How To Increase Computer Speed And Performance - Great Tips & Tricks

Executive Summary about Computer Trick by Alan Malik

Many computer users are worried about their computer's performance. After spending lot of bucks, still they cannot have that charm of using PC as they had expected. Here are some major tricks which are used by many computer users which help them to take efficient use of their CPU.

1. Operating system choice:
Same is the case with Microsoft windows. The lighter the windows you have, higher the performance will be shown. Here is the order of Windows weight: Windows XP (any addition) > Windows 2000 > Windows Me > Windows 98 (the lightest one). People using Pentium 3 computers could use windows 2000 or if they have ram more than 256 MB then they can use windows XP too. All other lower speed users should use windows ME or 98.

2. Partitions:
You will have to scroll through 50 items in room two to find item 89. If you are having more number of partitions, it would help your windows more to find required data easily from your hard disk, when you run any file or program. Here is a free resource Windows Setup Installation Guide that can help you to learn about partitioning, formatting hard disks and installing windows.

3. Defragment Your Hard disks:
Your partitions become more fragmented when you create or delete folders, save new files, delete or move them and they become scattered on you hard drive and as time passes, windows become slower and slower due to time needed by the system to find required file on hard disk. I am sure many of you have observed that after installing windows, computer become slower gradually with time.

4. Frequency of Changing Windows:
I would like you to compare the difference between speeds of your computer when you freshly installed windows and now. Formatting your partition every 3 months and installing fresh copy of windows will considerably increase your computer's performance. Same website Windows Installation Guide could help you regarding this matter.

5. Last tip:
Always check for your programs which automatically run at startup and use your computer's significant resources. You will observer a slighter change and this also removes many errors if present in windows.

Ms Excel Short Cut

This trick for MS Excel. It'll help you to save your valuable time during operation with Excel. So, use it wisely 'n don't forget to give comment if you like this trick:

Ctrl + A	Select all contents of the worksheet.
Ctrl + B	Bold highlighted selection.
Ctrl + C	Copy highlighted selection.
Ctrl + I	Italic highlighted selection.
Ctrl + K	Insert link.
Ctrl + P	Print dialog -- to print document.
Ctrl + S	Save document.
Ctrl + U	Underline highlighted selection.
Ctrl + X	Cut the selected text.
Ctrl + Y	Redo the process.
Ctrl + Z	Undo the process.
Ctrl + Shift + ;	Enter the current time.
Ctrl + ;	Enter the current date.
Ctrl + 5	Strikethrough highlighted selection.
Ctrl + F6	Switch between open workbooks / windows.
Ctrl + F9	Minimize current window.
Ctrl + F10	Maximize currently selected window.
Ctrl + Page up	Move between Excel work sheets in the same Excel document.
Ctrl + Page down	Move between Excel work sheets in the same Excel document.
Ctrl + Tab	Move between Two or more open Excel files.
Ctrl + '	Insert the value of the above cell into cell currently selected.
Ctrl + Shift + !	Format number in comma format.
Ctrl + Shift + $	Format number in currency format.
Ctrl + Shift + #	Format number in date format.
Ctrl + Shift + %	Format number in percentage format.
Ctrl + Shift + ^	Format number in scientific format.
Ctrl + Shift + @	Format number in time format.
Ctrl + Arrow key	Move to next section of text.
Ctrl + Space	Select entire column.
F2	Edit the selected cell.
F5	Goto a specific cell. For example, C6. Shift + F5 Bring up search box.
F7	Spell check selected text and/or document.
F11	Create chart.
Shift + F3	Open the Excel formula window.
Shift + Space	Select entire row.
Alt + Shift + F1	Insert New Worksheet.
Alt + =	Create a formula to sum all of the above cells