14 DAY TRIAL // An automated solution offered free of charge by Microsoft is designed to fix Windows system performance problems on slow Windows computers.
Windows performance can be affected both positively and negatively not only by the hardware of the computer but also by the software installed, and even by the usage behavior of customers running the PC.
There’s little that the software giant can do to help users with their hardware issues, but a Fix It solution offered through Microsoft Support will contribute to speeding up platforms such as Windows 7 and Windows Vista by resolving some problems which impact performance.
The promise from Microsoft is that this particular Fix It will “automatically diagnose and fix causes of poor system performance, such as the power saver setting, multiple anti-virus programs running, multiple startup programs running, and too many users logged on to the computer.”
Obviously, the Automated Fix It solution provided by the Redmond company is tailored more to end users, and less to power users.
Customers should not expect the software giant to provide hacks designed to speed up a Windows machine that’s already running at its top performance level.
Instead, the Fix It solution comes to help users fix some of the most common problems that have a negative impact on performance.
Among the issues that this Fix It will deal with are:
“• Power plan is set to power saver
• More than one user is logged on to this computer
• Multiple anti-virus programs are running
• Several programs are running when Windows starts
• Running advanced visual effects (like Vista transparency) and running multiple programs at once may affect performance.”
Advanced users already know that installing multiple security solutions on a single machine will kill performance, or that a variety of programs launch, at least in part at during start-up, slowing down the computer, but average customers might not be aware of these issues.
For them, the Windows performance Fix It solution is ideal when it comes down to squeezing a little more speed from their machines.