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Why is my computer slow?
When you first buy your computer from the
store it has been optimized to run at top performance by
the factory. As you use your computer adding files
and software, and removing files and software to make
the computer more suited to your needs you
change the computer settings causing it to get further
from it's original factory settings. It is a lot
like patching a tire. You get a hole in your tire,
so you put a patch on it to fill the hole... good as
new! But then you get another hole and you patch
that one too, then another, and another.
Eventually, if you get so many holes that you can't patch
them anymore because the tire has lost its integrity and
is no longer safe to drive your car. The tire
holds air, and it looks like a regular tire to the
untrained eye, but if you drive your car and hit a slick
spot on the road you will skid and could cause an
accident.
With your computer it is not likely that
you will cause personal injury by adding and removing
programs, but with each addition and subtraction several
important areas are effected that could cause your
computer to run slowly. The most detrimental area
that is changed is your computer's registry. The computer
registry is like the card catalogue file in a library
providing an index of all the processes and programs
available on your computer. Each time you start a
program the registry is accessed in order to find its
location on the hard drive, much the way books are
catalogued in a library using the Dewey Decimal
System. If the registry becomes corrupt, meaning
the file the computer needs to access has become lost or
changed, the result is a slow
computer because the it needs to search for the file.
Sometimes when removing a program files that are needed
for remaining programs get accidentally deleted because
multiple programs can share the same file. Other
times a file can be modified by one program causing
other programs that are sharing that file to no longer
recognize it as useable. It is like losing a card in
the card catalogue. If the card for a book is missing
how would anyone know that book is available or where it
could be found within the library?
Another common reason a computer can slow is having
too many programs running in the background. Having programs running in the background is a
real time saver when you need a program to open at a
moments notice, but if it is a program that you don't
use or rarely use the time savings is offset because
your daily processes are slowed unnecessarily.
Behind the scenes, there can literally be dozens of
programs running in the background using your
computer's available processing capacity. This can bring
your system to a stand still.
If you
think your computer is running slower than usual, give
us a call an schedule a
computer tune-up. We can easily repair your
registry and check the processes running in the
background to re-optimize your computer customizing your
processes to run at the peak performance for the
computing you're doing today.
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