For many, a new school year has begun and, like every year, that means signing up for the gym, buying books, buying clothes and renewing the PC... as if we were changing the year or life.
This is more common than you think and that is why large companies like Microsoft prepare discounts and special promotions for these days. However, not everyone has money to renew the pc every yearFor this reason, we offer you a series of tricks to fine-tune your PC and extend the life of the equipment.
Backups
Backups are important, not only to preserve our data but also in case the equipment suffers any damage in the face of the following tricks. We can do this with the Windows 10 tool or choose one of these tools.
OS upgrade
Generally, the updates fix bugs and problems that the operating system has as well as certain programs. A Windows 10 update will help us to have a better performance of the computer. In addition, with the latest updates, Windows 10 allows us to further customize the installation of the operating system, being able to remove tools or applications that we do not use or do not want.
Update of programs and drivers
The other side of the coin is the programs we use and the drivers for the devices. Updating these programs will allow us to improve performance but also have new functions that old versions did not have. There are programs in charge of carrying out this task, but personally We recommend doing it manually, it is somewhat more controlled and we make sure that we have the original software for each device and program.
Cleaning configuration and program files
Over time, all programs They generate configuration files and cache memory that slow down the operation of the PC. Use tools like CCleaner It will help us keep Windows 10 clean of these files that are useful but must be deleted from time to time. The Windows registry also needs to be cleaned as it fills up with useless and problematic entries over time. The programs that we do not use must also be uninstalled, leaving space and increasing performance.
File defragmenter and hard drive errors
With Windows, from time to time you have to use the file defragmenter and disk analysis. We have these tools within Windows and they are free, we just have to search scandisk and defrag. The use of these tools will significantly improve the performance of the hard drive and by extension the performance of Windows.
Reduce Startup programs
A common problem is the loading of many applications in Windows Start. Many programs, if not all, insert a run at Windows startup. To remove them we just have to go to Windows 10 Task Manager and remove it from the list. This will speed up system startup considerably.
Increase the security of Windows 10
A security suite in Windows 10 seems necessary, but there are other ways to increase security, such as changing passwords or activate operating system restore, something that can help us get through a lot of trouble and that possibly our PC did not have activated.
Conclusion
As you can see, you can do many things to get our pc ready and without spending a single euro. If with all this our pc does not improve, the solution could be to change some components such as the ram memory or the hard disk, but even so, the expense would be less than buying a new pc Do not you think?