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Computer Problems—How to Fix Certain Computer Problems?
Dec 14th
Nowadays it is a must for users to learn how to fix computer problems instead of reinstalling computer every time when encountering computer problems. That is what I want to share with you in this article—how to fix certain computer problems.
In the first place, you can forbid the function of restart automatically
If Windows encounters a fatal problem, it may start up system again in order to solve it. But, if such problem happens during starting up Windows, the operating system has to fall into trap of restarting again and again without running normally. Under such circumstance, you need to forbid this automatic startup function. The specific function is as follows: when starting up the system and seeing “Please select the operating system to start”, you should press F8 to open the menu of Windows advanced options and choose to forbid starting up system automatically when it goes awry and then press “Enter”. Now, if there is any problem in the Windows, it will give you a message of stopping which can be used to diagnose problems.
And then you can learn how to restore backup. If you can not repair Windows but have recent backup, you can restore system from backup medium. The methods to restore system are based on the backup tools you use. Therefore, you should renew system by the prompts of backing up tools.
Besides, you can shorten starting up time. In the “Start” menu, click “Run” and type “Msconfig” in the popping up dialog box. You can enter into “System Configuration” window. In the “General” tab, you can choose to startup selectively. By doing this, you can find all the items that the computer will load when starting up. Although the loading programs can improve computer performance and add a lot of functions, they may delay starting up time. That is to say, you can shorten starting up time by forbidding loading certain programs when booting computer. And this is a good way to prevent the problems which happen probably during this process.
If you find your computer is running slower and slower and cannot find any specific problems, I earnestly suggest you that it is necessary for you to defragment disk. Though defragmentation can help you reallocate disk fragments and free up disk space, you should do that properly since too much defragmentation is also harmful to computer.
All in all, as computer is such a complex machine that requires careful and cautious operations, you need to learn more methods to fix computer problems.
Slow Computer—How to Increase Computer Speed
Dec 9th
Do you find that you have to spend more and more time in opening a file or web? If so, you have to realize that it is time to do some things so as to increase computer speed. Using anti-virus software should be your first choice and then you can consider doing some changes in the computer to solve slow computer problems.
In the “Advanced” tab of system properties, you can adjust the visual effects in the settings. Here, you can choose to adjust best performance or appearance based on your computer configuration. If the hardware configuration is rather shabby, it is better for you to choose best performance so as to run system smoothly. But if you have supreme configuration, well, you feel free to open all the Windows XP visual effects and to enjoy it.
In the “Advanced Options”, you can set to optimize processor and memory preferentially. And when running applications, the system can put memory and CPU ahead of programs which are good for speeding up computer.
And if you do not have any special requirement to your computer, please do not startup the function of “Automatically Update”. It is unnecessary to update certain programs by Microsoft and you have to spend much time and space to download those useless things. Besides, you should not tick “Remote Desktop” and “Remote Assistance” because the startup of these two functions leaves holes for potential problems that hackers enter into your computer easily. Therefore, in order to protect your privacy, it is better for you to forbid the two options.
When talking about network optimization, it refers to optimize the Internet Explorer mainly. You can optimize network in all-round way. In the “Internet Options”—“General” tab, you can set the home page as “about: blank” to open Internet Explorer quickly. And, you are bound to delete all the Internet temporary files to free up disk space. But at the same time, it may take more time to visit websites. So, you had better create an Internet temporary folder based on your available disk space capacity and 10MB to 30MB is the best value. Moreover, you should form a good habit of clean up history records regularly. By doing this, others do not know what websites you have visited so that you can protect your own privacy maximally. Or, you can set the date of history record as “0” day that system can delete the records automatically.
And, you ought to set the security level higher in the security settings and close down certain dangerous controls. In this way, you can reduce the probability of being attacked by virus or spyware.
After doing following all the methods, it is advisable for you to defragment disks thoroughly, since there may be a large number of disk fragments in the hard disks.
All in all, you may have found that there are many useless startup functions in the computer which are the main cause of slow computer. Therefore, if you want to increase computer speed, it is wise for you to get more information in this regard.
Computer Optimization—How to Improve System Performance Obviously
Dec 7th
I am sure computer optimization is not fresh news for most users. Since there are a number of methods to improve system performance, some would like to use certain specific tools while some do that manually and the rest may turn a blind eye to it. No matter what you choose, to neglect reducing performance should not happen any more.
Well, I would like to tell you certain methods of computer optimization by hand but not by certain software.
Put the shortcuts reasonably.
In most situations, you run software by using its shortcut. Many users like to put shortcuts on the desktop. As more and more applications are installed in the computer, there are an increasing number of shortcuts in the desktop. In this way, excessive shortcuts cannot only daze the users but also decrease the computer performance because they take up too much system resource that can result in unstable system.
Therefore, you had better use shortcuts properly and put others to “Start” menu and shortcut starting column and then delete all the shortcuts of uninstalled software so as to improve system performance. In addition, do not use repeated shortcuts as possible as you can.
Use certain software cautiously.
Certain software means those real-time anti-virus software and firewall. Such kind of software can occupy plenty of system and CPU resource, even more than thirty percent. The best way to protect your computer is not to visit those unstable and unsafe websites. It is more fundamental than over clocking the CPU.
Use hard disk properly.
First of all, let us learn the physical structure of hard disk briefly. Hard disk is basically divided into certain sectors on every track. Since hard disk is running mechanically, the less density of sectors is, the faster hard disk is searching, reading and writing. So, you can categorize your hard disk properly. It is advisable for you to put different applications to different disks. For example, games software is put in D disk and video files in others.
Besides, do not forget defragmenting disks regularly. It is quite useful for hard disk and computer optimization; because it can help you manage those disk fragments clearly so as to free up disk space to run applications smoothly.
And, you should not make desktop background too complex.
Even some users make active desktop. Beautiful as it is, it can not bring any tangible benefit to system. On the contrary, system may become unstable by using such function. In this regard, you can forbid active desktop for sure.
Although active desktop can display Web components, it has obvious influence on CPU processing speed and reduces Windows performance as well. Therefore, it can improve system responding performance by forbidding this specious function. You can right-click desktop to find “Properties”, choose “Web” option and cross out the options of viewing active desktop by Web and IE channel.
To sum up, you are able to improve system performance a lot by using the methods in this article. Besides that, you can try to simplify your system after making computer optimization. It can not do any harm to your computer indeed.
Protect Your Computer—How to Maintain Hard Disk
Nov 30th
As a member of computer storage equipment, hard disk plays much important role in computer running. However, since hard disk belongs to magnetic media, it is unable to use stably as well as other equipments do such as memory. In fact, it is unavoidable for you to encounter various problems. What is worse, as disk is involved in system in-depth settings, you must solve some problems under DOS circumstance.
If you are not an experienced user, it will be head ache for you. Therefore, the best method to handle it is not to solve the problems when happen but learn how to prevent them in advance. So, in this article, I will tell you some simple methods to guard against hard disk problems.
Do not compress your hard disk.
In the past, it was common to compress disk by certain orders in hope to save more space. However, as compress volume file was augmenting gradually, its read-write speed was reduced obviously. What is worse, it might creak when reading or writing data which meant it worked with heavy burden. Nowadays, disk capacity has been expanded day by day, you do not have to worry about the low disk space problem. That is to say, it is necessary to compress disk on condition that there is enough disk space to run applications.
You should clear up hard disk regularly.
Proper disk defragmentation can improve computer speed without question. If too many disk fragments are accumulating excessively, it can slow down visiting speed and harm disk tracks as well. Defragment disk can help you clear up those rubbish and make computer regain high speed. But at the same time, you should not defragment disk frequently, it can also harm disk.
Besides, you should know how to hold hard disk correctly.
When maintaining computer, you should hold the computer sides and avoid the rear circuit board colliding with other stiff things. You should hold and put it lightly. Do not touch the circuit board casually, because the static on your hand may harm electronic component on the hard disk.
You should not do low-level format lightly.
Actually, low-level formatting is the most thorough initialization of hard disk. After you perform such operation, the original protective data may be lost completely. To some degree, low-level formatting is destructive to hard disk. So only when it is extremely necessary that can you do such operation.
At the same time, avoid frequent high-level formatting operations.
It can do harm to hard disk as well. Although compared to low-level formatting, it is much better to your hard disk, it can affect hard disk performance as well. If you really want to do that, I suggest you to use the quick formatting order of parameter “Q” under the circumstance of not rearranging partitions. It is much safer for hard disks.
In conclusion, as hard disk is so significant for your computer, you should spare no effort to maintain it so as to protect your computer efficiently.
Computer Maintenance—How to Maintain Hard Disk Correctly
Nov 30th
As one of most durable fixings among computer components, hard disk can be used for six to seven years on condition that it is preserved well. Now, I will tell you how to maintain hard disk correctly.
The hard disk maintenance can be divided into two aspects. From point of view of hardware, it is better to use case, especially for those computer players. Although putting computer on the desk can help heat radiation and uninstall, it can harm computer hardware as well and hard disk in particular. Since hard disk is working with high speed, any unstable wave may lead to furious collision between disk head and Disc. And, you should avoid high temperature when using computer because it can affect computer working normally and bring damages to hard disk.
At the same time although some users know correct hard disk maintenance can do good to computer, their hard disks are still suffered from damages due to improper operations.
Though they have learned regular defragmentation can do good for hard disk from websites, they do not realize how “regular” means. If they think it can speed up computer when defragmenting hourly, it is completely wrong. As a matter of fact, frequent disk defragmentation may drag disk using efficiency. In the long run, it falls short of improving computer speed, even run counter to the desire.
What is good for hard disk and computer is to defragment properly. If you do not defragment disk for a long time, an increasingly number of disk fragments are piling in the hard disk. Then, when you visit certain of them in the future, it may take much more to read these files. Since time goes by, it can reduce files visiting speed and also harm disk tracks probably.
And when copying files, some prefer to copy several files at one time but do not know that the hard disk is overburdening, since you may find hard disk creaking loudly. Therefore, you should use anti-virus software to protect your hard disks, for example CIH may destroy the partitions in the hard disk and result in the loss of data.
Besides, do not try to use disk compress technology in the system tools. At present, disk capacity is large enough to support the computer running. It is really unnecessary to save disk space by compressing hard disks. What is more, it can slow down disk read-write data speed and affect disk usage indirectly. If you urgently want to free up disk space, it is better for you to get rid of junk files such as temporary and swap ones.
Many users do not form a good habit of closing down computer. They are hurry to pull out electric power without shutting down computer completely, even some turn off switch. However, the computer has not been replaced yet. Therefore, you should pay closed attention to whether hard disk indicator is on or not when turning off computer. It is a good habit for you in order to maintain your computer well.
In this regard, you may find it is very important to form a good habit of maintaining computer correctly, because it has influenced on hard disk and computer performance. It is a must for you to shape such good habit so as to guarantee your computer can work for you efficiently.
Optimize PC Performance—Useful Knowledge about Virtual Memory
Nov 24th
Have you ever heard of virtual memory? If not, this is the article that can help you learn some useful knowledge about virtual memory. If you have heard that, you also can get helpful methods to deal with it.
So-called virtual memory means that the system applies certain hard disk space as memory when the physical one is insufficient. But since the transmitting speed of disk is much slower than that of memory, that is why you may feel it is not so fast to use virtual memory. You should set virtual memory according to the size of memory and usage of computer. If you set the value too large, it can produce many fragments and influence computer speed seriously; if too small, it is far from using and then system will remind you the virtual memory is too low.
In the default condition, you can let Windows allot virtual memory automatically. It can adjust memory dramatically based on actual usage.
Normally, the virtual memory is one and half to three times than that of physical memory. And the minimum value is one and half to two times and two to three times of maximized one.
And I advice you not to put the virtual memory that you set and the system set in the same partition. Memory is changing dramatically. So disk fragments are easily produced in the C disk and affect system running speed. Therefore, you had better set virtual memory in larger disk that you do not use frequently, such as D or E disks. By doing this, the hourly read-write operations to hard disk can hinder the system speed. As a result, it is a must for you to set such virtual memory. As for setting virtual memory, you can right-click “My Computer”—“Properties”—“Advanced”—“Performance” and click “Advanced”. In order to change virtual memory, you can change C disk to D disk and choose “Customize” to set perfect value for you computer.
What is more, I would like to share something more than virtual memory. There is a huge data swap file in the hard disk. Such file serves as temporary place for restoring virtual memory which is used frequently by running certain applications. In this way, the system has to read and write to the main storage. You see, this is the major cause that leads to slow computer speed. Generally, the system manages default virtual memory automatically. It can adjust it based on different applications. However, such changes may put extra pressure on the system and slow down running speed. In order to prevent such problem, you had better set maximized and minimum values of virtual memory manually. You should set virtual memory properly. If you do not set virtual memory in the Windows, it is easy for you to receive the notice of “Low Memory”. So, in this regard in order to keep away from those annoying notice, you should set proper value of the virtual memory. It is advisable for you to set it in the “Virtual Memory” tab of “System Properties” in the computer.
As I mentioned above, if you do not set virtual memory correctly, it is easier to create fragments which can hinder your computer speed obviously. That is why you need a disk defragmenting program to help you clear up those fragments.
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.
Computer Maintenance—To Maintain Computer by Defragmenting Disks
Nov 22nd
As a computer user, if you hope the computer can work longer, it is necessary to maintain the computer correctly. Since there are many ways to protect the computer, I would like to share some of my experiences in computer maintenance.
As long as you live in this computer world, you must have heard of disk defragmentation. It is really a very useful method to maintain your computer. It can help you get rid of those disturbing junks in the disk and free up space to support computer running more smoothly and efficiently.
You can find junks and temporary files in certain folders in the disks but cannot view the fragments in the disk. In other word, even you can remove the junks manually by deleting them directly, you cannot get rid of any piece of disk fragment like that. That is why Microsoft creates a defragmenting program to help you solve this problem. Unfortunately, such program seems to be designed for those who have plenty of time and energy. So, in order to optimize defragmentation performance, it is wise for you to use other tools like “Advanced Defrag”.
It is known to all that many system programs are put in the C disk. If there are a mass of fragments in it, it is probably to hinder system startup speed. In order to speed up the starting speed, you should reduce the fragments in the C systematic disk as many as possible. In certain Windows systems, it may create a temporary swap folder named “WIN386.SWP” in the “C: /WINDOWS” directory. Such folder is used to work as virtual memory by applying its hard disk space. That is to say, even you do nothing as long as you start up computer, the temporary swap folder is still there to occupy disk space. Working as virtual memory, it will read and write to hard disk frequently and lead to a pile of hard disk fragments.
It is undoubted that you must close down screen saver program ahead of defragmentation. Otherwise, defragmenting program may start up repeatedly. You can check whether you have shut it down by right-clicking desktop and clicking “Properties”. In the “Display Properties”, click “Screen Saver”. In the tab, you can see whether you have chosen “None” in the screen saver column. If not, you can choose “None” to turn it off. And, if you are an experienced user, you can attempt to change the registry so as to make screen saver shut down automatically.
And how long will it take to defragment disks? If the capability of hard disk or partition is too little, it will take less time to defragment. But if not, you have to wait for a long time to defragment disks thoroughly. What is worse, some disk fragments are so stubborn that you can not avoid them.
As a result, it is unavoidable to produce disk fragments unless you have limitlessly huge hard disk. As long as you add or remove files in the limited space, fragments can pile in the disk without question. If you want to maintain your computer, disk defragmentation is a must choice.
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.