How to improve system performance

Back in February of this year, I wrote a short post on improving system performance, and I thought I would revisit this subject adding to what was discussed then. My motivator for doing this is that I have been plagued with performance issues for quite some time and I find myself still battling this today. My PC is 5 years old and is a Dell XP Home edition PC. I know that I need more RAM, but for the purpose of this article, I will skip that fact. I think, however, that I may have found a significant breakthrough. I recently discovered a software called Regcure. I downloaded and installed it and after registering the software, I was able to clear up a lot of problems that I didn’t even know I had. The first scan found over a 1000 problems. I have noticed a difference in how my system performs after using Regcure. My only dissatisfaction for using Regcure, is that in order to use and remove all the problems, you have to pay an annual fee for the license, otherwise, Regcure only removes some and not all of the problems found. I’m not a big fan of having to pay annual fees for software updates unless it really grabs my attention. I will have to see what the year brings as to whether or not I renew next May or not.

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More suggestions……

Turning off the Windows Indexing Service can free up memory to improve performance. You have to decide how often you use the Windows Search utility in order to gage if turning this feature off is good for you or not.

Another way to improve system performance is to have your email filter set to block out spam. If you open spammed emails, you could unzip a trojan which can cause your system to slow up. You should set your email filters as well as having spyware, adware & malware programs installed and running to catch anything that may get through.

See also:
5 Tips on Improving System Performance

What is a Trojan Horse?