If your laptop is running very slow, taking minutes to open any application or frequently hangs during multitasking, there is no need to panic or go to the store immediately. Most of the people think that when the laptop slows down, they immediately need to install new RAM. But in fact it is not so. DDR5 RAM prices are quite high in the market right now and due to the scarcity of supply, buying new hardware can be heavy on the pocket.
At such times, with the help of some simple system settings and proper memory management, you can double your laptop’s performance without spending a single rupee. Let’s find out 5 awesome tips that will make your laptop superfast again.
1. Restart the laptop regularlyMany users just leave the laptop on ‘sleep mode’ after finishing work and don’t shutdown or restart it for days. By doing this, programs running in the background keep accumulating unnecessary data. This increases the pressure on system memory. Restarting the laptop clears all this garbage and the system starts working in a brand new and fresh mode.
2. Close Startup AppsThere are many software that automatically start in the background as soon as the laptop is turned on. This not only increases the boot time of the laptop, but also keeps the RAM occupied. To prevent this, open the Task Manager by pressing Control + Shift + Escape on the keyboard. Go to the ‘Startup’ tab and ‘Disable’ those apps that you don’t need on a daily basis.
3. Remove apps using more RAM from task managerWith the help of ‘Task Manager’ in Windows and ‘Activity Monitor’ in MacBook, you can find out which software or app is using the most CPU and RAM. Sometimes due to the problem of memory leak in an app, it starts consuming too much RAM. Select such apps by going to Task Manager and force close them by clicking on ‘End Task’.
4. Keep browser tabs and background apps under controlHaving more than 10 or 15 tabs open simultaneously in Google Chrome or any other browser can slow down the laptop. It is imperative to completely close any apps or browser tabs that are not working. You can also turn on the ‘Memory Saver’ feature in Chrome to free up memory from inactive tabs.
5. Clear storage by removing junk filesWhen your laptop’s RAM is full, the operating system uses the free space on your hard disk or SSD as virtual memory. Laptop will definitely hang if your drive (especially C drive) is full. Keep deleting temporary files (Temp Files) and junk data from the system regularly so that the system gets breathing space.
So, before spending new RAM or buying a laptop, try adopting these 5 simple settings, you will definitely see a huge improvement in laptop speed.
