After a period of time all Windows operated computers will slow down. How long it takes for this to become noticeable depends on how much use the machine has. You will one day notice that your computer is noticeably slower than it once was and in addition it freezes more often,or even occasionally crashes completely. The problems start to mount up and it is no longer the efficient fast machine it was when it was newer. This takes place gradually, and depends on how much the computer is used,but it does happen to all Windows operated computers.
This naturally is a cause of much concern and annoyance and you would like to do something to correct it. The thing is that you don’t know the cause of the slow running or where to start for a solution to the problem.
Well from long experience I can tell you what is almost certainly the cause of the problem and moreover how you can quite simply put an end to it. In nearly all instances the problem originates with your computer registry. All Windows operated computers since Windows 95 have used a registry in the operating system. The registry is a database of information which the computer’s operating system uses to run the computer and programs installed in it.
When you use your computer data is stored in your registry. As a result the registry will accumulate much unwanted data which can take up plenty of space. A lot of this data is out of date and no longer of use. Read more... (758 words, estimated 3:02 mins reading time)
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Your computer runs slow and is really aggravating. You may also be getting startup errors. You need to know how startup works so that you can correct these problems
When you start up your computer a sequence of events will take place.
1.The Power On Self Test (POST) is the first item to run. The BIOS firmware settings are used by the computer to test and make sure that the systems hardware which includes storage media,RAM,power supply and several other computer peripherals is working correctly. POST also will check to ensure that the operating system is properly installed. If any of these tests should fail a beeping sound will tell you that there is a problem.
2. After the POST tests are finished other tests are run which will ascertain that hardware such as the hard drive and video card etc are working properly. If there is any problemyou will one more get an error message.
3.The NT Loader which is usually called the boot loader or ntldr will start to run. The ntldr loads startup programs,starts the files system and will check the boot.ini file to find where the operating system should be uploaded to. Once more errors may occur if you have a damaged hard drive or Master Boot Record (MBR).
4. The next event is for ntdetect.com to identify and configure many of the computer hardware items such as the mouse,keyboard,hard drive,video adapter etc. Read more... (962 words, estimated 3:51 mins reading time)
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