Do you want to free up your RAM memory a little in Windows 7 or windows Vista? You don’t need any software to clean up the memory, you only need to perform some basic maintenance tasks, that’s all.

I have broken down the procedure into three simple steps for your convenience,

1. The Windows registry contains information and settings for all the hardware, software, users, and preferences of your computer. Whenever you make a change to the Control Panel settings, files, system settings, or installed software, the changes are reflected and stored in the registry. Therefore registry ends up taking a lot of RAM cluttered, you must run a registry scan on your computer, and if you find registry errors then you must clean it up immediately. You can find software to scan and clean the registry by Clicking here

2. Clean all temporary files, it can stop your computer from using the RAM properly. To do so close all Internet browsers(such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc) and go to

  • Start > Control Panel,
  • from the left sidebar select Classic View ,
  • now got  to Internet Options
  • And under Browsing History click Delete,
  • it will now open a pop-up box with multiple options,
  • now next to Temporary Internet Files click Delete Files.

Update: The above method will clean IE temp only, make sure you clean the Windows Temp and other browser’s temp files as well, such as, Firefox.

3.You must manage your start-up programs. If there are tons of programs that load at start-up, this means it is taking 90% most of your RAM.

The best way to start your computer faster and improve the overall system performance is to reduce the number of programs that load when Windows start. Reducing the number of startup programs can help you in loading the Windows faster, saving RAM, and faster loading performance.

Many people will be familiar with the way that requires installing and running Windows Defender, going to

  • Tools > Software Explorer
  • and from category selecting Startup Programs.

 

This method works for many people but is not very effective.

Many people do not have Windows Defender and many don’t want to install it either. Well you don’t even need too. Follow these basic steps for managing the startup programs.

For Windows XP:

  • Click Start and then Run,
  • in the dialog box type msconfig and click OK.

For Windows Vista:

  • Click Start and in the search bar type Run
  •  in the dialog box type msconfig and click OK.
  • The quickest way is to simply type msconfig in the search bar and press Enter.

Now in the System Configuration click on the Startup tab and you will see the list of startup programs as shown below.

You can uncheck any program that you feel you don’t need on Startup. These programs that are listed here are installed on your computer and remain installed. So do not worry, even clicking Disable all button will not screw up your computer. It does not remove the program but only disables it from loading on Startup.

After unchecking the programs that you don’t need, click OK. Now it will ask you for the computer to be restarted. Restart your computer and you will see your speed while logging in to be faster than before.

 

Lastly, you can try out(not recommended) the following 3rd party tools – Minimem, RamRush, and VC RAMCleaner.