Nobody wants a slow computer. There's an off change you're watching this video on a computer
But more than likely probably on your phone
Now
this may not always be up to you as some computers just slow down with time due to the normal wear and
Tear of their parts, but there are plenty of ways to keep your computer running quickly regardless of how old it is
What is up guys Jimmy here welcome to the late-night top tens and today we are going to be going over four 10 easy ways
That you can speed up your computer
Anybody can do these little tricks some of them you probably know maybe one or two of them you don't and it could help you
Get some better performance out of your computer in the long run before we get into it
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Specifically these late night squad midnight top tens, and now let's see if we can speed up your computer at least just a little bit
Number 10 this one is probably the easiest thing and probably the most well-known
But it does help clear your cache and cookies from your web browser if your computer is being a little slow while surfing the web
Chances are your cookies and data are too full and they are slowing down your browser
Well, how can you fix this just get rid of the stuff that's slowing it down. It's simple. Just be gone stuff
I guess clear the cache data and the cookies from your browser
and you're likely to see a difference in speed since there is less strain on your actual internet browser and
Since we're talking about browsers
Okay at number 9
I am not trying to get into a browser war but
But in the comments section let me know what your browser of choice is and mine is
Google chrome if you're not using google chrome on your desktop
You really should be honestly chrome is vastly superior to all the other web browsers, not just in speed
But also in settings and accessibility, it's much easier to get into your web settings and see your cache your data your cookies
ETC with chrome then it actually is with Safari Firefox, or ie or whatever it is
You're using if you're not using chrome as your default browser
You should probably fix that in my opinion
but be sure not to delete the other browsers on your computer just in case chrome decides to crap out on you because
It's not perfect either, and I'm sure you guys are gonna. Give me tons of comments of why it's not perfect
You don't want to be left without a web browser in the unlikely event that that ever happens
but to me chrome is definitely the the choice to go with a
number eight automate your updates
It's definitely easier to just hit the remind me later button when prompted with a software update we all do it
I've done it
But if you don't want to update your stuff those updates will just end up stacking up and making the process even more
Frustrating once you've decided to actually update. I want you guys to think about it
would you rather update now for a few minutes or
Later for a few hours every time you click that remind me later button you are making the process
Longer and longer and you are just delaying the inevitable just automate your updates
So you don't have to worry about it ever again plus
By keeping your software up-to-date you keep your computer in top shape and reduce your likeliness of being hacked. Thanks to the updated software
and
Number seven reinstalling your windows for the ultimate restart to your computer
And I don't suggest this unless you know what you're doing
and
You have a good backup and window image and all that good stuff
Ok there's actually a feature that will allow you to delete and reinstall windows all together if you're just to the point
Where you want a fresh start you can do this if you go digging into your settings the update and recovery section
You should see two options assuming. You have windows 8 or later
you should have the option to refresh your PC without affecting your files or
Remove everything and reinstall windows both of these will return windows to its most clean
Pure state removing all the malware viruses in the process that you may or may not
Have accumulated over time however if you choose to do this you need to be aware that
Everything on your hard drive may be lost
So just be sure to save all your important files to a flash drive or an external hard drive before you hit that
Because you cannot undo that reset button. I have a big
External that I do every Sunday. I do a window windows image backup on - just to be safe
And number six and this is a pretty easy one turn off your animations if you have one of the later versions of windows
You're probably aware of these little animations that come with it
If your computer is strong enough these animations are nice and make you feel cool at your desk
They're just all sleek and everything
But if your computer is older these animations just serve to slow everything down so that your computer
Everything is a process your computer has to run every single thing that happens on it. No matter
What and a lot of behind the same processes that you never even see if you were to go to your task manager and click?
Processes you'd be probably a little bit shocked if your computer falls into the second Coward Category of being a little old
Do some digging in your settings so you can find the animations?
And you can actually turn them off this should help increase your PC
Speed since it won't be putting extra work into something that is unnecessary and for me. It's just rule of thumb
If I'm gonna go stream or run obs or some hog of a program I go into my processes
And I turn off everything that I know that
I don't need going just so my computer has more power to focus on what I need and
number five get rid of the Old
Programs don't be a pack rat let them go just about everyone has old programs on their computers
They don't use anymore be in old games apps
Web browsers or those random installers you download in order to download certain things?
Specifically in gaming there are tons of programs taking up space on your computer plus
There are all these programs that come pre-loaded on the computer that you naturally you actually never use go into your programs and look
through to find these old
Downloads and get rid of the ones you know you're not going to use that you know you never will use and it will free
Up a ton of space which is it's almost like if your computer's a little on the heavy side
It's taken another notch out of the belt letting it breathe a little bit
At number four deleting duplicate files for whatever reason a lot of computers feel the need to create duplicates of downloads documents photos videos
You name it I guess your computer
Just doesn't have faith that you we'll lose anything whatever the reason maybe these duplicates take up space going to your files
See if you have any duplicates and get rid of them and now a lot of this stuff
we're talking about is deleting make sure you're
Competent with what you are actually?
Deleting you want
Do you don't want to go deleting core files or anything that the computer needs to run so just be aware of what you're doing
But with that being said there's a lot of wasted stuff on your computer
That you can use and delete and streamline your computer's processing power
At number three speeding up the startup when you turn on your computer for the first time of the day
How long does it actually take for it to turn on?
Is it a few seconds a few minutes if the initial startup of your computer takes a long time?
there may be some things you can actually do about it go into your settings and check out your
Startup settings to see what exactly is booting up when you hit that power button for the first time of the day many
Computers most computers have a bunch of apps starting up along with the computer just to serve
These slow down process apps that you may not even need or even know that they're on there
and you will never use check what apps are starting up with the initial powering of the computer and
Turn them off if they're not needed this will make the startup of your computer way
Faster and put less strain on your machine now if you want these apps you can turn them back on if you want or use
Them once the computers on but you can turn it all off just so the computer can start up quicker I
Mentioned earlier I have an external hard drive and a number two that's exactly what we're gonna talk about to get you an external hard
Drive if you can we've mentioned a lot of ways to clean up your hard drive in this video
But the best way that you can actually do this is just get a new hard drive all together
external hard drives are incredibly helpful you can get them in pretty much any size you can want and they plug into your usB and
They're pretty much like massive flash drives
If you will you can use them to store all your documents your files your videos photos and pretty much everything thus
reducing the strain on your computer's Built-in Hard drive and
Making things run faster because of it. I have an external where we keep all our pictures
Documents everything everything that doesn't need to be on the the C. Drive of my main desktop
I definitely recommend looking into getting an external drive if your computer is running slow and your built-in hard drive is pretty full
Okay, the number one thing that I'm gonna give you number one tip is
Upgrade if this one isn't exactly something you could do with your current computer
But it still works 100% of the time if you're struggling with a slow computer
And you've done all you can to try and speed it up and nothing has worked
It may just be time to grab some new hardware
Maybe you need a new graphics card, or maybe you need to bump up your ram
but whatever it is you probably need to upgrade that doesn't mean you have to throw the whole desktop tower everything away that is a
Common Misconception that a lot of people make well the computers not working, right?
I have to dump it and go buy a brand new everything that is not the case
You can buy
What you actually need if you're rocking some pretty old hardware like a graphics card and nothing seems to be speeding it up
maybe it's time to start shopping around Amazon and beefing up certain pieces of it to help it out and
There you have it my friends those are 10 easy ways easy things easy tips that you can do
To try and speed up your computer
It's a constant battle because new technology becomes old technology really really fast
So hopefully some of this will help and I will give one honorable mention something that I use
It's a program called CC cleaner, and I'll put a link in the description for it as well
You can actually get it for free
and I use it probably every other day it cleans out all the old stuff it just it's really user friendly and
I've been using it for over a year now
So I'll put it in the description you guys can check it out, and that's it. I hope you guys have a great day
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