Of course, in our day-to-day lives, we often use smartphones for purposes that would, in an earlier age, have been fulfilled with the humble PC.
Online shopping and participating in online communities are obvious examples of tasks that, before the iPhone came along and upended the world of mobile connectivity, would rarely have been done on a smartphone.
Even today, though, we continue to rely on PCs for heavy-duty responsibilities where smartphones and perhaps even tablets just wouldn’t suffice.
Students could find it a lot easier to type essays on PCs rather than mobile devices. Also, a PC will often be the go-to machine for use in multimedia projects, such as editing video content.
All of this basically means that if you have a PC, any issues arising with it could too easily wreak havoc on your lifestyle. Here are examples of common computer’ problems but also ways we could help you to resolve them.
Generally Slow Performance
Often, when someone yearns to buy a new PC, it is because their current machine is slower than they remember it being.
This is one of the most common computer problems, and one that can too easily be attributed to the hardware’s age. Are modern software programs really outpacing what your humble computer is capable of?
This is admittedly a possibility — especially if you originally bought the PC, say, a decade ago, or the device’s technical specifications (i.e. ‘tech specs’) were ‘outdated’ right from the start.
Before you start looking for a new PC to buy, though, we would recommend that you run iolo System Mechanic. This suite of PC optimization tools includes LiveBoost, a feature that frees up CPU, RAM and hard drive resources.
In other words, it strips out superfluous processes that are using up too many of these resources but dragging down the PC’s speed — such as by forcing the user to wait ages for apps to load or keyboard input to be registered.
Taking a While to Boot Up
It’s good practice — certainly from an ecological point of view — to always shut a computer down completely, rather than just leave it on standby, when you aren’t set to use it for a while.
However, do you often find that, when you start the PC back up again, you have to wait what feels like several minutes before you can even recommence with using that computer in the way you usually do?
If this startup time appears to last longer than what you recollect used to be the case, it could be that the PC has accumulated too many programs designed to start up at the same as the computer itself.
System Mechanic can scan a PC for such bloatware and remove any it does find. This can be like the digital equivalent of clearing clutter from a work desk — as, in either case, a clean space can mean clarity of mind as well.
Viruses and Spyware
Duplicitous programs like these are notoriously common PC problems. It doesn’t help that some forms of this malicious software (that’s where the word ‘malware’ comes from) can masquerade as innocent applications.
Now, here’s some good news: System Mechanic can be used for detecting and removing potentially destructive programs.
To be more exact, System Mechanic Pro and System Mechanic Ultimate Defense can serve these purposes.
Both the Pro and Ultimate Defense versions of System Mechanic can banish existing malware as well as prevent malware infections from taking root on the PC in the first place.
Buffering Problems When Streaming or Gaming
In theory, buffering is a good thing. It’s when data is preloaded into a reserved memory packet known as a buffer — meaning that part of a video or game can be watched and enjoyed while the next parts of it are being downloaded.
The result on screen is — or, ahem, should be — audiovisual content that flows without interruptions. However, sometimes, data can’t be downloaded into the buffer fast enough to ensure this smooth playback.
When this happens, the on-screen imagery can freeze and stutter. Many common computer issues are related to buffering, and it’s possible to tackle them by utilizing System Mechanic’s NetBooster feature.
This works by tweaking a range of obscure Windows settings to help quicken the PC’s internet speeds. It’s like having a tech wizard work behind the scenes to strip out elements that could be slowing down your online connectivity.
Still, we will point out that, sometimes, buffering problems can simply be down to too many people trying to download the online content at the same time. In this situation, you might just have to wait for the initial rush to die down.
Insufficient Disk Space
If it was quite a while ago that you got your current PC, it might have picked up a lot of files it doesn’t really need.
It certainly bodes well, then, that System Mechanic can scan a Windows PC for junk files and remove them — in the process freeing up more space on the computer’s hard drive.
Clearing redundant data from a hard drive can be a surprisingly effective way to fix common PC problems of various types.
Have you ever wondered, for example, why your computer keeps running out of space on its hard drive when you don’t remember putting an awful lot on it — or why the computer seems slow despite having a powerful processor?
Another practical benefit of decluttering a hard drive is that it can save you having to spend on extra storage. We would recommend that you give the drive a ‘spring clean’ regularly for the best results.
This further gets to the heart of why you ought to seriously consider installing a package of iolo System Mechanic tools on your Windows PC.
Fix Common PC Problems with iolo
We have detailed a variety of common computer problems and solutions in this article — but simply running System Mechanic frequently can help you to weed out all of these PC issues before they get chances to mushroom.
