Hardware Computer Repair vs Windows Services Optimization - Computers - Software

Unless you like buying a new computer every year, hardware computer repair and upgrades are sometimes necessary, and usually worth it to keep your computer running at a tolerable speed. Although some people know the easiest hardware upgrade to improve performance is an increase in RAM, or memory, most are not aware of this. Even fewer are aware of the fact that PC performance can be increased radically by tweaking, or optimizing your operating systems settings. One of the most effective ways of doing this involves Windows services optimization.If you have a slow computer you need to know that there are solutions, and most of the solutions mentioned above are relatively inexpensive and sometimes easily done at home. The question remains, however, which of these is better? That depends.Upgrading your memory is a brute force approach. If you upgrade your RAM you will instantly notice results but you will still have the same inefficient operating system to work with. The thing s that always took too long and were annoying (like dragging a window across the screen and seeing traces of its path) will still happen, but will happen so much quicker that you will be relieved. Another benefit of this upgrade is that you will not risk making software changes that you might not be trained well enough to undo. Services optimization is difficult to do at home if you do not have any technical capabilities and can easily destroy essential functions of your operating system if you are not careful.Even upgrading memory can be done at home on your own, but it is still risky. You should not attempt to do it unless you have the technical skills or you are not afraid to lose money. Opening up a computer can be difficult, because every model opens up differently. Once you are inside the computer, if you do decide to do this, you need to make sure you do not touch any components until you have grounded yourself by touching grounded metal. This will remove any electric charge that you might have which can damage or destroy components. Nonetheless, installing RAM probably requires less knowledge than services optimization.If you are still not sure what services are, its pretty easy to wrap your mind around. There are processes that run on your computer that you never see and usually never see evidence of. They exist for various reasons and for certain things to function on your computer. They also run in such a way that avoids detection by the user. There is no inherent problem with the services themselves, its the fact that at any given time Windows allows too many of them to run, many of which are completely unnecessary, and it slows your computer down. If you want to see how many services you have running at the same time, do the following: in the Start menu, press Run. In the Run search bar, type in msconfig and press ok. Once you open up the msconfig screen, go to the Services tab and see how many services are running at one time. Its probably over 50, or maybe even 100, but a well-optimized system can have as few as 10 services going at once!In the end, if you have a really old computer that doesnt work well, you may need both services optimization and new memory. If your computer is in really bad condition, however, you may need to get a new one. An honest and knowledgeable computer repair specialist can give you the right guidance to make this decision.