: Registry problems
For users who have some knowledge about computers, they may know that windows registry is the main soul of the computer, which determines the proper running of the entire machine. If there is something wrong, the computer will become a cold and useless machine only. When surfing the internet or uninstalling programs, there may be some registry entries left on the computer, overloading it or messing it up. Seriously, it will suddenly crash the computer. So it is necessary to have an impact registry. You can fix this by cleaning it with some free registry cleaners.
Cause six: No disk defragmentation for a long-term usage
As we all know that the fragments on the hard disk make it impossible fast access to what we want. The more fragments on the hard disk, the more time it will cost when trying to input / output files, which will greatly slow down or crash the computer. So a disk defragmentation is needed in order to rearrange the files on the computer, making all part of a same file coherently stay at the same place.
Besides the above causes, there are some other aspects which will result in computer crashes like not enough memory, a system bug. When considering that my computer is running slow, I went to take a disk defragmentation and found that it solved the problem instantly.
Frustrated with your slow computer? It is recommended to run a disk defragmentation right now to optimize your computer. Believe me, it will speed up your computer easily like what it did to my computer.
Hard Disk Maintenance—How to Protect Hard Disk by Defragmentation
Nov 26th
Although your PC is still working very well for you, you can not treat it lightly. Computer is like all the other machines that needs careful and regular maintenance. Since there are many ways to optimize PC performance, I would like to introduce one of methods to help you improve computer performance.
As hard disk is storage of computer, you should learn how to do daily maintenance. When using computer, it is unavoidable for you to delete or copy a large number of files. Such operations are the main cause of producing plenty of fragments. And every complete file is restored separately in the disk. If system wants to fetch a file, it has to search the different parts of this file. So the computer has to spend more time in reading the file and increase operating time. Therefore, you should defragment your disks regularly so as to optimize PC performance.
You can use the defragmenting program of Windows to help you. Such tool can rearrange the files continuously so as to speed up disk reading and writing. It includes two functions: one is to clear up fragments and another is to start up optimization of items. Although they are quite practical, it really takes too much time to defragment completely. To be honestly, long-time and frequent defragmentation can do harm to disk and shorten the usage of hard disk as well. In this regard, I recommend you to use appropriative disk defragmenting software, such as “Advanced Defrag”.
Defragmentation is not only a good way to protect hard disk but also can optimize computer performance. It can collect those fragments and arrange orderly in the disks. At the same time, you should also make proper defragmenting schedule for disks. It is no doubt that too much defragmentation can do harm to disk and computer as well.
And, since using computer for a long time, there are certain troubles hidden in the disk. The lost of system files or damaged data are probably caused by bad disk tracks. Physical bad tracks may expand as more and more frequent read-write operations of disk head and result in an increasing number of bad tracks. At last, this disk with such bad tracks all over is unable to use any more. So, it is wise for you to back up important data in the disk as long as you find any bad track in it.
Well, bad hard disks track can divide into two kinds—soft and hard. You can fix the former problem by using certain software and continue to use the disk. But as for the latter one, it may expense certain disk space, even make the whole disk invalid. How to fix the two problems mentioned above? You can solve soft bad tracks by running the disk restoring tool of Windows or operating high level format to the disk, for example, you can right-click the disk drive and choose “Format” or right-click “My Computer”—“Manage”—“Disk Management”. But for hard disk problem, you have to turn to certain tools to help you.
In this regard, if you are not so skillful enough, you had better use special software to solve such problem.
Maintain computer performance — Methods to protect your compute against potential danger within SHS files
Nov 26th
When using the computer, please note that there is such kind of file: .SHS file, which maybe come to you in sheep’s clothing (normally by emails) and then destroy your computer. So to maintain peak computer performance, it is necessary to keep your eyes when receiving known resources.
Firstly, it is necessary for us to know something about the .SHS file. The SHS file type is primarily associated with ‘Shell Scrap Object File’ by Microsoft Corporation, which is part of the Microsoft embed objects inside objects philosophy. Basically, it happens when we drag and drop selected contents like document text, drawing objects, and graphics to the Windows desktop, a file with the extension .SHS will be generated on the desktop. But it is very dangerous according to the two reasons below:
1) In windows, its default icon is exactly similar with Notepad’s.
2) Normally, the file extension: .SHS is hidden, even though you have selected to show all types of file extensions within My Computer-> Tools -> Folder Options -> View.
Here, we take a test to see why we say it is horrid:
1) Please go to create a Notepad Document Scrap on your desktop, and then open Notepad, click Insert -> Object -> tick “Create from files” and then insert the one you have just created -> click OK.
2) Click “Edit” and then Package Object -> Edit Object -> click “Edit” within the popping-up window -> select “Common line” -> type “Format.com a: /autotest” as what you can see in the below screenshot -> Click “OK”.
3) Then drag and drop the newly-updated files on the Windows desktop and rename it to “I love you.txt.shs” or something else.
4) If this kind of file was sent out and received by some PC users, they won’t hesitate to open it for.txt file is so normal file types without considering that it has anything executable in it along with a vast collection of dangerous script code in the wrapper. When opening it, there will be a DOS windows appearing whether to run the file. If click Yes, it may bring disasters to your computer.
So when receiving some unknown files, you should be caution on whether to open it or not in order to maintain computer performance. But to maintain computer speed, it is necessary for you to learn some knowledge on how to protect your computer against the potential danger within SHS files. For further information, please be patient to read through this article.
To prevent such kind of danger, you can effort from the side below:
1) Go to Start -> Run and then Registry Editor -> Locate “HEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ShellScrap”, and then delete the entry “NeverShowExt”, which was the culprit of why you can not see the extension .SHS. Hence, when receiving a .SHS file, you can see the .SHS extension.
2) Chang the default icon of “Scrap objects”. Since the default icon of scrap file is the same as Notepad, which will sometimes confuses the PC users. So you can change it to the one as you like so as to easily recognize. You can go to My Computer -> Tools -> Folder Options -> File Types -> Locate “SHS” within the “Registered File Types” -> Advanced -> click “Change Icon” and then open “C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\Pifmgr.dll” to select the icon as you like. Hence, the SHS file will be shown in the icon you selected, different from other files.
3) Also, you can add “.SHS” files as the one that needs to be scanned by your anti-virus programs. Hence, it will automatically warm you when receiving such kind of files.
With the discussion above, you will know how to effectively maintain computer performance by preventing the potential danger of some SHS files.
But if want to always enjoy peak performance, it is recommended that you can not belittle the powerful function of a simple disk defragmentation for it will help you easily rearrange the contents locating on the hard disk, returning you a faster computer. If you have never run one before, please go to take one right now.
Want to optimize PC performance? Some knowledge about Windows SHS files
Nov 25th
As we all know that we can optimize PC performance in many ways, but have you ever hear about a SHS file? Do you know what it is? And how does it affect the PC performance? If not, please do not miss this article.
First of all, it is necessary for us to know what SHS file is. When using Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel, it is possible for us to drag and drop selected items like document text, drawing objects, and graphics to the Windows desktop. At this time, there will be a desktop icon creating for the scrap file, along with a file located on the Windows\Desktop with a .shs extension. Hence, we can say that this file is a native program document which contains the information that was selected and dragged.
With a SHS file, we can simply drag it to other documents which meet the shortage of the Windows Clipboard, only retaining the latest copied content.
From the discussion above, it seems that the SHS file will bring us more convenience. But please note that the scrap file is a special OLE object and it is impossible for us to see the shs extension in Windows operating system (except in Dos and Linux). So lots of anti-virus experts warm us to keep strong vigilance when receiving some emails with hidden extensions like shs for they may contain some malicious codes which can destroy all of your data, for example, a virus attachment named with FAMILY_PHOTO.JPG.SHS, when coming to the receiver, what he/she see maybe only FAMILY_PHOTO.JPG. Most of the time, they may select to open the attachment without consideration for .JPG is a very normal file extension, never expecting that it may contain something that will destroy the computer. So please remember not to open some files that come from unknown resources.
So how to prevent the danger that comes from SHS files? Here it what you should go: go to Start -> Run -> type Regedit to open Registry Editor -> locate HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.shs and then delete the default “ShellScrap” value. Hence, when running a shs file, it will pop up a window asking you to select the program to open the files.
With the method above, you can protect your computer data against some unknown malwares or viruses and then optimize PC performance. But to more effectively optimize PC performance, it is necessary for us to regularly run a disk defragmenter with the below reasons.
When using the computer, no matter what it is used for, there will be the entries to the hard disk. If the hard disk is fragmented because of the disk fragments, it will overload the movement of the hard disk head, slowing sown the computer and then shortening its lifespan.
So to optimize PC performance, it is necessary for us to take some very simple measures like disk defragmentation to always keep everything in the hard disk storing in order coherently. Hence, it will essentially speed up the computer and optimize PC performance.
How to speed up Windows XP? Simplest things you can do to speed up Windows XP instantly
Nov 24th
As we all know that nowadays computers are needed in various walks of life. As the mainstream Operating System, Windows XP operating system is used by lots of PC users. When noticing that the computer is running slower than before, some will wonder: “How to speed up Windows XP?”
This is because a slower computer is extremerely annoying, which will stop us from faster reading emails, browsing websites, searching necessary data and so on. This will greatly reduce the working efficiency and then the passion to work with computers.
Therefore, if you are among those whose want to greatly speed up your XP computer, it is very necessary for you to master some certain tips to ensure a smooth and peak PC performance, making the computer always run at top speed. Here are some very easy tips that you can do:
1) Periodically defragment the hard disk. If you are someone who has ever searched the Internet for “How to speed up Windows XP”, you would get advice to defragment your hard disk regularly for the disk fragments will make it time-consuming to get access the data stored on the computer. If no disk defragmentation for a long-term usage, the hard disk will become more and more fragmented with files storing in spread out manner, resulting in slower access of files and a slower computer speed. With a disk defragmentation, you can ensure that data and files get stored neatly and coherently, thus speeding up Windows XP. If you are unhappy with the lower-efficiency of the built-in Disk Defragmenter, you can download some best defrag programs like Advanced Defrag on the net to ensure a faster defragment process.
2) Regularly clean the PC registry. If you have often browsed the websites, you can find that there are some unwanted entries embed into the Windows Registry, which will result in computer slowdowns, freeze-ups, crashes and so on. So it is necessary for you to regularly clean the Windows registry to remove some invalid and unneeded empty registry entries. This can help you get an answer to the question: “How to speed up Windows XP”.
3) Often remove some unwanted services from the computer. When starting up the computer, some unwanted programs will automatically run at windows startup, which will slow down the computer and the data-accessing process. So to always speed up your Windows XP computer, it is necessary to look at your C drive / Service and then uninstall / disable some unwanted programs. And also, a regularly disk cleanup is needed in order to speed up Windows XP.
The three methods above are pretty easy and anyone who can use computers can handle them easily. So please do not belittle them in speeding up Windows XP, especially the one that always be neglected by lots of PC users: run a disk defragmentation at a regular basic.
Tried of slower PC performance? Do you want to speed up Windows XP in a faster and easy way? It is recommended that you can analyze and then defragment the hard disk and Windows registry with the best defrag program. After that, you will find you can simply speed up Windows XP within a few minutes.
Disk Defragmentation — Your solution to a slower computer
Nov 23rd
Of all the complaints among computer problems, the most common one that encountered by lots of computer users is that their computer take very longer time to start up or just open a simple application. So why do you have the similar problem? Normally, the answer to your question is related to the fragments on the hard disks. The more fragments on the hard disks, the more time it will take to input or output the files, significantly slowing down the computer.
As we all know that when using the computer, it is avoidably for us to store some files/programs on the computer for further usage. Hopefully, it is better to store the same file at a single place contiguously like putting things in order in the warehouse so as to easily find them out. But in many cases, the file is cut into different parts and then located in the gaps among other files instead (gaps come from actions like deleting and removing files). Moreover, no matter what the computer is running, the entries to the hard disk are happening always. When the hard disk is fragmented, it is possible for us to read/write the file, but it will increase the movement of the hard disk head, making it move too much than ever before and then shortening its lifespan.
So to fix a slower computer and maintain the hard disk, a disk defragmentation is necessary. In my opinion, the Windows built-in disk defragmenter should be the first tool you need to run when noticing that your computer is running slower than as usual. But if you have defragmented your computer before with it, you may find that it consumes very long time to defragment the whole computer smoothly and quickly for it will either stop at the halfway or automatically skip some certain system file with the extensions like DLL, lnl. This was what I met when defragmenting my computer, so to thoroughly defragment your computer, please rely on a reliable professional defrag program in order to ensure a complete and faster defragment process.
As what you can see above, it is necessary for all computer users to regularly defragment the computer. But to always ensure a complete defragmentation, please be patient to read through this article for more useful tips.
To defragment the computer much faster, please remember to close all running programs (especially the anti-virus program and screen saver programs), and do not do anything else such as seeing movies or listening to music and so on during the defragment process, in order to throw away all other unassociated interference. If possible, it is appreciated that you can boot the computer into safe mode before the disk defragmentation. Hence, it will be much faster in defragmenting the computer.
But considering that, nowadays the size of the hard disk is much bigger than before, it is advisable for you to defragment your computer with a trusted defrag program for they always applies with very advanced defragment technology and then quickly analyze the hard disk for fragments and then reassemble them in minutes, making the computer easily run faster and also extend the lifespan of the hard disk.
Among all the defrag programs I have ever used, Advanced Defrag is the one that I love so much: easy to use and powerful in defragmenting the hard disk and the PC registry. So if you like, you can click here to have a trial.
In conclusion, a simple disk defragmentation is a must that you should do in daily life to solve and prevent a slower computer. If you have never run a disk defragmentation before, please go to defragment it immediately and it will return you a faster computer which runs like new.
Computer Maintenance—Protect Your Computer by Defragmenting Disks Regularly
Nov 22nd
Although now your computer is running very well, you also have to be do something to maintain your computer performance. There are many problems hiding in the system that you have not noticed now. If you let them pile up day after day and turn a blind eye to them, it will lead to unexpected disaster for you and the computer.
Therefore, in order to prevent such problem, you should take some actions to protect your computer from now.
Besides anti-virus software, you are supposed to have other computer maintenance programs. Disk defragmentation is an indispensable choose. Disk defragmenting program aims to clear up disk fragments in the system. It can search various fragments in the whole disk. It is useful for you to free up disk space by defragmenting the disks. Even there is still abundant space in the disk, you have to perform defragmenting program regularly. By doing this, you can not only keep system tidy but also optimize computer performance.
Do you know the process of producing disk fragments? As the name suggests, they are put separately in the disk which are supposed to belong to a file. If system wants to fetch this file, it must search all the parts of the file and collect them together. That is why the system has to spend more time in reading and writing this file. This is the working process of fetching a file that is invisible for you. And what you can find is that it takes longer and longer time to open a file. If you let it drift, it can shadow your computer performance and even shorten the usage of hard disks.
Apart from removing and adding files, there are many resources of disk fragments. No matter you browse on the Internet or download files or movie, disk fragments are produced forcibly. And the usage of virtual memory can lead to disk defragment as well. As a result, you should know that no matter how careful you use the computer, fragments in the disk are quite unavoidable for you and your computer. For computer, it must run programs by carrying so many useless junks; for you, the computer is running slower and slower and anti-virus software can not find any problem.
No matter you use the Windows program or other programs, please remember to close down screen saver program and do not do anything else during defragmentation, such as listening to music or playing games. If you want to finish defragmenting disk to perform other operations, it is advisable for you and computer to let defragmenting program work alone. It is rather slow on condition that you use disk defragmenter of Windows. If you want to save you time and energy, you are welcome to use third-party tools such as “Advanced Defrag”.
All in all, if you want to maintain your computer correctly and perfectly, it is necessary for you to defragment disk and do that regularly.
Defragment Windows Vista clearly— Simplest way for you to speed up Vista in minutes
Nov 20th
For all Vista users, how to simply speed up Vista will probably be the first thing consideration when it comes to PCs. No matter when you searching the Internet, you will get many solutions which you can do to speed up your Windows Vista, please do not forget to regularly defragment it to speed it up in minutes.
The more fragments on the hard disk, the more time it will cost to input and output files when necessary for it requires the hard disk space to move too much to reassemble all units of the files to stay together. Hence, it will greatly slow down the computer and then shorten the lifespan of the hard disk. So to speed up your windows Vista and also maintain the hard disk, a disk defragmentation is necessary.
When talking about disk defragmentation, some will ask how often I should defragment my computer. Normally it is based on the frequency that you delete or remove files from the computer. But it is recommended that your can regularly defragment the system C drive. Considering that there is no analysis report provided by Windows Vista built-in defragmenter utility, a simplest way on how to clearly defragment Windows Vista will be shown here:
1) Go to Start Menu, All Programs and then Accessories.
2) Right click “Command Prompts” to select “Run as administrator”.
3) Type the command as follow: defrag (drive letter): –a, for example, defrag c: -a, and then press Enter.
Then a generated report will appear showing the volume size, Free space, Largest free space extent, and Present file fragmentation and suggestion on whether to defragment the volume or not. But please be patient for it will take some time to generate the report which is based on the size / fragmentation of the hard disk you select.
Then you can go to Start- > All programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Disk Defragmenter to directly defragment the volume that needs to be defragmented. Hence, it will speed up your Vista computer soon. But if you have ever defragmented your Windows Vista computer, you will find that it does not provide you any progress bar, what you get is “Defragmenting now” without knowing how many the used or remaining time is. It is acceptable when the hard disk is smaller capacity, but it will be annoyed or terrible to just sit there, waiting without doing anything.
So to own our experience, in order to more effectively speed up your Vista computer, I suggest that you should defragment it with a professional defrag program for they always applies with very advanced defragment algorithm, which ensures a complete and fast analysis of the fragments on the hard disk, and then quickly store them at the hard disk close and contiguously within only a few minutes. It my opinion, that is why so many PC users give away the lower-efficient windows built-in defragment utility when defragmenting their computer.
Of all the defrag programs I have used, I find that the one named Advanced Defrag will be very suitable to meet the shortage of Windows built-in Disk Defragment. It will quickly analyze and then reassemble the fragments found on the hard disk. What is more, it will provide you very detailed web-report, making the defragment process clear to all PC users.
As you can see that to speed up Vista, you can clearly defragment it with some very useful skills. If you have never run a disk defragmentation for Windows Vista computer, try it right now. You will find it valuable to speed up computer.
Why It Is Must for You to Defragment Disks Regularly
Nov 19th
I am sure that you hope your computer can always work very well without any problem. To be honest, it is not so easy to do that. But you can do some maintenance for your computer.
If you want to protect your computer, defragmentation is really a useful way to do that. But if you still fear that it can harm your computer, you can find the answer in this article.
In order to explain it specifically, let us see how the disk fragments are produced.
The files in the disk are kept in order based on the restored time. Theoretically, such files should be put closely without any space between them. However, it is unavoidable for you to change files such as deleting or moving them. Well, the new added or removed content is not put into the original position but the end of disk restoring space. And the system will make mark between the original and added files.
As time goes by, when many files are changed, there are a bunch of discontinuous files in the disk. Or if you delete any of them, its space becomes empty and can not be filled automatically. And, the new ones cannot put here any more and on the contrary, such space cannot restore new files, too. In this way, the empty space is wasted and can results in disk fragments.
Just as I mentioned above since the plus content and previous one are separated, if you want to view them, the disk head has to read and write them back and forth. This is one of the main causes of slow computer speed. System has to pay more time to fetch such files. If you still turn a blind eye to such problem, the computer will be lagged by such increasingly piling up disk fragments.
You can defragment disk by using the Windows program or the other tools like “Advanced Defrag” . But if there is a GHOST system backup file in the partition, you should not defragment this disk because it can lead to the system go awry when restoring. That is to say, before defragmentation, you should check the disks first.
And if it can neither analyze nor defragment disk in the normal condition, you can do that under “Safe Mode”. You can press “F8” when starting up computer. Because in the “Safe Mode” the system does not have to load much more programs than in the normal condition. At last, if it can not defragment disk, you should check whether there is any broken track in the disk. if so, it can hinder the process of defragmentation.
You see, if you have not done that, it is urgent for you to defragment disk now. To say the least, defragmentation can not do any harm to your computer, it is worthwhile having a try.
Disk Defragment—Main Causes of Disk Fragments
Nov 18th
Even there is not any virus in your computer, it still cannot work fast as before, why? If you are an experienced computer user, it does not seem difficult for you, because you can defragment disks when the computer is becoming slow. It is really a good method to optimize computer performance.
Well in this article, I will tell you the main causes of disk fragments in a hope that it can help you prevent the disk fragments in advance.
The major cause should be blamed for the virtual memory programs. If there is not enough physical memory to run the application, the operating system can produce temporary swap files in the hard disks. Such file virtualizes the hard disk space as memory so its program can do massive read-write operations to the disk and create fragments. At the same time, during operating the files such as moving or deleting, Windows system may apply virtual memory to manage applications synchronically which may lead to the frequent read-write operations of every program to hard disks. This is another main resource of disk fragments.
What is more, if any sector is removed and then the system reads a new and smaller file into it, there may be some empty space beside this file. And if the system continues to write more files into this disk, the space between those two files can not put any new one any more. That is to say, the file has to be divided into several parts in order to put in the disk. See, file fragments are produces again.
If you are a movie fan and like to download from Internet, you have to pay close attention to the disk fragment problem. Once you are doing other operations during the downloading process, the film files are forced to separate into certain fragments and restore in the disk. So, downloading is one of the main causes of disk fragments. Besides, if file space is not large enough to support the frequent deleting and adding files operations, it can bring about a huge number of disk fragments as well. Such problem can go from bad to worse on the condition that you do that hourly.
Generally speaking, sometimes you may not be aware that when browsing websites or playing games, it can produce a mass of temporary files in the computer. Or when downloading video in your hard disks, it is easy to produce a lot of disk fragments. If you find computer performance is not so good as before, I suggest you to defragment disk firstly.
When performing defragmentation, please close down screen saver and do not do anything else in the computer such as listening music or playing game but just let defragmenting program run by itself. By doing this, you can not only speed up defragmenting speed but also prevent the program from starting again and again.
In order to facilitate the speed of defragmentation, you can also use certain defrag to help you. By using it, you can also protect your computer from any unexpected accidents during defragmentation.