| You might be one of the million people who were | | | | the power button, after clicking the power button, |
| having a hard time of their slow operating system. But | | | | select hibernate and uncheck the box. |
| no worries! This is a thing that can easily be resolved | | | | 5. Start up programs are those little icons on the |
| (even if you're not a tech), below are few tips to | | | | bottom right of your taskbar, and some of them loads |
| optimize your computer and reduce its resources. | | | | in the background once your operating system is |
| Take note that this can only be done for Windows | | | | starting up. What you need to do is to control your |
| 2000 and XP operating systems. | | | | start up programs. |
| 1. Our recycle bin default settings is fairly high, the | | | | Control your start up program through msconfig, |
| recommended size is to set it to 3%. You can do this | | | | access this by going to your start button then select |
| by right clicking on your recycle bin and go to | | | | run, next is to type in msconfig, this will open a system |
| properties, then move to the slider and apply. | | | | configuration utility window. Select the start up tab to |
| 2. Just like the recycle bin, our system restore is also | | | | see the list of your start up programs, uncheck the |
| set on high. Lower it by holding our windows key and | | | | boxes that are not needed anymore to disable it and |
| pressing the pause button, click the system restore tab | | | | apply. |
| and move the slider on your desired size and click | | | | 6. Disable your performance settings by holding down |
| apply (recommended size is also 3%). | | | | windows key and press pause key, go to the |
| 3. Turn your screen saver off, you can simply do this | | | | advanced tab and under the performance is the |
| by right clicking on your desktop and go to properties, | | | | settings button. Now select custom and indicate only |
| next is screen saver tab and select none in the box. | | | | the last three options. Another way is going to your |
| 4. Hibernation is almost the same with recovering lost | | | | system properties, control panel and clicking system. |
| data, it remembers the place where we visit before | | | | These are just few ways to save the resources of |
| we turn off our computer. The procedure requires | | | | your computer, there are still other things that you |
| storing the information in the memory card going to the | | | | need to do including registry editing and fixing DLL |
| hard disk. It may seem helpful but for me it's a waste | | | | errors. I hope this help somehow to those who are |
| of resources. To turn it off, go to desktop and click | | | | new in the computer world. |
| properties, the click on screen saver tab and look for | | | | |