Raj Agrawal

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Clean System – A Key To Faster OS

July 8, 2009 by Raj Agrawal Leave a Comment

Choosing a right software to do the job

We know that sorting the files and folders is necessary to make them easily accessible. Defragmentation is one way to make programs execute faster. While cleaning and optimizing the internal system will make the overall system work better. Yeah, it’s as important as cleaning up your bowel system.

fast computer
Speed!

By stating “internal system” I am referring to the registry, temporary files and other caching directories in Windows OS. Some handy and free applications like CCleaner and Comodo System Cleaner are excellent to quickly boost the system speed.

CCleaner : www.ccleaner.com

Comodo System Cleaner: 

I have tried other registry cleaning programs but they tend to delete even those entries that are crucial for the stability of the system. CCleaner and Comodo are safe and stable. Make sure you do not clean up “prefetched data” frequently as prefetching is another essential option to speed up the file and folder access.

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The Need For Speed Continues…

May 6, 2009 by Raj Agrawal Leave a Comment

Seeding up the OS

We know that a better PC Gaming experience comes only if the system resources are sufficiently available. If the system is out dated, it needs to be upgraded. If the games are still lagging at play, some even consider upgrading it further. This is when there is a need to check where and how to system resources are being used. There are many cases where the computer hardware is sufficient to run the game flawlessly but the Operating System is not properly setup or configured and the users without knowing this fact, spend more money to make their system run better.

Game Booster Logo
Game Booster Logo

A long time ago, one of my friends bought a new high end HP Laptop with almost all the attractive features. I really liked that system but, the only thing that irked my eye was that is was preloaded or say “cursed” with Windows Vista. My friend was happy with the OS and why wouldn’t he be, he was a newbie. He enjoyed the candy coated looks and the GUI. A month later, i got a call from him and he said how frustrated he was with the consistent decrease in the speed. He was worried that the hardware just have gone faulty and was willing to get it repaired or upgraded or some newbie thought like that. As his hardware system was actually up-to-date, i recommended him to downgrade the OS to Windows XP -Service Pack 3 which would solve all his performance related issues. He started using Windows XP and soon realized the tremend us improvement in the performance without the need of spending on new hardware.

The speed related issues can arise in any OS if it’s not timely maintained. Flooding the OS with applications, insecure / infected system, too much fragmentation, e.t.c can disrupt the system from working with it’s real capability. Earlier, i have written articles of how to use your computer with it’s “actual speed“. You can very well check them out.

Above all of these, there exists an application that significantly makes additional RAM available temporary stopping services that are not at all needed. The app is called as Game Booster, a freeware program to make additional RAM available for playing games or for loading heavy programs. When you are done playing games you can very well revet to the Normal mode which will restore all the temporary stopped services.

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Products I’ve ideated, designed and engineered

• Le Face Keyboard
• Dark Souls SoundBoard (NPC)

Open-source projects I maintain

• Material Design in Practice

Core engineering contributions in the past

• theAsianParent
• Collabb
• Inorbit
• Pretr Shop (Myntra)

Articles written on Medium

• Automatically-read-OTP from SMSes — Android 4.3 to 8.x