Due to this COVID pandemic, laptops or computers have become the daily handy gadgets of human work in recent times due to the trend of work from home. As a result, the laptop is becoming slow due to multiple work loads throughout the day. As a result, users are facing various problems in speeding up any of their work.
In such situation, many people may think it is the laptop’s issue. Many people reformat the system, many people think of buying a new laptop. But if you follow a few small tips from home, the slow laptop will become faster again.
Here are some tips that will make a laptop run much faster than before:
- Do not leave multiple tabs open:
For saving up some time and the convenience of working, most of the users tend to work with multiple tabs open at once, so that all the outcomes are in front of their eyes and to do the work quickly. But you need to keep in mind that the more tabs you keep open in your browser, the more pressure you put on your device's RAM or processor. As a result, your device will become extremely slow, hampering your work.
- Uninstall all your unused programs: Is there a program on your laptop that you downloaded several months ago, but never used? If so, uninstall them immediately. It plays a very effective role in slowing down the laptop.
- Keep an eye on background programs: Even if you don't use it, you may unknowingly and unintentionally run multiple hidden programs in the background of the laptop. Which ends up slowing down your device. To take care of this, go to Task Manager by pressing Ctrl + Shift + Esc together and check if there are any unnecessary programs running in the background. Right-click on the program you want to close, then click End Task.
- Restart your device: Restarting your device is a great way to speed it up! This clears the memory of your laptop's temporary cache, making your laptop work much faster than before. Also, whenever you get a notification to update the operating system on your laptop, don't forget to update it immediately. Do remember, updating your operating system also play an important role in speeding up your slow laptop.
- Turn off startup apps: When you turn on the laptop, several programs open automatically. These are startup applications that are secretly created on your laptop over time and gradually start affecting the performance of your laptop. So stop these unnecessary startup programs immediately . To do this, press Ctrl + Shift + Esc simultaneously, go to the Task Manager and go to the expanded view, then navigate to the ‘Startup’ tabs and close them.
- Clean the recycle bin: Users should frequently empty the recycle bin. All the documents that you delete from the system or laptop are left in the recycle bin, which means your recycle bin still remains filled. You can also use the Shift + Delete command and by doing this you can permanently delete your file.
- Do not keep more than one antivirus in your system: A registered antivirus is sufficient for PC or laptop. In this case the PC slows down after installing two programs or a firewall program.