What is probably the most common complaint of computer users? I am quite sure that we have all experienced this at one time or another and we often found ourselves cursing for not knowing what was the cause of the slowing down. That's right. Perhaps the most common computer problem that we encounter is a slow booting computer. But the good thing is there are a few simple things that we can first try by ourselves to solve this problem.

Most computer users seldom check their machines for errors. Disk errors or bad sectors to be exact. Unless you're a computer technician, you are probably just like me, someone who does not properly and regularly conducts system checks. Sometimes this simple tool or action is all that is needed to fix a slow booting computer.

I once suspected that the cause of a specific computer problem that I was experiencing was due to some disk errors on my hard disk. I conducted a disk error check and within minutes, it showed and fixed the disk errors. This actually fixed my slow booting computer. But only for a time because after just a couple of months, my computer was again slowing down.

A friend suggested that I should check how many computer programs were set to open and run during start up. He said these programs use a considerable amount of system's resources and can therefore contribute to my slow booting computer performance. I found a few programs that behaved exactly like what my friend described, including a second anti virus program that I was using. I admit I was afraid my computer might catch a virus so I installed two anti virus software. My friend told me to remove one of the anti virus programs. When I did, it actually improved my slow booting computer.

But still it wasn't enough. My friend then told me to check if there were any computer programs that I was no longer using but were still installed on my machine. I checked my softwares and indeed found about four programs that I no longer needed. This was a graphic editor, a video editor, a game I used to play and a presentation software. I uninstalled these programs and it did contribute considerably to the improvement of my computer.

The last thing my friend suggested was that I use a registry cleaner. He said the registry is just like a directory of all the computer programs that I use. Whenever I install or open a program or other files, the directory expands which can then cause a computer to slow down. I ran a registry cleaner and after it performed it tasks, I noticed that my slow booting computer did start to show great signs of improvement.

In my experience, although there might be a single solution for a slow booting computer out there, but the thing is you can first try the processes that I mentioned here. More often than not, one of these suggestions will fix your computer or at least improve its performance.