People often complain that their Windows PC has gotten slower over time. These are some tips and tricks to help without arbitrarily formatting and reinstalling windows.
1) Use msconfig (taskmanager more recently) or ccleaner to turn off programs you don't need or use that start up with windows. After installing a lot of software over time a number of programs can be added to your system start up that you don't need. To much of this can have a significant impact on the start up time of your PC.
2) Remove malware. Malware can slow your PC incredibly. Malware can include Spyware, Adware, Rootkits, and less commonly viruses. Don't assume that intelligent computing or your antivirus software will prevent malware from being a problem on their own because they wont.
3) Clean up/delete unneeded files. Temp files, items in your recycle bin, cookies etc... can all build up over time. You can do this manually, use the Windows disk cleanup tool, or even use ccleaner. Mind you, freeing up disk space isn't really going to help your speed much unless your disk is very full to begin with.
4) Simply turn off windows features that you do not use. There is an entire list of these that I may cover in another article, but I will mention the Windows Indexing Service. It can consume a lot of resources attempting to keep files indexed. This speeds up searches but can slow the PC down. Just remember if you do a lot of searching it may be best to leave it on.
5) Completely uninstall any software you don't need or use on a regular basis.
6) If you can afford to and if your system supports it upgrade the amount of RAM in your computer and or install a faster CPU.
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