How to speed up and free up RAM on Windows 10, 8 or 7 computer? Step by step guide

You buy a computer of the year with high-end features and after a few months you realize that its performance is not what the first few weeks. It frustrates you a lot to know that after spending so much money, you can't experience the agility your investment deserves. However, this is not necessarily the fault of the computer, but of your bad usage habits that caused you to fill it with the amount of unnecessary programs that you went through your agency.

RAM memory is responsible for keeping the computer stable while it is running multiple programs simultaneously . Depending on the size of said memory, more applications can be run without affecting performance, but everything has a limit, and when that limit is about to be reached, the problems start. This is why we have to be very careful with what we download, because these software can often run in the background and take up processing space which ends up compromising the functioning of the computer.

Now that you understand that this is the key to keeping your computer healthy, we will teach you some methods to optimize and improve RAM performance in Windows 7, 8 and 10 operating systems . In addition, we will give you some tips so that you learn how to prevent it from collapsing, as over time it might end up getting damaged by the excessive abuse of its abilities.

Steps and methods to optimize and improve RAM performance in Windows 10, 8 and 7

There are several ways to do this. On the internet you will find many methods that only sell you smoke so that you end up installing software which instead of improving the performance of that component ends up affecting it because they run in the background all the time.

That is why we won't teach you here than to take the actions that are really worth it and that are really necessary to achieve what you are proposing in this case.

Free up space

It is one of the most basic and widely used methods for speed up your pc . In case you didn't know, every program you run on your computer leaves small files as an activity log history so that the system remembers aspects like sessions or user habits while using them. .

In principle, they are not heavy at all but at after a while they are so numerous that they end up occupying a considerable space in the RAM of your computer . When you upgrade your computer, any junk or cache files that occupy an amount of space in its operation are eliminated, and this is the cause of its slower execution.

Below we will show you the steps to clean your PC's RAM memory:

• To get started, you need to locate the " Team ». You can mainly locate it when Windows starts up, then you will type in the computer search space and then click on the option.

• Then a window will appear and you will do right click on the hard drive icon , then in the list provided by Windows you will click on "Properties".

• Clicking on properties will open a window that will be named hard drive properties, you will see an option that says "Free up space", you click on it to continue.

• You should wait for the system to be completely scanned , in the analysis, it will collect data to find out what it can eliminate and what is not. When you are done, we recommend that you select all the options it gives you so that you can do a more in-depth system cleanup and click "OKAY".

• Ready, your whole system is cleaner , although it is recommended that you restart your computer.

Eliminate viruses

Viruses can slow down your computer because they take up space and duplicate your information, turning it into unwanted information. It is also capable of gnawing or damaging hardware drivers (mouse, monitor, or other peripherals) preventing them from working properly.

Eliminating them while they are already in your system is the best known action you can take. For this you can download an external antivirus or use the Windows Defender always reliable . If you go for the latter option, follow the steps given here and get rid of that headache:

• In the Windows browser, you type "Windows Defender" and click on the displayed option.
• When you open the software, you click "Browse".The antivirus will automatically scan your entire computer system for any infected files.

• At the end, if you notice that the antivirus has detected some threats, under the recommended actions you will choose, delete or delete , and then apply actions.

You just have to wait, restart the system and at a glance you can see that the computer is running faster than the times you turned it on or restarted.

Defragment your computer

When your computer crashes or has a low amount of memory on the hard drive, it may be due to the way it is organized . When you defragment the computer, all the information is reorganized, making it run faster.

While it sounds complicated, it's not if you follow the steps we're going to show you, so you can do it whenever you need to:

• Au Windows startup, you will find » Computer “, Where you will click on it.

• When you open the hard drive will appear, you will have to do right click on it , among the options that will appear, you will find "Properties".

• When you open the disk properties, you will immediately put the tools option at the top of the window. When you open the list of options, you will click on » Defragment now «.

• You will select the system disk (most of the time the device label has the name "C"), and click on "Analyze the disk" .

• After you finish scanning the drive, it will show you how fragmented it is so that you can go ahead and click “Defragment the disk”.

• At the end of the operation, you will see that your hard drive is already defragmented . Then, it is advisable to restart the computer so that it can assimilate the action already carried out.

Update Windows

Another reason why your computer may run slower is whether the operating system is outdated or obsolete . Therefore, it is recommended to update it whenever necessary. When you put à Windows day , you are keeping your system in peak condition for proper operation.

Then we will show you how to update it step by step in the easiest way for those who are at level zero:

• In the Windows search engine, you type " Control panel “, And you click on the option to open it.
• Then you keep following the path System and Security> Windows Update .
• Once there, you will find the option in the window titled "Check for updates".

• You will immediately see that the search begins (keep in mind that for this you must be connected to the Internet).
• At the end you click on "Install updates" and you just have to wait.

If you have already completed all the steps, there all you have to do is restart the computer . When you restart the computer, you will see that it will not shut down the computer right away but will start by configuring the computer to assimilate the updates.

When you activate, the same process happens until all updates are properly installed . Do not disconnect or shut down the computer as this will interrupt the update and may create system errors that may slow down the computer.

Free up RAM with a script

There are a tip that few people know but that we do because we are real experts. It is about creating a script with a special code for perform a RAM reset which closes all unnecessary programs and only the ones you really need to run again.

To do this, you need to do the following:

• Go to the desktop, right click, position on "New" then left click on "Text document".
• Depending on the capacity of your computer's Ram memory, you will write one of the following codes:
  
  • Mystring (1000000000) if your memory is Go 2
  • Mystring (1655000000) if it's Go 3
  • Mystring (2000000000) if it's Go 4
  • Mystring (2655000000) if it's Go 5
  • Mystring (3000000000) if it's Go 6
  • Mystring (4000000000) si Go 8
• Then you look for the option "Save as".

• Then you save the file with the name you want and put the extension .vbe at the end to make it executable.

• After that, you double click on the file you left and the script will be executed, closing all the programs you have open at once.

After performing these processes, you will notice that your computer will be much more agile than before and you can enjoy it as if you just took it out of the box. We recommend that you do them regularly, at least once a week, and don't wait for your computer to slow down to do so.

If you have any questions, please leave them in the comments, we will get back to you as soon as possible, and it will be a great help for more community members as well. Thank you!