Just like when you want to get in shape, your computer also needs some fine tuning to be at peak performance.  Work out how to fix a slow computer using some of the tips below.

Don’t let Windows Explorer bring you down!
By improving folder browsing you can ensure that Windows Explorer window does not take the rest of your operating system down.  What you should do is look to launch separate folder windows in multiple processes.  So how do you do this?  Click on My Computer, tools, then Folder Options. Click on the View tab. Scroll down to "Launch folder windows in a separate process," and enable this option.

Clean Your Computer Registry
Your computer registry is the powerhouse of your computer.  If your windows registry is not free from damage and well organized, your system will become unbelievably slow and is likely to start  freezing, and crashing.  You should regularly clean your windows registry with and effective registry cleaning product to ensure that you computer is running fast and your registry is performing optimally.  Visit www.fixaslowcomputer.com for details on top rated registry products and to perform a free scan of your computer registry to see if it is running at peak performance.

Don’t automatically search for network files and printers when you use windows explorer
To disable this option open ‘My Computer’ and go to tools and folder options.  From here click the view tab and unceck ‘automatically search for network folders and printers’.  Apply your changes, click OK and then restart your pc.  You are away!!

Performance Counters Reduce Performance!
Windows XP in an ironic twist has a performance monitor utility which actually takes up system resources and can reduce the performance of your computer. What you can do is disable this monitor is download and install the Extensible Performance Counter List – and then select each counter in the 'Extensible performance counters' window and clear the 'performance counters enabled' checkbox at the button below.