Any thoughts on how to make my Toshiba laptop that runs on Windows 7 faster ?

Hey I was given this Toshiba laptop that runs on Windows 7 from a family member who got a new one . I tried a few YouTube videos on how to make it run faster but it only runs a little faster . I restored it to factory settings thinking it might be viruses but it wasn't . Any tips on how to make it run faster aka load websites quicker ? I know it's really not my wifi because I have this old Dell laptop that runs kinda quick but it doesn't keep a charge and has a broke screen but I still can see enough on it to use it . The reason why I don't use the Dell because it gets annoying with the broke screen . I mostly use it for here to keep an eye on ranks and a few other things .

I'm still running Windows 7. Details please. Model and especially what processor, how much RAM and they type of hard or solid state drive.

Windows 7 home premium 32-bit
Precessor : AMD sempron Sl-42
2gb DDR ram , 250gb HDD

That's not gonna run faster, my dude. You could get a $100 laptop that's got better performance.

Well I was going to see what I can do with what I have before going out and buy a new one but if it's a lost cause then I guess I will save up to get a better one .

More RAM is my answer to everything, aka get a bigger hammer. Though they say replacing Win with a Linux might be slicker for running things.

That's a 10-15 year old processor, so I doubt you could even throw 8gb of ddr3l on it. Baseline stats for what a device should have depend a bit on how you intend on using it, but that laptop might not even have wifi connectivity. I know windows architecture is horrible, I just don't have the patience to use Linux/Unix

Even tho it is like 10 years old it can connect to WiFi , I was looking up if I could throw 8gb of ram in it and yes I can but all together it would be cheaper and better to just go out and buy a new one . So I guess I will stick with my phone for now . Plus I honestly would never use it besides for temple matters like rank check or looking for a viable knight to train under once I get my IP finished but by the time I get my ip done I should have a better laptop . The only other thing I can think of is me using it for college but I'm holding off on that till next year anyway .

My last few laptops have got to this sort of age and I've replaced Windows with Linux and given them a new lease of life.

Have had my current laptop for 8 or 9 years, 5 or so on Linux and still going strong. I really can't recommend it enough, unless there's something you really can't live without on Windows.

Linux is the least expensive way (probably free) and very likely the best way.

https://itsfoss.com/best-linux-beginners/

Other than that it will cost and you'd have to decide if the cost is worth it. You could consider RAM and / or a solid state drive to replace the current one.

It's your RAM.

check and see if its upgradable beyond the 2GB.

The problem is that everything you do uses memory. A big chunk of memory is already used by the OS. This is why old school Windows used to unload the OS and use DOS in order to run a lot of the programs. And with features always being added to the OS it also means more resources. And you can forget about any sort of adobe product. A lot of companies add features and expect you to upgrade to keep up with them. Even websites... back in the day, websites were smaller because internet speeds were slower than slow. Faster sites can still have content that takes longer to load, stream, or whatever. But, even if you have the bandwidth, it still has to be loaded in memory. And if you're using multiple browser tabs... well then you need even more. Android has better memory management, but normally that sacrifices some performance. But honestly, if someone gives you a laptop in 2019 with only 2GB RAM its because its nearly worthless as a computer, no offense. And its not worth bending your own usage around it to get around the memory issue. Even if you use more of your hard drive as memory, accessing it is much slower than real RAM. If your OS is having to dip into your hard drive for short term storage, a solid state drive will definitely help, and also defragmenting that drive will help. But at this point the gain you get from this may not be noticeable enough for me to say its a laptop worth keeping.

minimum for windows 7
1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)

this is just minimum for the OS, not everything you could possibly run on top of it. So the closer you are to the minimum the more performance is going to suffer.

sorry.