As you use your computer more and more, speed becomes a larger issue. Maybe you’ve downloaded a bunch of unnecessary freeware or you just have used your computer for quite a while – either way, computers gradually become not so fast.

But today, I will show you how to speed up that computer of yours and make it like new! So here are just a few methods:
Disable Unnecessary Windows Services

Windows comes with a bunch of services, or processes, in the background that help the operating system run and do the daily functions a computer does – except some of these are unnecessary. You really do not need to have all of the Microsoft services running in the background at one time – many of which don’t ever need to run at all.

Of course, many windows services are necessary so you need to be very careful what you disable. But if you disable the correct ones you may just be that much closer to a much faster computer.

To disable Windows services:

1. Go to “Start,” “Run,” and type services.msc
2. You may now disable any of the following services based on your use – or non-use – of them:

disable windows services

      (1) Task Scheduler – Used to schedule unattended tasks. If you do not need this you can turn it off.

      (2) Automatic Updates – Automatically checks for updates from Microsoft. You can just do so manually by going here.

      (3) Smart Card – If you do not use Smart Cards, you can