9 easy ways to speed up your slow computer

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by Aimee Stanton

In a society completely reliant upon technology, there is nothing quite as a frustrating as a slow computer, so speed things up with Hardware Associates’ top tips to make your machine run faster.

Stop, clean and delete

Have a look at your task manager CPU processes. If there’s a load of programs which are hogging your computer’s memory that you only use occasionally, then disable them from running on start up. You can do this by using your system preferences.

Delete unused programs

Go into your control panel and uninstall anything which you no longer want or need – but be careful not to delete anything your system needs to function.