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Are you wondering “why does my computer run slow and how to improve computer performance“? Following are the most common hardware and software explanations for slow performance that most of the computer users have and the corresponding steps that you can take:

1. Hardware issues:

Your computer has a slow processor (that is its frequency, normally expressed in GHz is low).

Your computer does not have enough ram (For a Windows XP computer, any amount of RAM lower than 512mb is probably insufficient to provide a good user experience).

Your Hard Drive is too slow or is dying.In all the above 3 cases, the only option that you have is to change/upgrade your corresponding hardware.

2. Software issues:

Way too many items in your startup: You can see at list by Start > Run > msconfig > startup tab and can uncheck some of the unnecessary processes. Be careful not to uncheck any system process about which you don’t have much idea.

Unnecessary services starting automatically: Use a registry cleaner to handle this.

Viruses, Spyware, Adware, (malware)Graphic intensive desktop environment (and no dedicated graphic memory card and RAM): Either optimize the visual settings to not have attractive effects or get a good graphics card.

Invalid registry entries: Use a registry cleaner to handle this.Highly fragmented hard drive: You can defragment your hard drive by going to Control Panel.