Reasons for decreased PC performance and how to fix them

Causes

The reasons for low computer performance may lie in the following planes:

1. Incompatibility of the computer configuration with the OS installed on it, drivers, programs and games;
2. A long pause in computer maintenance at the software level (defragmentation and cleaning of the hard drive);
3. Failure of the operating system and incorrect configuration of its operation;
4. Use of computer power by unnecessary operating system services;
5. Penetration of a virus onto a computer;
6. Conflict of installed software (antiviruses, device drivers);
7. Overheating of the PC as a result of ineffective operation of the cooling system (the processor cooler has failed, the internal space of the computer is very dusty);
8. Major change in BIOS settings.

This problem can be solved in several ways:

1. Make a full or partial upgrade of your computer;
2. Increase its performance using the built-in capabilities of the operating system (disable unnecessary services, increase the page file, reduce visual effects, etc.);
3. Reinstall the OS;
4. Solve problems using special third-party software (optimizing the operation of the OS, cleaning it from “garbage”, defragmenting data on the hard drive, as well as optimizing the registry);
5. Find and remove the virus;
6. Remove incompatible software and drivers;
7. Update computer device drivers;
8. Set the correct settings in the BIOS;
9. Carry out maintenance, the purpose of which is to increase heat exchange between PC parts and the external environment.

As you can see, increasing the speed of a computer requires the user to have certain knowledge, and we will try to give it to you.

Ways to increase labor productivity

Each manager chooses the direction of development of his company based on the size and specialization of production. Therefore, methods for increasing labor productivity will be different in a small private enterprise and in a large industrial corporation. Experienced economists suggest using the following:

• Labor automation. It is necessary to competently build a production process that allows you to avoid downtime, and thereby achieve increased productivity of workers.
• The use of modern management tools, the use of a system for accumulating professional knowledge, increasing the responsibility of middle managers.
• Reduction or elimination of certain non-production costs, reduction of commercial and administrative expenses.
• Development of individual job descriptions, with clearly defined responsibilities for each employee. In addition, such a document will protect the employee from unfounded accusations in the event of production errors.
• Creating and improving a comfortable working environment. The opportunity for good rest and confidence in the future. It has been proven that in an organization where friendly relations have developed, there is mutual assistance, a developed corporate culture, and labor productivity is noticeably higher than in enterprises with unstable wages and endless conflict situations. Increasing employee productivity also directly depends on organized recreation areas, a dining room or a place where you can warm up and eat food you brought with you, the presence of a medical office, etc.
• Motivation. It can be material, namely basic and additional wages (bonuses, allowances for professional skills, special working conditions, part-time work, work on weekends, etc.); bonuses (at the end of the year, holiday, target, for length of service); payment of travel expenses, scholarships and training programs. Non-material motivation can be in the form of additional days of vacation, the possibility of creating a flexible schedule, etc.
• Increasing the loyalty of employees, involving them in the discussion of production issues and tasks, respect for the suggestions and recommendations they make. Sometimes it is enough for managers to simply talk with employees to develop a plan for increasing labor productivity in a particular workshop or department.
• Control and monitoring of labor productivity.

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How to find out PC performance

We will talk about the function built into Windows 7 to determine the speed of a user’s computer or laptop.

Click the Start button (furthest left at the bottom). In the window that appears, pay attention to the search forum (at the very bottom of the window).

Enter the word “Proiz” into this form as shown in the screenshot below.

Select "Improve your computer's performance." The corresponding section will open.

In this section, click “Repeat assessment” and analyze how productive your PC is.

What ways to choose to increase productivity

The main goal of any enterprise is to make a profit, and the main task of a competent leader is to inspire his subordinates to fulfill a unifying goal. Material incentives for subordinates do not always come to the fore; in many successful companies, non-material motivation is successfully used, which sometimes even has a stronger effect on the results of increasing labor productivity.

Non-material motivation. This term refers to a style of personnel management using various non-monetary methods of reward. To choose the most effective ones for your company, you need to take into account the mentality, psychotypes, and social status of employees.

There are not and cannot be single recommendations that would suit everyone without exception. Some may be inspired by public praise, while others will feel elated after winning a production competition. What may attract lower-level employees, in practice, is not at all suitable for management. Look for individual options for non-material motivation.

Use congratulations to employees on memorable dates, indicate specific prospects for career growth, offer attendance at courses, educational seminars, and trainings necessary to improve skills. Pay more attention to the development of corporate team spirit: organize joint free trips, tourist trips, sports competitions, children's parties, and competitions. Pay attention to the design of the office, provide a comfortable rest area for your subordinates.

Additional social benefits offered by an enterprise or company will be a serious incentive to increase labor productivity. These could be subscriptions to sports clubs, medical insurance for an employee and his family members, favorable conditions for lending and mortgages, free hot meals, the opportunity to purchase manufactured goods at a discounted price, and many other ways.

All of the above methods of moral stimulation are indispensable when implementing measures aimed at increasing labor productivity.

Material motivation is a combination of different types of material rewards for employees.

The main part of financial motivation is the employee’s salary or tariff rate. They also play a significant role in competing with competitors. Salary amounts for a certain position are determined by law and cannot be lower than established. Therefore, salary does not always become the main motivating tool; it is necessary to develop an effective program of additional material motivation. In addition to other monetary rewards in the form of bonuses, bonuses, and allowances, employees are often provided with a number of additional conditions for the social package, vacation packages, and other benefits.

The established bonus system is based on the following generally accepted provisions:

• the bonus should not be perceived by employees as part of the salary, and for this it should not be too frequent and widespread;
• it is desirable to take into account the individual personal contribution of the employee to the production process or specific development as part of a group;
• the method for calculating an employee’s personal contribution must be objective and transparent;
• the team should perceive the bonus as a reward for work for which additional effort was spent;
• Under no circumstances should a bonus be perceived as a way to retain an employee.

The types of additional awards are very diverse: for the successful completion of a project, the introduction of a new technology, the development of an innovation proposal, mentoring, victory in a professional competition, the overall performance of a department, social activities, etc.

The above methods of material motivation are positive. They are aimed at improving the well-being of employees through rewards and incentives for conscientious performance of their duties. There are also negative ways of material motivation. Thus, for violation of the established routine, neglect of discipline, or failure to comply with production standards, the employer has the right to deprive the employee of a bonus or demote him to a position with a lower tariff rate.

Each manager independently chooses the goals and objectives of material motivation, taking into account the needs and capabilities of a particular enterprise.

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Full or partial upgrade

When installing a new program or a modern game on a computer, we often forget that we purchased our PC several years ago, and its capabilities may not be compatible with the requirements of the installed applications.

Please note that the characteristics of any game, program or operating system always display the hardware requirements under which this application will work stably.

Many people ignore the information provided by the application developer, and therefore think about increasing the speed of their computer.

As the most effective, but also costly option, this is a full or partial PC upgrade.

To achieve results, as a rule, upgrades are required:

1. RAM;
2. CPU;
3. Video card;
4. HDD;
5. In rare cases, the motherboard, since this can lead not to a partial, but to a complete upgrade of the computer, and not everyone can afford this.

The list presented above goes downwards from more to less important replacements, from item 1 to item 5.

RAM.

Adding RAM sticks can significantly increase the performance of your computer, but you need to do it correctly.

Pay attention to whether there are empty slots on the motherboard for additional RAM sticks.

Next, in order not to delve into the types of RAM, pull one of the sticks out of the slot and write down its brand and manufacturer.

Pay attention to the location of the keys on the strips.

They must be identical with the additional RAM stick.

Nowadays, almost all motherboards have a dual-channel RAM mode, so you need to insert the strips into slots of the same color, i.e. in one.

But there is still an important point when increasing RAM.

Operating system versions.

You need to understand that different OS versions support different amounts of RAM.

For example, Windows XP 32-bit OS supports only 4 GB of RAM, although in fact only 3.12–3.5 GB will be used for work, the rest of the space is allocated for other functions.

If you have Windows XP 64-bit installed, for example, Edition, then it already supports RAM up to 128 GB. But in this case, much depends on the model of the motherboard and processor, which must support 64-bit operating mode, as well as 8, 16, 32 or 64 GB of RAM.

There is simply no need to support large amounts of physical memory (192 GB) in ordinary PCs, but there is already room for expansion in the future.

Now, as for other OSes.

Windows 7 x 32 bit will only see up to 4 GB, or more precisely, from 3.12 to 3.7. Therefore, there is no need to buy RAM sticks with a total memory volume exceeding these figures.

Windows 7 x 64 bit Professional and Ultimate sees up to 192 GB of RAM, Home edition x 64 bit – 16 GB.

But to enjoy the capabilities of these operating systems, your PC must have a 64-bit processor and the same motherboard.

Versions of Windows 8 x 32 and x 64 bit see the same amount of RAM as similar versions of the “seven”.

There have been situations when, to increase the speed of the computer, RAM strips with a total capacity of 12 GB were installed - Windows 8 Pro x 64 bit.

But in fact, the system only saw 7.96 GB. When checking in the BIOS, it was found that the motherboard supports no more than 8 GB of RAM.

If we touch on the topic of Windows 10 x 32 and x 64 bit, then it is assumed that this system will support the amount of RAM in the same way as in versions 8 and 8.1.

In order to determine how much RAM is loaded, you need to go to the “Task Manager” section. In Windows 7, this is done by pressing the hot keys “Ctrl+Alt+Delete”. Next, click “Launch Task Manager” and go to the “Performance” section.

Let's talk about the processor.

Upgrading the processor also takes place in the process of achieving the goal of increasing computer performance.

But if, for example, you have a dual-core processor installed with a frequency of 2.2 GHz, and you replace it with a similar one - 2.66 GHz, then in this case no obvious results will be achieved.

You need to replace the old processor with a new one only if the frequency of the latter is at least 30% higher than the previous one.

Or provided that the two-nuclear one is replaced by 4-x, with an increase in the frequency of the latter by 10-20%.

It is worth mentioning about 64-bit processors. They are much more productive than 32s, but they are also more expensive. Also, the motherboard must support 64-bit operating mode.

If these conditions are not met, upgrading the processor to increase PC performance is not advisable.

You can take a risk.

If you don't have the funds to buy a new processor, you can try to overclock the old one.

This is achieved by increasing the operating frequency of the motherboard bus, which interacts with the processor.

Settings can be changed in the BIOS.

But this must be done carefully. Be sure to check the reliability of the processor cooler before overclocking.

We will no longer develop the topic of overclocking in this article, since the volume of all the information can be contained in a book of 300 - 500 pages. There are a huge number of forums on this topic, where they will tell you what and how to do.

HDD.

How much the hard drive affects the performance of the computer can be understood from the example.

A client contacted me and had problems with his computer; it was working very slowly. The computer had two IDA hard drives installed with a total capacity of 500 GB. One disk was connected as “Master”, the other as “Slave”.

The spindle speed on both is 5400 rpm. 2 Giga of RAM was quite enough to run 32-bit Windows 7 in normal mode.

Since the disks were already more than 5 years old, it was decided to diagnose them with a small utility CrystalDiskInfo v.6.1.8. The results were terrifying, the program immediately informed us that the state was “ALARM”.

Just for fun, an attempt was made to reinstall the system, but the seven did not even want to install, displaying a message that the hard drives were faulty.

Therefore, it was decided to install one 1 TB instead of two old hard drives.

The model chosen was Toshiba 1TB 7200rpm 32MB DT01ACA100 3.5 SATA III.

The main selection criteria were: a clipboard volume of 32 MB, a spindle speed of 7200 rpm and a total size of 1 TB.

The SATA interface was supported by the motherboard.

Specifications Toshiba 1TB 7200rpm.

As a result of such changes, the computer was unrecognizable; its operating speed was increased by approximately 2 times.

TIP : do not allow two hard drives to be installed on the PC at the same time on the same channel, this will greatly reduce the speed of the computer.

SSD drives.

It is worth noting that since 2014, solid-state SSD drives have become very popular.

Although they are still more expensive than previously produced models with a rotating spindle, their advantages are obvious.

This is a longer service life, which can reach 1 million hours, a huge data transfer speed of up to 500 Mb/s, lower power consumption, quiet operation and, of course, greater reliability.

For comparison, you can look at the characteristics of the Kingston HyperX Fury 240GB 2.5″ SATAIII MLC (SHFS37A/240G) solid state drive.

Their only drawbacks so far are a small amount of memory, which many will find insufficient, and a higher price compared to other analogues.

But over time, we think this problem will be solved. Once upon a time, flash drives also had a memory capacity of no more than 1 GB, but now you can easily buy 64 GB flash memory.

Therefore, installing a solid-state SSD drive on your computer will significantly speed up its operation.

Video card.

A lot depends on the performance of the video card. This includes the opportunity to play advanced games, watch a movie in HD or FHD quality, and work with powerful graphics applications such as Adobe Photoshop CC, CorelDRAW Graphics and others.

If the video or game is slow on your PC, first of all, pay attention to whether the drivers are installed on the video card.

If the drivers are installed, but the game runs only at a low resolution and slows down, try updating the drivers to a more current version.

This can save the situation; otherwise, you need to replace the video card.

When upgrading, pay attention to the following indicators::

1. The interface, for example, PCI-Express x16 3.0, it must be supported by the motherboard;
2. Bus width, the higher, the better;
3. The amount of built-in memory and its type;
4. Core frequency, measured in MHz;
5. Memory frequency, for example, 5010 or 7010 MHz;
6. Memory bandwidth;
7. Supported interfaces for connecting external devices, for example, a TV via HDMI.

A good video card is not cheap, so you need to be careful when choosing it, but that’s another topic for discussion.

An example of an expensive video card is the Asus PCI-Ex GeForce GTX 970 , see the specifications below.

Scan your computer for malware

Spyware and other viruses today are the main cause of computer problems, including slowdowns. Even if a modern antivirus program is installed on your PC, it is still recommended to scan your computer for malware . You can download the free version of Malwarebytes from the official website using the link provided - this is one of the best and most effective programs that allows you to find viruses on your computer.

If you don’t have time to scan, then schedule this procedure for later by indicating the required time in the reminder on your desktop.

Built-in Windows capabilities

Defragmentation and cleaning of disks.

If your PC does not have third-party software installed to maintain it, then defragmentation and disk cleaning can be done using the built-in capabilities of the OS. This can significantly improve the performance of your computer.

Go to the section where all drives “C”, “D” and so on are displayed.

Right-click on the selected drive and go to the “Properties” section. You need to start with drive “C”.

First you need to clean it.

To do this, click “Cleanup” and wait while the system checks the disk for debris.

A window will appear in which you will need to set the settings you need and click “OK”.

You can also clean up system files and unused programs. All files must be reviewed before cleaning.

Only then do we defragment.

Go to the "Service" section. And click the corresponding button.

Here you can set a schedule of what is advisable to do. But be aware that for the defragmentation process to be successful, your hard drive must have at least 25% free space.

Do not forget to periodically, at least once a month, check your disks for errors.

This will not only stabilize their operation, but will also protect you from unexpected failures, which can lead to data loss.

Tip: Do not allow the hard drive to be completely filled with information, especially for the system partition “C”. At least 1/5th of the total volume of the section should always be free.

Visual effects.

Unnecessary visual effects can greatly impact the performance of a weak computer build.

To get rid of them, go to “Control Panel” and click “System” and then “Advanced Settings”. A window like this should appear.

Find "Performance" and click "Options".

In the “Visual Effects” section, select the item you need or configure the settings manually, depending on the capabilities of your PC. Click OK.

Virtual memory.

Virtual memory or page file is used by the OS to store temporary files on the hard drive in case there is not enough space in RAM.

If this setting is not configured correctly, the computer will run very slowly with a small amount of RAM.

Go to the “Performance” section, as described above.

Click "Advanced". Below you will see the size of the swap file.

Click "Edit". We recommend leaving "Size as selected by system" and "Automatic selection". Space for the paging file will be automatically reserved on the hard drive.

But you can also play with the settings by changing the size of the swap file. Sometimes such experiments give good results.

Unnecessary services.

This method of increasing computer speed must be used carefully. You need to understand which services can be disabled and which cannot.

To get to the desired section, press the “Win ​​+ R” keys simultaneously and enter the word “msconfig” in the window that appears.

Click OK.

A window like this should appear.

system configuration

Switch to selective startup of services and programs.

Then go to the Services section.

Here you can experiment and disable the launch of clearly unnecessary services. Before disabling services unknown to you, find out what they are responsible for. Fortunately, there is plenty of information on the Internet.

Autoload.

The “Services” and “Startup” sections are located next to each other. Be sure to visit the second one.

The fact is that program developers make the mistake of setting up their software in such a way that it automatically starts simultaneously with the operating system.

You may not immediately notice the operation of this software. As a rule, it is located in the tray and operates in the background.

At the same time, it takes up some memory in RAM and eats up computer resources, reducing its performance.

To solve this problem, disable startup programs by unchecking the box next to each of them.

And click "OK".

Actions will take effect only after rebooting the computer. This applies to both services and programs.

Autorun check.

Not all programs running in the background are of practical use. But they have a huge impact on the loading speed of the operating system and the load on the computer hardware. Because of such programs, the battery life of laptops is reduced. Both vital programs, such as anti-virus protection tools, and add-ons to various programs that are absolutely unnecessary in everyday activities can function in the background. Cleaning the startup list will give a very good performance boost. For convenience, it is recommended to use the free CCleaner program. After launching it, in the “ Tools/Startup ” menu, you need to disable unused components that are in startup.

A similar result can be achieved manually using the built-in System Configuration . In the “ Startup ” tab, perform the same steps as in CCleaner. After restarting the computer, all changes will be automatically activated.

Reinstalling the OS

Reinstalling the operating system is advisable in the following cases:

1. When the system crashed (a blue screen appeared);
2. It does not work stably, it slows down, and no “treatment” helps;
3. The user decided to upgrade the system.

The newer the OS, the more productive it works, provided the correct computer configuration is met. See the " Random Memory " section.

But a lot also depends on the “style” of using the PC (personal computer).

If such a concept is “Operating system maintenance”, which implies periodic cleaning and defragmentation of the registry, deleting unnecessary system files, and correct uninstallation of programs.

If you do not periodically carry out the above actions using special software, which we will talk about below, then, provided that you often install various applications, including games, after 6 months you can forget about the performance of your computer.

If only a few non-resource-intensive programs have been installed on your computer for a long time (for example, at work), then the operating system can last for several years without maintenance.

But in our case this is very rare, because we are looking at a home PC.

For some users, the system is so clogged that performance problems can only be solved by reinstalling it, and at least at the level of the previous version.

By the way, read here how to properly reinstall Windows 7.

Also don't forget to update your system. If you have unlimited traffic, set it to .

Remove everything unnecessary

The first method is one of the simplest; with its help you can make your laptop or computer turn on and work much faster. The method is to remove everything unnecessary, by “unnecessary” we mean the following:

• Programs and games that are no longer used in any way, even when not running, they have an effect on the RAM;
• Old documents, if no longer needed, it is better to delete them immediately;
• Photo and video. When there are a lot of photos and videos on your computer's memory, the initial loading process can take a long time. It is recommended to store all files (photos, videos, various documents) on external media. This will be safer and more practical.

It is also very important to keep your desktop tidy, you should delete various files and folders so that there is no huge clutter. In general, to achieve maximum performance, you should use your computer only for work, and for storage, purchase an external hard drive with a capacity of several terabytes and save all the information received there.

Third party software

The use of special third-party programs greatly expands the possibilities of increasing computer performance.

Such programs can be narrowly targeted, for example, only defragmenting hard drives, cleaning the system, etc.

Or multifunctional programs, the capabilities of which include full maintenance of the computer and speeding up its operation.

Before moving on to a brief review of the software, I would like to warn you.

IMPORTANT : Before installing any program and drivers, try to create system restore points.

CCleaner.

The main purpose of this program is to clean the system of unused and temporary files, optimize and clean the registry, and manage startups.

The program provides a lot of other functionality that will make your computer run much faster.

Ashampoo WinOptimizer.

This is a package of modules, which, according to their purposes, is divided into groups: system maintenance and analysis, increasing speed (performance), Windows configuration, file utilities, basic settings.

When the program starts, it will immediately prompt the user to start searching for problems.

The program will find problems and offer you to fix them.

The result of the work will be displayed as follows.

This is a simple and at the same time multifunctional program to increase the speed of your computer.

AusLogics BoostSpeed.

Designed to defragment disks and the registry, it cleans the system well of all slag, and has many settings to optimize and speed up the system.

The program is excellent, but only for those who know English, we did not find a Russian version.

There is a lot of functionality, so if you don’t understand and understand English, then it’s better not to take risks, you can “over-chemicalize”. Don't forget about the restore point.

Reg Organizer.

Cleaning, defragmentation, compression and maintenance of the Windows system registry. Built-in convenient registry editor.

It is also possible to clean disks from “garbage”.

As a rule, after optimizing the registry, the operating system starts to load much faster.

The program will be of interest to both beginners and experienced PC users.

O&O Defrag.

It efficiently defragments hard drives, which significantly speeds up your computer.

It has many flexible settings that you will not find in other programs.

TuneUp Utilities.

The most current multifunctional solution for computer maintenance and speeding up its operation.

The built-in huge set of tools allows you to automatically clean disks of debris, defragment them, set up automatic startup of programs, optimize the registry, completely delete or, on the contrary, restore files.

Looking at the screenshot below, you will understand what functionality this program has.

It is possible to service your computer with one click.

And also configure the automatic launch of this action at a certain time.

You can even forget about the program, it will do everything automatically. You will only receive a report on completed work.

One of our clients, thanks to TuneUp Utilities, has not reinstalled the system for more than three years and does not plan to reinstall in the future, everything works like a Swiss watch.

The program has a huge number of settings that allow you not only to optimize the operation of your computer, but also to correctly configure your Internet settings.

Your Uninstaller!

An excellent program for the complete and most importantly correct removal of unnecessary software from your computer.

It's no secret that the built-in capabilities of Windows do this, to put it mildly, incorrectly.

Your Uninstaller removes all traces from your computer, cleans the registry of remnants of the uninstalled program, and deletes files.

An excellent solution for those who often experiment with software.

Your Uninstaller has built-in capabilities for managing program startup, defragmentation and disk cleaning, and permanently deleting files.

But still, its main purpose is the correct uninstallation of programs.

Auslogics BoostSpeed.

A powerful program with great capabilities. Does everything you need to increase the speed of your computer.

It requires a competent approach, especially when cleaning your computer. It is recommended to preview the files being deleted.

Most programs are paid, but, as you understand, you can find everything on the Internet.

How to fix computer performance problems and increase its speed

The problem of computer performance and increasing its speed periodically arises for almost every user. There are a number of factors that, to one degree or another, affect the speed of a computer. First of all, these are the parameters of the computer - its processor and RAM, in addition, the existing RAM limit. They can be seen using the built-in DirectX diagnostic tool by selecting “Run” from the Start menu and entering the DXDIAG command there. Naturally, these parameters cannot be changed and you have to put up with what is.

However, you can try to solve the problem by optimizing the system and setting it up correctly. First of all, you need to regularly defragment your hard drives, which sometimes allows you to increase operating speed by 20-30%.

This procedure can be performed using the program built into the Windows OS, to launch which you need to do the following: in the Start menu, select Control Panel, then Performance and Maintenance, then Change the location of files on the hard drive, and in the window that opens, click on the Defragmentation button.

The next step in optimizing your computer’s operation is to disable system services that are unnecessary for operation. To ensure operational actions and execute user commands, the OS provides special services, but not all of them are used. You need to carefully analyze the list of such services, identify those that are not used, and edit the list. This helps increase productivity by 10-15%. To do this, in the control panel, select – Administration, then – Services.

Another important factor affecting the speed of a computer is startup programs. These programs are automatically added to the startup list during installation, which significantly reduces operating speed. They can be disabled or switched to manual start mode. The easiest way to do this is as follows: Start menu - All programs - Startup. In the list that opens, make the necessary adjustments, removing shortcuts of unnecessary programs from the list.

Now you can clean the OS from accumulated garbage - no longer needed files, registry errors, empty lines, remnants of deleted programs, etc. To do this, you can use any of the available third-party programs and utilities. The simplest and most effective today is Cleaner, which simply, affordably and quickly copes with the task.

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Apart from these traditional methods, it is possible to create swap files on each disk the size of the physical amount of RAM, no longer makes sense. And this will not be superfluous when playing on a computer, if you have Windows 7 OS, you can use red boost technology, and if the computer tells you that the flash drive is not suitable for this technology, just format it in ntffn with a cluster size of about 256 MB.

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Virus

A virus is a malicious program. Depending on the purpose of its creation, its operation can greatly slow down not only the functioning of ordinary programs, but also the entire OS as a whole.

If you suspect that your computer is infected, scan it completely with an antivirus program.

We cannot recommend any antivirus, as it will look like hidden advertising, but we will still recommend two time-tested products.

AVG Internet Security antivirus .

And the famous Kaspersky Internet Security .

There is a lot of other specialized software for searching for specific viruses that are difficult to detect with the complex solutions presented above.

These include utilities and scanners that can work not only when the OS is running, but also run from a disk under DOS and eliminate the threat before the system starts.

These include Kaspersky Rescue Disk, Avira Antivir Rescue System, Comodo Rescue Disk, Dr.Web® LiveDisk, Dr.Web CureIt (runs on a loaded OS).

Advice. Most antivirus programs, including those listed above, take up a lot of computer resources.

If, for example, you are not online, but simply working with some application, then it makes sense to disable them for a while; this can significantly increase the performance of your computer.

Clearing the cache

You can increase performance by using additional programs that allow you to clear browser and system caches. This cleanup frees up some space on your hard drive, which can make your computer run much faster.

It’s quite easy to find a similar cleaning program on the Internet; today there are a lot of them; to choose, you need to be guided by reviews on the Internet in order to get the maximum effect.

Driver versions

Chipset, motherboard, and video card drivers must be updated. New drivers are more stable and faster than earlier versions.

This can be done by taking the latest versions from the websites of the development companies. But this is troublesome and time consuming.

There is not only special software for automatically updating drivers, for example, Driver Checker, but also ready-made assemblies.

Respect to the developers of the DriverPack Solution driver assembly.

The assembly is constantly updated and contains a huge database of the latest drivers for both computers and laptops.

You can download the ISO image of the latest build for free on the official website https://drp.su/ru/ - the size is about 8.5 GB. Use it.

Disk Defragmenter

Tuning OS performance in this way allows you to organize files on your computer's disk space. By transferring fragmented areas, the number of hard disk accesses is significantly reduced. You can initiate the defragmentation procedure in Windows 7 like this:

• Through “My Computer” we go to the list of system drives.
• Select the one you need and select “Properties” through the right-click menu.
• In the window that appears, go to the “Service” tab.
• Click on “Run defragmentation”.
• In the new window, click “Disk Defragmentation”.
• You can also find out which part can be defragmented before you start. To do this, click “Analyze disk”.

Emergency shutdown of a running application

Setting up and optimizing Windows 7 cannot happen without the ability to quickly disable incorrectly working or unresponsive applications. To stop it, you can use the task manager functionality.

• Move the cursor to the taskbar area of ​​the desktop.
• Press the key on the right to call up the submenu.
• Select “Launch Task Manager”.
• In its window, on the “Application” tab, select the desired program.
• In the right-click menu “Go to process”.
• Automatically switches to the “Processes” tab.
• Click on “End process”.

BIOS Settings

BIOS settings affect the performance of the computer only if they are greatly changed and not for the better. Therefore, you need to change anything in the BIOS only with knowledge of the matter.

If it turns out that critical changes were made by mistake, then try to set the default settings.

Depending on the BIOS version, the name of this setting may differ, so it is difficult to recommend anything.

The most common version is " Load Optimal Settings ".

Click it, then click F10 on your keyboard (save and confirm). Next, click “Yes”.

Down with visuals

You can achieve maximum performance by removing visual effects. Of course, due to such effects, working on a laptop is much more pleasant, but their functioning directly affects the speed of data processing. On Windows 7 and higher this is done quite simply.

• You need to open computer properties by right-clicking on “my computer”;
• In the window that opens, you need to select the section for additional system parameters, which is located on the left side;
• In the “advanced” section you need to click on performance;
• A window will open again in which you can select the option: “ensure the best performance.” After this, the computer will become faster.

Cleaning your computer from dust

Dust is the main, hidden enemy of the computer. Hidden because not every user looks inside the PC case at least once every six months and does not see what is really going on there.

A large amount of dust greatly reduces the heat transfer of computer components to the external environment.

The motherboard, processor, and even the video card begin to overheat, and overheated devices begin to work more slowly and intermittently.

The operating frequency of the processor and motherboard bus are reduced for safety reasons. This is done so that they do not overheat and fail.

All this ultimately reduces the performance of the PC.

Therefore, do not neglect the rule of doing preventative cleaning of dust from the processor cooler and other computer components at least once every six months, and then stable operation of the latter will be ensured.

HIGH LABOR PRODUCTIVITY – BENEFITS OR HARM

They write and talk a lot about the need to increase labor productivity. The President of the Russian Federation is not happy that the decrees on his growth are not being implemented. Why?

As you know, labor productivity is calculated using the formula

P = O/H,

where O is the amount of work per unit of time; N — number of employees.

Improvement of production and scientific and technological progress are the main conditions for increasing labor productivity. This is a general call that can be found in any article, but what is behind it. Let's look at the components:

O - volume of work - to increase the volume of work it is necessary either to force the same number of workers to work faster, or to reduce the number of workers. However, it is only possible to make workers work twice as fast on the same equipment - then defects begin to grow. Reducing the number of workers in order to more than double productivity is possible only by changing equipment. However, new equipment will be more expensive and this is also almost a law. Behind the expression “almost” are changes in technology and production management.

N – number of employees – is the most difficult parameter. New equipment has been installed and fewer workers are required to produce the same amount of goods. It would seem that labor productivity has increased at this particular enterprise. However, where should we now include the laid-off workers? Those laid off went to the labor exchange and began to receive unemployment benefits. Are they now able to consume goods that are produced at the enterprise where they worked? Hardly. You can only survive on benefits. Then why do we need to produce more goods? Apparently it is necessary to reduce the quantity of goods produced. As a consequence, the downtime of effective equipment (excess production capacity) - it also needs to be maintained in good condition, and this also increases the cost of the goods produced and, as a result, labor productivity decreases.

There is one more measure that, according to the formula, can make labor productivity at a given enterprise infinite - this is the installation of automatic machines. In this case, the number of employees is close to zero - security, warehouse workers, etc. helpers. There is a peculiarity of the very expression of productivity in this form - this is the multiplicity of such an indicator, namely, 4:2 = 3:1.5 = 6:3 = etc. Therefore, you should not focus on labor productivity alone. At the same time, it is necessary to consider the hierarchical structure of the state economy: the improvement of production is at the level of a company, plant, individual entrepreneur, etc., and STP is at the level of the state and the growth of the first does not always lead to the growth of the second “SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PROGRESS, INNOVATION AND ECONOMY”

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It would seem that such a simple analysis of the problem of labor productivity led to the fact that where they left - from the desire to increase it - they came to the conclusion that it is not worth increasing it. In general, in the expression “work” is in the singular, but what happens if there are many “works”. There is also a lot that is not clear. There are many methods for determining labor productivity when there is “a lot of work.” They will give different results, and everything will be determined by the bias of the authors and the authorities. Therefore, the statement that there, in the West, labor productivity is 3–5 times higher than in Russia should not be given serious significance. Why? Because this one number doesn’t mean anything. It is necessary to take into account a lot more data and, first of all, what goal is pursued by a state in which labor productivity is so high. The goal, or more precisely, the goals of the elites of states in which labor productivity is so high compared to Russia, in general, are not known, but the results of the implementation of these goals are known.

It is known that in Europe there are 60 - 70% of innovatively active enterprises, and the GDP growth rate is from 0 to 2 - 3%. At the same time, unemployment is off the charts. For example, the unemployment rate in 17 countries with a single currency in April set a new absolute record of 12.2%, increasing by 0.1% compared to March. During the same period in the EU countries the figure did not change, remaining at 11%.

The highest unemployment rates were recorded in Greece – 27%, Spain – 26.8% and Portugal – 17.8%. The lowest is in Austria - 4.9%, Germany - 5.4% and Luxembourg - 5.6%.

At the same time, the situation is especially difficult among young people. Two thirds of Greeks, more than half of Spaniards and about 40% of Portuguese and Italians under the age of 25 are unemployed. This is an example for April; for other months the numbers will be slightly different, but not very much - the essence is important.

This is from https://ru.euronews.com/2013/05/31/unemployment-at-new-record-threatens-eurozone-unity/.

These data reflect the goals that the eurozone states (or rather the elites of these states) set in the interests of increasing labor productivity. In relation to Russia, the so-called May (2012) presidential decrees set the task of increasing labor productivity by 2020 by 1.5 times relative to the 2011 level. It's the same thing to have 25 million high-productivity jobs. The result is that 1.5 years have passed and the President says that the decrees are not being implemented.

What is the reason for such a result after such a time (I apologize for the tautology)? It is quite primitive and consists in the fact that the following two conditions have not been resolved:

1. To achieve a goal, it is necessary to solve one hundred problems, each problem can be solved in one hundred ways, each method is implemented by one hundred systems, and each system can be controlled by a person with one of ten skill levels.

2. Task (goal); content (description) of the task; structure of the task (elements and connections between them); methodology for solving a problem (achieving a goal); managing the problem solving process; organization of the problem solving process; personnel capable of solving the problem.

The essence of these conditions is that:

a) any actions cannot be rearranged or excluded. For example, if it turns out that the goal was not achieved, then it is necessary to check the reason, starting from the bottom - from the personnel. When it turns out that all stages have been completed and the goal cannot be achieved, then it is necessary to reconsider the goal.

b) an error at any level leads to the fact that all actions at lower levels will be invalid, i.e. the error there cannot be eliminated.

There are calls and nothing more. There were these before: “Doubling GDP”, “Modernization” and many others, maybe less noticeable, but their result is still the same - there is no further movement. It would seem that there is a “Strategy 2020”, which assumed “a GDP growth rate of at least 5%, significantly higher than the growth rate of developed countries.” The latest government forecasts indicate a growth rate of less than 3% until 2030, but this is a movement to nowhere. Yes, these are the growth rates of developed countries, but Russia still lags behind them (if we consider the movement since 1990).

Therefore, if the achievement of the goal set by the President is organized in the same way as in European countries, then we will get nothing but 20% unemployment and youth riots (this process may be somewhat softened by the demographic hole that will occur during this period).

It would be possible to end at this point, but the reader will naturally have a question: “What to do?” Firstly, the answer to this question is not according to the rank of the author, and secondly, as my failed dissertation supervisor said: “Who will get the money for this”? However, indicating what to do in the interests of achieving the goal of increasing labor productivity is still “beyond the author’s rank” - it is necessary to manage the process of achieving the goal. It is necessary to manage the entire structure of the economy, right down to the small enterprise. Moreover, it is necessary to control such levers for which the control error would amount to fractions or, in extreme cases, a few percent. An example of the most ineffective lever is managing taxes. It is known that non-payment of taxes is 20-30% of what needs to be paid - this is a world practice. Therefore, if the control lever has such play, then it is not known where the system will go.

Management is an art, and to find a genius you need many managers, among whom you may find a genius. In the expression for calculating labor productivity, the denominator is the number of employees. An example of a simple solution to a problem: in one regional center, the administration decided to lay off 200 officials and save 60 million rubles. The question was posed: “What can you do with this money?” The question remained unanswered. You can still look at the cost of investment projects and get an answer. In this city, according to rumors (according to data from the tram stop), the restoration of the square cost 80 million rubles. Anyone can solve such problems.

Thus, while solving the problem of increasing labor productivity, it is necessary to solve the problem of creating new jobs (which, by the way, the President spoke about at his press conference) in order to obtain a synergistic effect. Consequently, the answer to the question about the benefits of high labor productivity is obtained in the previous expression, and to the question of harm - see statistics for Europe. Therefore, since there is still time to achieve the goal of increasing labor productivity by 1.5 times, this harm must be taken into account, otherwise we cannot avoid the story of the English weavers of the mid-19th century.

PS. The place and role of labor productivity can be considered in more detail within the framework of a crisis or crisis-free economy based on

FUNDAMENTALS OF THE THEORY OF ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

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Andrey Yashnik

Let's sum it up

To summarize, we can say that to increase the speed of a computer, an integrated approach is needed, both in terms of solving hardware problems and in eliminating software failures and errors in the operating system.

In this situation, it is important to conduct a correct analysis of the current situation and not rush to run to the store for new components, because you can speed up your computer at the software level or by reinstalling the operating system.

But everyone makes their own decision, it is important that it be correct. But in any case, we hope that after reading this article, your PC will now always work quickly and without failures.

Good luck.

We measure the system performance index

The Windows 7 operating system includes a powerful integrated tool that allows you to test the performance of all hardware and software components. As a result of the check, the overall coefficient of capabilities and each of the components is displayed. Based on these data, you can judge the least productive elements of the OS. Fine-tuning of the PC takes place taking this data into account.

The measurement is made in points in a gradation from 1 to 7. 8. If the overall performance factor of the computer is 3 points or more, then any software designed for this version of Windows 7 can be installed on this PC.

It is worth measuring performance the first time the OS is launched on a given computer. And judge by them the changes in the level of performance of the operating system and computer hardware.

To evaluate PC performance, perform the following steps:

• Call up the Start menu by clicking on it with the mouse.
• Select the “Control Panel” item.
• In the list that appears we find “Counters and performance tools”.
• Or we find it through the “Search” field in the explorer (in the upper right corner). Enter “Counters and Productivity Tools” into it.
• If the test has never been carried out before, then click on the appropriate button, which initiates the start of the procedure for measuring the performance of Windows 7.
• If this procedure has already been carried out previously, then the results of the last measurement are displayed on the graph. The date of the last update is displayed at the bottom left corner of the window.
• To initiate a new assessment, click the “Repeat assessment” button.

The operating system evaluation procedure may take a long time (up to 10 minutes). When analyzing the results obtained, which are used to configure the OS, it should be taken into account that unsatisfactory coefficients of any of the components are not necessarily associated with Windows 7. The reason may lie in the insufficient capabilities of the PC hardware.

Satisfactory graphics performance may be caused by the integrated type of video card or insufficient RAM.

For a PC with a 64-bit main processor architecture, a discrete video card and 4 GB of RAM, the overall Windows 7 performance rating should be 4.