Why does the computer get slower over time?

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"There is so many reason to slow down PCs

1) Virus infection or some kid of activity of malware or virus

2) Operating system relate issue : such as PC running with lots of temporary files and large registry

3) Hardware malfunction or source hard drive full with data : could be SSD related fault or RAMs / VRAM, motherboard data bus related ets..

You can speed up the PC using below steps

1) Clean the viruses malware if available with your PC and remember to keep only one antivirus for the system and make sure it running with latest update.

2) Clean the temporary files using disc cleanup wizard and remove unwanted programs if available or you can install fresh os

3) run the disk check function and check whether bad sectors or hard drive issue observed in the system. clean the hardware and slots and try you could get the speed back

Cheers!"

"While the Aaron's response tells the solution; the answer to the question is manifold. Buddika's answer was quite good.

Here are some other things to think about:

Computer hardware is static.Computer hardware doesn't self-upgrade and so will always perform at a maximum of the level of it's current hardware. You can replace parts, bigger HDD, better Proc, etc. But unless you actually physically change the makeup of the computer, you're still talking about a limited budget for horsepower.Operating Systems are dynamic. Windows especially has software creep. As bugs and exploits are found, the OS is gradually updated over time. This causes ""Software Bloat"" which can really tax your system. Remember you're still running with a limited budget. So the more the OS takes up, the less is available for other things.Programmers program for the future.Applications (especially games) are designed for the current generation of PC's. With PC's always getting upgraded and faster the bar keeps getting raised.Programmers are lazyWhile not really true, Programmers tend to purchase common libraries for programming instead of designing everything from scratch. These libraries get more complicated, and larger in order to cover the most customer base. In doing that they over program the libraries and when they get included in the application there is quite a bit of functionality completely unused in the actual application. Like an appendix.

-E"

"A good article to address this :http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-23868...

In short, The biggest problem I experience is over time when you install/uninstall software there are many ""orphaned"" files that are left over. I like to use IObit Uninstaller that will search for and remove these fragments that are left over. Like someone posted earlier, programs when they get installed, write information to a database called your ""registry"". These entries build over time and it takes longer for your computer to scan over all of the entries when it boots.

Second, another bang-for-your-buck item is explained in the article I linked to and that is ""startup programs"". There are many popular programs that install a startup application on your system meaning everytime your computer run, these programs run in the ""background"" using up your system memory resources. Among them are iTunes, Adobe products, and many others. Removing many of these programs from your startup will increase your speed and other than anti-virus or backup programs, many of them are not needed and only provide ""update capability"", however, when you run the program it will check for updates anyway in most cases."

"This is a problem with the NTFS file system that windows uses here are your options to fix it.

Install GNU/Linux

or

Make sure you have more than 20 % disk space leftDefragmentRemove any unwanted programs and malware.

You can remove malware using malware bytes and remove viruses using clamwin."