Folders, Folders, Folders
No one likes waiting for their computer to start up. There are two things you can do to dramatically decrease your computer's start up time:
1. Remove the password protection: If it's only you using your computer, and your hard drive doesn't have a treasure map showing where all the gold is buried, then there's really no reason to add the many seconds of start up time. This one is up to you; if you have reasons to leave the password, then you should leave it.
2. Create folders for your desktop: This one is for everybody, no excuses. Look at the picture of the desktop:
It is full of individual files. Each file you have on your desktop adds extra time to the start-up time. It doesn't matter what kind of file it is, program, shortcut, song, video, word processing. The desktop above will take an extra 30-40 seconds to load because of the files.
The solution, of course, is to create folders. Whether you have one or 1,000 items in a folder, it is processed as one item.
A Better, Faster Desktop
What to do with all those Desktop Files?
1. Shortcuts: Delete them. If you use a program a lot, put it in the quick launch area.
2. Pictures, Video, Music: Place them in the correct folder inside your 'My Documents' folder.
3. Programs: Create a folder named 'Installers' inside your My Documents folder. Put them there.
Remember, Your Hard Drive is Your File Cabinet
What do you see when you open a file cabinet drawer? A bunch of individual papers or files stuffed inside? No. What you see are folders, folders, folders.
When you open the C: drive, or even your 'My Documents' folder, that's what you should see..Folders.
For speed, performance, and organization, folders are the answer.
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