The Windows operating system is the most used operating system in personal computing. It has many advantages over other operating systems such as its ease of use, but it also has one disadvantage, and that is sometimes it can be slow to boot up. It doesn’t make any difference what version of Windows you have on your PC, if you use even just a couple of the following tips, you will make Windows boot faster.

If you’ve ever done a file search on your Windows machine, then you will be familiar with Windows automatic indexing. This is a program which will index each and every file found on your computer, so that you can find it quickly without having to go from folder to folder. This program may sound good in theory, but in practice it makes your computer boot slower. Simply by deselecting the automatic Windows indexing option, you can speed up boot time.

If you happen to be a creative person, there is a good chance you may have a lot of extra fonts on your computer. Each and every one of these fonts must be loaded into RAM when Windows starts. This means that if you have a lot of them in your Font folder, you are actually slowing down your machine on boot time. If you must have a lot of fonts to work with, try storing them on a flash drive instead of on your hard drive.

Over time when you use your computer, you will be installing and uninstalling programs, sometimes on a frequent basis. Each time you add a program to your hard drive then uninstall later, you will be mixing the data on your drive. To combat this problem, defragging your hard drive is a must. This will bring all related data together so your computer runs faster, even upon booting.

Whether you know it or not, your computer has a lot of junk files which take up space. Not only in the data section of your hard drive, but also in the boot sector. Once you uninstall a program there may be remnants of files left in the registry. These files will be loaded, even though they are not really being used. Therefore it is important to run the Disk Cleanup program found in System Tools. It will help remove unwanted files in the registry and in the Temporary Internet Files folder.

If you want your computer to run its best in every way, then installing extra RAM may be your best bet. The more RAM your computer has the faster it is, even when it comes to boot up time. By following the above simple fixes you can make Windows boot faster, so you can get your work done or your game on.