You can speed up your computer by cleaning up your desktop. Windows treats files located on the desktop differently than files located in your My Documents folder or any other folder on your hard drive. The files located on your desktop use operating memory.

When your desktop is filled with files you are using operating memory for no reason at all. With less memory available your computer starts running slower because it has to swap out information from operating memory to the hard drive. It does this process (called memory paging) to keep everything the user wants to do, running at the same time

 

Clean Your Desktop

Put your files in the “My Documents” folder. If you have a lot of files, you can put them in separate folders. Create shortcuts on your Desktop for the folders or files you frequently use. In doing this, you will free up operating memory, reduce the time and frequency the hard drive is used and improve the response of your computer to programs you open and things you do. The simple action of cleaning the Desktop will make your computer run faster.