These 6 tips can help you to find and fix windows problems on your computer.
Device Manager
There a number for reasons why your compute can work poorly. Device Manager is best place to start your computer diagnostic. Right click Computer (My Computer in Windows XP) | Manage| Device Manager. Device manager show missing drivers with a Yellow Warning triangle. This picture show that Network Card driver is missing.
Stop Unnecessary Services
Running unnecessary services slow down your computer as well as make it more vulnerable for attacks. There are a lot of services won’t make any sense for home user like simple file and printer sharing services. Disabling unnecessary startup programs helps your computer to boot fast and a better utilization of compute resources. While stopping services user must be very careful because stopping any system make unbootable. You can disable or enable services by going to Windows services. To manage startup programs type ”MSCONFIG” in run prompt and manage startup programs.
Update All Microsoft Software’s
Windows update is good to keep running your windows but now most attackers find that Windows Vista is more secure as compare to previous versions of Windows, so they are also targeting other Microsoft software’s to make your computer more vulnerable for attacks. Microsoft offers update to it’s all software’s from one single that is http://update.microsoft.com.
Use Default Programs to Open Up Files
Use default programs to easily and efficiently open your files. Under Vista, you can easily set the default program for several tasks from one window. Click on the Start Menu | Default Programs | Set program access and computer defaults, and then choose Custom from the options list. Under Windows XP Click on the Start Menu | Set program access and defaults, and then choose Custom from the options list.
Turn Off Windows Search Indexing
If you are not using Windows Search every day, in this case it’s better to stop Windows indexing it will save your hard disk space as well as a lot of memory. You can also disable the search services: Start | Control Panel | Administrative Tools| Services. Right-click Windows Search and under Properties, choose Disabled for the start type. When you next start your computer, stop this service by right clicking and selecting Stop.
Run and Analyze System Health Report
A system health report contain operating system, hardware and software settings and solutions to fix problems in your system. you can run system health report by going to Control Panel | System and Maintenance | Performance Information and Tools | Advanced tools, and then choose Generate a system health report. Windows not take more then a minute to generate System Health Report and major problems are highlighted at the top
computer related fix windows xp trouble shooting