{"id":54,"date":"2019-06-24T17:53:53","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T17:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/its\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2019-06-24T17:54:19","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T17:54:19","slug":"tips-to-speed-up-a-slow-computer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/its\/tips-to-speed-up-a-slow-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips to Speed Up a Slow Computer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Check with a Coworker to See If They Are Experiencing a Similar Issue.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If someone else on your network is downloading a lot of media from \nthe Internet, such as watching video or downloading large files, it is \nprobably hogging a large percentage of your bandwidth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Restart your machine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is typically the best solution to a slow machine. Avoid leaving \nyour computer on over long periods of time. When applications are left \nrunning they continue to use resources that can slow down the \nperformance of your computer. When you leave for the night shut down \nyour machine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clean off your computer’s desktop.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each time your computer starts, operating memory is used for all \nfiles on the Desktop. If those files are Shortcuts, the total amount of\n memory used will be small. If however, there are several or dozens of \nfiles on the Desktop, those will use lots of operating memory. Put your\n files in the \u201cMy Documents\u201d folder. If you have a lot of files, you \ncan put them in separate folders. Create shortcuts on your Desktop for \nthe folders or files you frequently use. In doing this, you will free \nup operating memory, reduce the time and frequency the hard drive is \nused and improve the response of your computer to programs you open and\n things you do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Empty your computer’s recycle bin.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simply deleting files from the disk doesn’t really delete them at \nall, rather they are moved to a temporary holding area on the hard \ndrive for easy restoration. Review the contents before emptying. Once \nemptied, the space on the hard drive<\/a>\n that the data occupied is made available for reuse and the restoration \n of any files emptied from the recycle bin becomes extremely difficult. \n Note that this will only speed up your computer if the hard drive is \nnearly full. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pour coffee directly into the computer*.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caffeine helps the tiny elves that live inside your computer function\n with more gusto. Supplying them with a hot beverage such as coffee can \ngive them the kick start they need to finish that important Power Point \npresentation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

*This is a joke and taking this action will actually slow down your computer immensely……..as in destroying it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Close any programs you don’t need. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Close any programs you don’t need. Press ^ Ctrl + \u2387 Alt + \u2326 Delete simultaneously and open up the Task Manager. Go to the Applications tab and close any applications that you are not currently using, or have a status of “Not Responding”. \u00a0Select any applications you would like to close or force to quit by selecting the application in the “Task” list of the Applications tab and then click End Task. \u00a0Windows may ask you if you are sure or warn you that recent changes in the application may not be saved. \u00a0If you have already saved your most recent changes, or if the task status is “Not Responding”, choose Yes or OK to completely close the application. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Change browsers. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If your browser is infested with hard-to-remove tool bars and \neverything just seems to be running really slow, you may want to \nconsider switching to a new browser. Firefox is the preferred browser on\n campus and is significantly faster than Internet Explorer. However some\n web applications do require IE to function efficiently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remove excess tool bars. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’ve installed a lot of tool bars for your browser, these can \nsignificantly slow down your connection. Removing these tool bars can \nhelp speed up your browser, and can also help protect your private \ninformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some tool bars can be difficult to remove, and you may need to use one of the antimalware programs listed in the previous step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the issue persists or turns out to be a hardware issue, please \ncontact the IT Department for support at 313.664.7818 or submit a \nHelpDesk ticket at helpdesk.collegeforcreativestudies.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Check with a Coworker to See If They Are Experiencing a Similar Issue. If someone else on your network is downloading a lot of media from the Internet, such as watching video or downloading large files, it is probably hogging a large percentage of your bandwidth. Restart your machine. This is typically the best solution … Continue reading “Tips to Speed Up a Slow Computer”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-54","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/its\/author\/ccswpadmin\/","display_name":"ccswpadmin"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 7 years ago","modified":"Updated 7 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on June 24, 2019","modified":"Updated on June 24, 2019"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on June 24, 2019 5:53 pm","modified":"Updated on June 24, 2019 5:54 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56,"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions\/56"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}