Common mistakes that make the PC go slower and slower

We are human, and as such we make mistakes. Constantly and continuously. But if we know the most common mistakes, it is more complicated to make them while being aware of them, so here are some of the mistakes we make very frequently when using a PC and that make it slower and slower.

Having too many programs running

Over time, you have probably been installing more and more programs, and even if you have used them only once, if you have later forgotten to uninstall them, they may have been left with memory resident processes. These programs not only take up space on the hard disk, but they will be occupying RAM, processor time, and in turn probably disk time, and all this slows down the PC.

Do not confuse having many programs open because we are using them with programs that run in the background, because these are the ones that eat RAM all the time and not only in the situations in which we are using them. In short, from time to time you have to Review the installed programs and try to eliminate all that we do not need. Surely you find several that you didn't even know you had.

Do not restart regularly

Why when we have a problem with the PC and we go to the computer to ask for help, the first thing it always tells us is to restart the PC?

To those of us who work in front of the PC for many hours, we like to have it always available for when we need it, and sometimes for pure laziness we left it on for a long time. This is a bad idea because the programs leave their "garbage" in memory, not to mention the temporary files, and in addition to causing problems, it makes the PC run slow after a while.

For this reason eIt's a good idea to restart your computer regularly, and not only when we have a problem, but to do it regularly to have that habit. Nor is it necessary to do it every little time, but turning it off or restarting it once a day is a very healthy habit.

Click without reading first

When we spend a lot of time in front of the PC, another of the common mistakes is that, by going fast, we click on the sites without thinking. For example, when we are in an application and an error message comes out, we accept it without reading the message simply so that it is removed, and the problem is that without reading the error message we will not know what caused it.

On the other hand, in browsing the Internet many times clicking without reading first is dangerous. There are many malicious websites that advertise or even worse things like malware on camouflaged links (known as fake downloads). It goes without saying that these things could cause not only that the PC run slow, but also that we were forced to format.

We must always, therefore, be careful where we click, both to avoid falling into traps as in the example we have given above and to have the information we need when we have an error message.

Do not give proper maintenance to the PC

Most PC users do not usually give proper maintenance to it, and simply when it starts to go slow or gives them problems, they format it. Well, it may be an option, but if we give it proper maintenance we can use it for many years without problems and without having to format, which is always a nuisance.

To do this, without going any further, a good practice is to clean temporary files. To do this, in Windows 10 we can go to Settings -> System -> Storage and there we have the cleaning assistant (Free space now).

Do not update the device

Automatic updates are a bit cumbersome, because sometimes they intervene when we least expect it and annoy us because they take a long time. However, they are something necessary and of course recommended for the proper functioning of the equipment, so it is a good idea to program them to be installed when we want at least.

You can control the operating system update settings from Settings -> Update and Security -> Windows Update.

The PC may not be slow, but only the Internet

It is common to have problems surfing the Internet and think that the fault lies with the PC, when many times the fault is precisely the Internet. For this reason it is also a good idea to restart the router from time to time and make periodic checks of the Internet speed so that, if we notice that it is going too slow, to be able to open an incident with the provider.

Now you know what are the most common mistakes we make and that make the PC go slow (or give us that feeling), so you will know how not to make them again.