Is there a more frustrating thing than finding out that your computer is on the fritz? It’s easily one of the most annoying things when you discover that your computer isn’t running the way you want it to. What adds to this feeling of frustration is finding yourself feeling helpless to fix. You , like most of the people you know, don’t know enough about computers to feel comfortable fixing them. And if you do have a friend that knows something it may not be that easy to call them up and ask them for help and you don’t want to have to lose your computer for a couple of days while your friend repairs it.

So how is it that you can help yourself? There are a few things you can do to fix your computer. When computers start to run slow it’s usually an indication that there is too much going on and it is trying to handle multiple things at once. What you need to do is give your computer a spring cleaning. First thing is ignore the pictures and videos you have on your computer. A lot of times people think this is what is slowing you down. It’s not. These things do take up memory but it isn’t active memory. It sits by itself waiting for you to access it and beyond that it doesn’t cause any trouble. What you are looking for is active processes.

One thing that might help the speed of your computer is an update in the system. Make sure all of your anti-virus software has been updated and that you have the appropriate driver update for your PC.

So how do you find active processes? Do a ctrl + alt + delete and select the task manager choice. With that it should come up with a screen that will show you all the active processes that are running, the applications that are running and how much of your active memory are being used. Now, not all of this will make sense to you but if you see something that doesn’t seem familiar then you can google it to find out which application it’s linked to. If you don’t have any idea what that program does and can’t find it online then you may be able to delete it and save yourself the memory.