How to Boost up Computer Performance

Many of us have very slow computers that can be incredibly agitating at the lack of speed offered in completing the simplest operations. This article will describe how to use the maintenance functions that your PC offers through Windows to speed up your computer offering better performance.

Steps:

1

Open up the computer's control panel.

                         

2

Click on Administrative Tools.

3

Select the hard drive on the computer for Disk Cleanup. This might take a while for the computer to scan that hard drive.

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Once the computer has finished searching the hard drive for all files that could be removed, select all non-essential files for deletion and hit OK.

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Now move to the "tools" tab and click "Defragment now".

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Select the hard drive you want to defragment. The computer will now be consolidating fragmented files on the computer's hard drive. This might take a while.

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When finished, close out of the Defragmenter.

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Close out the Control Panel.

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Also make sure to have Windows or the installed operating system update regularly.

Creating a WIFI Hotspot on PC & Laptop using Command Prompt

Now-a-days internet connectivity has become one of the things that we need the most. It would be nice if we can use our computer's fast internet Connection. So guys the solution is Wireless Hosted Network. By using this feature we can easily create a virtual wireless adapter.To do this we only require a CMD(Command Prompt!) with Administrator privileges.

Steps :

1        Invoke Run window. 

              Press the "Windows key" and "R" buttons at the same time. The Run window will pop up.

2

Command Prompt. Type "cmd" in the box then hit "Enter" or OK. The Command Prompt will pop up, with Administrative Privileges. Using Administrator privileges for              CMD is must to run this commands. It will show error without it.

3

Device Check. Type "netsh wlan show drivers" in command prompt and press enter.  It will show the output like the image. In the output 

         Hosted network supported :Yes means that your computer supports hosted                    networks.

4

Create. Type "netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=Hotspotname key=password" in Command prompt. This will create a Hotspot but it is currently                  offline.

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Start. Type "netsh wlan start hostednetwork" in command prompt to start the hotspot you just created.

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Stop. Type "netsh wlan stop hostednetwork" in command prompt to stop the hotspot.

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Details. Type "netsh wlan show hostednetwork" to check the hotspot status.

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Internet. To share your internet connection on this hotspot go to the Network and sharing center and click on Change adapter setting. Here right click on the Connection          that you use to connect to internet and select properties. In properties go to Sharing              tab and check the box "Allow other network users to connect through this computer's            internet connection and select the network connection name that is used by your                  hotspot.(For this check the Network Connection Window and look for Connection                  which says Microsoft Hosted Network Virtual Adapter). And save it. Now your internet            connection is shared.