If you’re vexed by a slow computer, especially when browsing the Web, you should know that it’s not always the computer’s fault. Sometimes, your browsing experience can be derailed by other things that have nothing to do with your computer. Worse, they’re usually things you don’t have a lot of control over!

One Thing That Can Hang Up Your Computer

Networked computing is relatively new (at least in the Grand Scheme Of Things). The type of networking we use today (as in Internet networking) was developed about 50 years ago. (Really!) Since that time, advances and changes have been made, but the underlying technologies, network designs, and network protocols are positively ancient by today’s technology standards. Their saving grace, of course, is that they work.

When the forerunner of the Internet was originally developed, it was envisioned as a communications network that could withstand a devastating attack. The network was to be distributed, meaning that if one data pathway was down, others that were still up could shoulder the extra load.

At the time of the network’s original designs, computers had addresses made of numbers, not names. As time went on, the numbering system became more complicated until it reached a point where people couldn’t remember the addresses of the computers they wanted to contact. To fix this, a new system was developed that allowed people to assign names to computers, but computers still needed numerical addresses. Part of the new system requires a translation between the computer’s name and its numerical address. The system, called the Domain Name System (DNS), relies on computers that have information about how to find any computer on the Internet.

Occasionally, a major problem develops with the domain name server you (or your Internet provider) use. One way to ensure that you can still get to where you’re going is to configure your computer with an alternate DNS server, in case your primary DNS loses its marbles! Some companies – like Google – offer public DNS servers that will look up addresses for the computers (like Web servers) you want to visit on the Internet.

Google’s DNS server – 8.8.8.8 – is available for anyone to use. You can make this server your Primary DNS server or use it as a backup for your ISP’s DNS server. You can easily program your network configuration to include a backup DNS server. You may not often find a use for a backup DNS server, but having a working DNS server could mean the difference between surfing the Internet and curling up with a good book!

In my next post, I’ll take a look at some other network protocols that can slow down your surfing experience.

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Speeding up a slow computer is a process, not a single activity. If you develop a program of regular maintenance, you can help ensure that your computer never experiences a noticeable performance drop. Using a combination of the built-in tools and the tools available in SpeedUpMyPC 2011, you can help keep your computer running well, and keep its performance optimized all the time.

Basic Maintenance Goes A Long Way

One of the best things you can do for your computer is to defragment the hard disk regularly. If you use your computer frequently, and transfer files around a lot, defragmenting your hard disk should be a high priority. By defragmenting your hard disk regularly, you ensure that your files aren’t scattered around your hard disk, which would require additional time for the computer to piece your file back together. Defragmenting your hard disk is really optimizing its performance. By optimizing its performance regularly, you can help ensure that your computer operates at the fastest possible speeds.

If you’re a heavy computer user, consider defragmenting your hard disk monthly. This operation can take awhile, so try to set this up to run overnight if possible. If you’re not a heavy computer user, consider defragmenting your hard disk at least once per quarter.

Run the disk utility regularly, regardless of how much or little you use the computer. The Disk Utility, which is built into the operating system, will check the integrity of the hard disk, locate bad disk sectors and in some cases, will recover information that has been stored there. The disk utility should also be run after a system crash to clear out the debris and locate sectors that may have gone bad during the crash, or caused the crash in the first place. Run your disk utility monthly and following each crash.

For performance optimization, run SpeedUpMyPC 2011 regularly. SpeedUpMyPC 2011 will help you address performance issues that can slow down your computer. SpeedUpMyPC 2011 works to find applications that may be reducing your computer’s performance, as well as settings that could be slowing your computer down. In addition, SpeedUpMyPC 2011 keeps track of what’s in the registry, and removes entries that are no longer needed. This is desirable because unnecessary registry entries can slow the computer down. SpeedUpMyPC 2011 can also optimize your Internet connection, a primary source of degraded performance.

SpeedUpMyPC 2011 has been downloaded and installed more than a million times by users all over the world who are interested in speeding up the performance of their computers without spending a fortune, and without needing the assistance of a professional PC technician.

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Don’t replace a slow computer! Speed up your computer with SpeedUpMyPC 2011. SpeedUpMyPC 2011 can help maintain your computer, improve its performance, and avoid those things that slow your computer down. In just a few minutes, SpeedUpMyPC 2011 can scan your computer, identify potential trouble spots and help you remove the problems that rob your computer system of its performance.

Speed UpMyPC 2011 Is More Than A Registry Cleaner

SpeedUpMyPC 2011 is more than a registry cleaner. It goes beyond simple registry cleaning to ensure that your computer is operating at its best all the time. No matter how and where you use your computer, SpeedUpMyPC 2011 can help keep your computer registry free of unnecessary entries that slow your computer down. It also optimizes your PC performance, all within a matter of minutes.

SpeedUpMyPC 2011 examines your computer memory usage to ensure that your computer is making the most of the memory you have installed. By carefully managing the memory allocations your computer has made (and must make), SpeedUpMyPC 2011 can help ensure that your computer operates as efficiently as possible.

SpeedUpMyPC 2011 also applies the same optimization technologies to your network connection, to ensure that your PC operates as efficiently as possible when sharing data over a network connection. Say goodbye to slow web-browsing and downloading sessions. SpeedUpMyPC 2011 will help keep your online experiences fast and pleasant!

SpeedUpMyPC 2011 can also optimize the way your computer stores information on the hard disk. This helps make your computer highly efficient when storing information and retrieving stored information. In addition, SpeedUpMyPC optimizes your startup and shutdown routines so you don’t spend a lot of time waiting to get started or finish up.

SpeedUpMyPC 2011 has been downloaded more than one million times by users like yourself who are looking to optimize their PC’s performance as an alternative to replacing an expensive computer. SpeedUpMyPC 2011 is an award-winning program that helps you get your work done!

SpeedUpMyPC 2011 can also help reduce or avoid system crashes. Its monitoring tool can help warn you of impending crashes and system instabilities – by itself a very helpful thing! By helping you to see which programs and activities are most likely to cause crashes, and by helping you recover from the crashes that do occur, SpeedUpMyPC 2011 can help save you time, effort and energy, and ensure that your computer runs as efficiently as possible.

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One of the dilemmas people face when considering their computer technology is whether or not to replace a slow computer. There’s no doubt that there comes a time when a computer has completely outlived its useful life. Unfortunately, there’s no magic rule-of-thumb that indicates when a computer has reached this point.

What Goes Into Determining Useful Life?

Its user primarily determines the useful life of a computer. Although it sounds a bit simplistic, what you can do with the computer is a better marker of the computer’s lifespan than the number of days it’s been in service. If the computer doesn’t meet your needs, it can be “obsolete” right out of the box. On the other hand, if you can still do whatever you need, a seven-year-old computer can still be “useful.”

One indication people focus on is the speed of the computer. An old computer is a slow computer, right? Not really. Old computers can be very responsive and brand new computers can be so bogged down that they can’t get out of their own way. “Slow” and “age” don’t always coincide. While it’s true that older computers have older processors, and older computers have less memory, they also have built-in memory management that’s designed to work with smaller amounts of RAM. If the programs you use haven’t changed remarkably, or your needs for computing have stayed the same, you can still get a lot of use out of the computer.

One key to avoiding a slow computer is a clean registry. The Windows registry has changed significantly over time, but one thing has remained the same. Useless, old and abandoned information stored in the registry can cause computer problems, and it can certainly make for one slow computer.

Today, you need more than just a simple registry cleaner. That’s why I use SpeedUpMyPC 2011. This program is a whole toolkit of utilities that will help keep your computer running right and avoid annoying “slow computer” problems. Best of all, it can scan your computer for serious problems that need your attention in just two minutes.

Two minutes of maintenance time can save you hours of frustrating computer use by ensuring that your computer performs as it should day in and day out. Don’t put up with a slow computer (no matter how new or old it is). Instead use SpeedUpMyPC 2011 to make sure your computer works the way it was designed to each time you turn it on.

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I was reading an article the other day comparing optimization software packages. One of the points of comparison was how long each reviewed product takes to scan a computer for various problems. One software package under review took more than 20 minutes to scan the computer! I assume the test computer was probably in pretty good shape – not your average slow computer. I can’t imagine running such a test on a computer that’s having problems!

Performance Problems Stack Up Over Time

Time is a precious commodity, and when I’m doing routine maintenance, I would like to make sure that my time is well used. Nothing hurts a technician worse than having to wait for long periods for routine maintenance to complete. Some long-haul tasks, like defragmenting can be run overnight, but performance optimization scans shouldn’t take a long time.

That’s one of the things I like about SpeedUpMyPC 2011. The optimization scan takes just two minutes to complete and provides a complete list of recommendations to help improve the performance of your PC. SpeedUpMyPC 2011 has been downloaded more than a million times by users all around the world and has received a number of awards and recognitions.

SpeedUpMyPC 2011 helps keep your computer in good working condition. It’s more than a registry cleaner. When you’re running SpeedUpMyPC 2011, your applications launch faster. SpeedUpMyPC 2011 manages the way the computer allocates RAM, monitors and optimizes your Internet connection, and manages your startup applications. Applications that start up automatically can take away a lot of performance potential from your computer. By carefully managing what programs start automatically, SpeedUpMyPC 2011 can conserve RAM and improve the performance of your computer.

SpeedUpMyPC 2011 also features a registry cleaner that will help keep your computer running fast. By eliminating unnecessary, abandoned and leftover code from the registry, SpeedUpMyPC 2011 can not only improve computer speed and performance, it can also help eliminate application freeze-ups and computer crashes.

SpeedUpMyPC 2011 is a useful tool for technicians and end-users alike. It’s simple to download, install and use, and the program keeps a complete record of everything it does. You’ll always know what SpeedUpMyPC 2011 has done to your computer, and you can always return your computer to a previous state if, for some reason, you’re not completely satisfied with the results.

SpeedUpMyPC 2011 is an award-winning program and probably one that PC users should consider adding to their toolkit.

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