Laptop Acting Slow Lately Any Suggestions?

Question

2 weeks ago the hard drive on the laptop was cleared and theres nothing but pretty much the OS on here. I haven't downloaded or installed anything since. So I don't think disc clean or anything will matter. I have ran anti-virus and it found nothing... Also I have been restarting computer somewhat consistantly.For a week and a half it was fast, but for the last few days it's been terrible. Any suggestions?

Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

Is Windows System Restore running on your computer? Try restoring it to an earlier restore point.

Clean your temporary files too. Get the updates from WindowsUpdate for your computer. And in any case:

Most likely you still have a virus or spyware on the computer.

Kaspersky Lab has a very nice online virus scanner, I'd try that again. http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner

before that install "Spyware Blaster" (http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareb...

and "Spybot Search & Destroy" (http://www.safer-networking.org)

Answer 2

How much RAM do you have sometimes if you have low ram slow computer

Answer 3

If your virus/spyware free, there are a couple things you can do get your computer working faster. If you using your computer for normal stuff and not gaming. You don't always need more RAM you just need to perform a few maintenance task.

First, if you haven't cleaned your registry in a while. This is necessary. Your registry holds all the information regarding updates, installs, un-installs etc. Each one of those events produces a key. That key needs your PC's resources and free space. So, if you clean your registry, you make more resources available for speed. Do a registry scan if you got more than 20 errors you should clean it.

http://www.delete-computer-history.com/w...

2. Clear your Windows cache files, this is your temporary file. It can grow up to a large volume and stop your computer from using RAM properly. In a sense slow it down by preventing it from using free space.Here is how:

1. Quit Internet Explorer, Firefox, or any other web browser

2. Click Start, click "Control Panel", and then double-click "Internet Options".

3. On the General tab, click "Delete Files" under Temporary Internet Files.

4. In the Delete Files dialog box, click to select the "Delete all offline content" check box , and then click OK.

5. Click OK.

3. Manage your startups. Your excess CPU usage is due to too many programs running in the background. You can cut these to barebones by alter your msconfig. Here is how:

1. Open your Start menu.

2. Click Run

3. In the command screen type "msconfig.exe"

4. In the "system configuration utility",click either "service" or "startup" tab

5. Uncheck all programs that your are no longer using.

6. Click "OK"