We’ve all had utility problems with our equipment at some point, whether it’s a PC or a laptop. Although the capacity of the hard drive can influence, there are many extra factors. This is why we will see how to adjust the performance of your laptop in simple steps.
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- What happens when a laptop is very slow?
- How to solve without programs when a laptop is very slow?
- Uninstall programs you don’t use
- Free up your computer desktop
- Configure the programs that run when you start your PC
- How to remove viruses from my laptop to improve its speed?
What happens when a laptop is very slow?
There are many reasons why a computer slows down. We will explain the most common causes:
- Junk files:With the constant use of a laptop, it fills up with files left by applications, browsers, etc. Being that after a while they are not useful, making our laptop slower .
- It is caused by a malicious program:Viruses such as Spyware come to compromise the performance of a computer, from its connection to executing the simplest tasks.
- Hardware inconveniences:Many times the slowness failures are due to problems in the hard disk, processor, etc. This can happen for a time or damage, causing the full capacity of RAM memory to not be used .
How to solve without programs when a laptop is very slow?
If our laptop is in this state, we have solutions that do not require the installation of any program . Next, we will explain how to carry out each one in the following points:
Uninstall programs you don’t use
By uninstalling an unused program, you make the hard drive work more optimally. To achieve this we will have to:
- From the desktop we click on ‘Windows’ which is located at the bottom left of the screen.
- Now locate the unused application in the search engine by right clicking on it and pressing the ‘uninstall’ option. After a while, this application will be completely removed from our laptop.
Now we will show you the process if we have a Mac, being steps similar to those of Windows:
- We enter from the desktop to the ‘Finder’ looking for the application that we do not use and we select it.
- We then need to drag this program to the Trash, causing it to uninstall immediately.
Free up your computer desktop
This solution is useful if the slowness occurs when you start your computer. When a desktop is overloaded with items, it becomes slow. Some options could be:
- Attach the full number of documents in categorized folders, leaving a total of 5-10 itemson the desktop.
- Choose to keep everything saved in a single.
- Eliminate programs from the taskbar, since if they are in excess, they slow down our computer.
Configure the programs that run when you start your PC
Programs that start automatically are capable of slowing down startup for several minutes if there are too many of them. This is why we must limit them and configure what they are useful to start:
- In the case of Windows, we will have to go from the search engine to ‘Task Manager’ byentering the ‘start’ tab.
- Once inside, we will see the programs that open when you start the computer, having the option to remove this feature.
This action is forceful when it comes to giving results, since these programs can be detrimental to the initial performance of a PC. Now, to carry out this process on Mac:
- We open’System Preferences’ from the Finder of our interface, entering ‘Users and groups’.
- After this, we click where it says ‘Start’ and then on the plus symbol ‘+’.
- To finish, we will have to select these programs that we are going to eliminate from the start and we will click on ‘-‘, thus removing this app.
How to remove viruses from my laptop to improve its speed?
Viruses are elements that we cannot accommodate on a PC, so we must eradicate them before they cause greater damage . To do so, keep in mind that:
- If our Windows is original, we have the option to activate ‘MRT’,which is responsible for removing all malicious programs. Its enabling consists of typing ‘MRT’ in the search bar and it will start by itself, so we only have to follow the instructions for its use.
- On the side of Mac computers, they do require a more specialized anti-virus such as CleanMyMac, install it and follow the steps that are mentionedto eliminate the virus.