I’ve found that some Windows users have the unhelpful habit of quickly clicking the same button over and over – as if telling Windows to “Please hurry up and do what I want!”
This will only slow Windows down even more and make you even more frustrated.
What should you do instead?
Each time you click, you should just wait for the response – don’t do anything else on your computer in the meantime. If that means doing some offline paperwork, sitting and thinking for a minute (couldn’t hurt to stop and think for a while right? I do that all to seldom myself) or getting your favorite beverage, so be it.
The explanation:
Windows is an “event driven program”. The “events”, are mostly your mouse movements and clicks. If you click on something and nothing happens immediately, the chances are you started Windows on a task that takes a lot of work or that caused Windows to have to wait for some other program to start up, or to wait for some web site to respond. Typically your mouse cursor will turn into that “hourglass” symbol to tell you Windows is busy.
Each time you click, Windows has to record that click and then come back later to deal with it – when it’s no longer so busy. This just slows Windows down even more – and forces you to wait even longer. It’s not like Windows could be allowed to ignore your mouse clicks! It’s already going as fast as it can. It always does.
Be patient. Click once – wait for that response. When it happens, click again for whatever comes next and wait again. If your Windows is slow when running most programs, most of the time – it needs maintenance.
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_jim coe
Tags: faster Windows, mouse usage
