1. Clean up your hard drive by deleting temporary files, caches, and unnecessary programs and applications.
2. Run anti-malware and anti-virus scans regularly.
3. Free up RAM by closing unnecessary programs and applications that are running in the background.
4. Configure Startup programs to only launch the essential applications.
5. Update your software regularly.
6. Enable ReadyBoost on Windows computers to increase hard drive speed.
7. Uninstall unused programs and applications.
8. Defragment your hard drive regularly.
9. Increase virtual memory on your computer.
10. Disable animations and other effects in Windows.