By Jason Coleman

If you are one of the many people who has wondered at some point, "How to speed up my pc?" these secrets may help you achieve what you need. While you may have heard certain tips many times before like to delete unused files and programs, defragment the disk and drives, and get rid of spyware, you may still be having problems with your computer running slow. But there are others methods of speeding up a pc that are talked about less often but can work for you.

Secret #1: Enable Your Direct Memory Access

If you enable the Direct Memory Access on your computer, you can help your computer run better. If you are operating with Windows XP, you may need to go in and to set it up and enable it, but it should already be automatically enabled in Vista. This program allows the data to flow freely between your other drives and your hard drive. The microprocessor would have to work really hard, and much slower, to make this happen without the direct memory access being enabled.

Enable DMA or Make sure it is Enabled:

1. Open up your Control Panel

2. Enter into the System or System Maintenance

3. Select Hardware and then Device Manager

4. Select by right clicking on all of the options that are below the "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers", and select the Advanced or Advanced Settings tab to see if "Enable DMA" is checked. If this is selected, you may not have to wonder, "How to speed up my pc?" as this can make a big difference.

Secret #2: Add RAM to the memory

RAM is your computer's memory. The more RAM you have, the faster your computer will operate, period. You can purchase RAM and snap it into your motherboard yourself, or have a computer shop or knowledgeable friend add it for you.

Secret #3: Clean Your Registry

The Windows registry controls a lot of information on your computer. Because it handles so much information, it can become overloaded and full of unnecessary information, and is prone to errors. Using a registry cleaner program that is on your computer, can help clean it and fix those "How to speed up my pc?" problems.

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