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Are you having the need of solving the slow start up speed of computers? You have seen your friend's old computer running much faster than your new Pentium IV computer. If your computer has Pentium IV processor and a well maintained windows XP, then it will run very fast even with RAM as low as 128MB and a small CPU. If you feel that your computer is running slow than usual, then there is a need to fix the slow working of computer with the help of software, before going into the hardware.

There may be some software problem behind the slow working of your computer. There are lot of things going on simultaneously with bits 1 and o that a normal user is not aware of.

There are several things that can slow your computer down:

You could have a slow hard drive or a hard drive that is failing You may not have enough memory You might have a virus Your computer may just be overloaded with junk

Probably the best way to find out the problem in your computer is to remove the easiest problem first and see if the computer becomes faster. You should do some first tasks and then observe what happens to the computer. 1. Delete the files that you do not want, the temporary files, and empty the recycle bin in the system tools under accessories. 2. Scan the disk. 3. Make partitions of the hard disc to remove any already fragmented regions. 4. Run the antivirus software program after an upgrade. 5. Get a registry utility software from the net. 6. Install and run the registry utility program and the program will fix the errors in the files.

The above process should take you about a good twenty minutes to do. Once you have finished everything reboot your system. If this does not make your computer start up faster then you need to look elsewhere at the culprit.

Check your antivirus software, if it is outdated or incompatible with your system it will make your computer start up slower. You might fix this problem by upgrading or changing your anti virus program. Run the virus program a couple of times to make sure you don't have a virus or malware on your machine.

If the problem still persists, it may be your hard drive that is going bad. Listen to your computer! Are there any strange sounds coming from the machine? One of the symptoms of a bad hard drive is a knocking or clicking noise that shows up either constantly or intermittently. Another symptom you may have of a bad hard drive is the blue screen of death that shows up once in a while. To determine if its your hard drive you can download a hard drive tester to scan the hard drive and see if this is your problem. You may only need to add some RAM memory. Go to system tools and System information to find out how much memory your computer has. A computer running Windows XP should be running at a minimum on 256MB of RAM.

Thus, there are quite a many things that you could do to correct the slow startup of the computer. It's just that a little time is involved in doing it.

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