How do i speed up my computer

Question

i have norton antivirus and yea wat do i have to do to speed up it up its slowing down from scince i got it i have 2gb ram 60 gb hardrive

Answer 1

Having an antivirus in your system surely will slow down your pc, because it's always scanning your system, especially during start up.

Try uninstalling norton, this will speed up your pc. In case you got infected , by virus, you can install it again. Also you can delete old and unecessary files.Disk clean up is also advisable. Go to start>> my computer>>right click- local disk ( C.) >>properties >> Disk clean up ... hope this helps !

Answer 2

ahhhh norton antiviros is in no use my advise is to download nod32 and system mechanic it will boost your computer speed!!!!!!!

Answer 3

increase your virtual memory  

Answer 4

For running slow there are many causes:

Microsoft Registry Problems = Slow Computer!

Spyware/Adware

RAM

De-Fragmenting

Etc.

Below can help you speed up your pc:

For  IE, click Tools, Internet Options  delete files (offline files) clear history (set days to save to 0 if you want) click o.k., and Restart

For Firfox, press ctrl+shift+del, and click clean private data.

Manage your startup:

Open your Start menu  ->  Click Run ->  In the command screen type "msconfig.exe" ->  In the "system configuration utility", click either "service" or "startup" tab ->  Uncheck all programs that your are no longer using.

De-Fragmenting

1. Right click of C Disk.

2. Click properties.

3. Click tools tab.

4. Click "Defragment now".

5. Click Defragment.

You can search which process full use you cpu, and end the process.

Under steps:

1. right click on the TaskBar.

2. click the Task Manager.

3. click the processes tab.

4. double click the CPU.

5. find if the "System Idle Process" is max.

6. if not right click and click end process.

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Answer 5

u have plenty of ram, but u didn't mentioned ur processor speed. any way, norton AV slows down pc. if possible try kaspersky anti virus. it doesn't affect pc performance.

here's a quick tips to speed up ur pc performance... click start -> run -> type "msconfig" a windows will appear named system configuration utility. hit startup. here u'll find the programs that'll run on windows boot. just uncheck the unnacessary programs. i think u'll get a little bit speed.

there r more advanced tips to improve windows performance.

thx.

Answer 6

you can change the processor. Also, delete your cookies and clear your hard drive as much as you can. you can also try to delete some of the programs from starting up when you logon. if you have 2 many windows open at once, teh speed will be bad also. Delete your cookies.

Answer 7

Defragment your hard disk,overclock your cpu not more than 500 MHz(it will melt),check your hard disk erors.