My computer is gettting really slow?

Question

i just got this computer 6 months ago and its allready slowing down.. I do have a virius blocker in my computer and i use it about everyday. (McAfee Security Center). Is there anyway to make it faster?

Answer 1

Using a registry cleaner can clean up your computer and then make your computer faster,Why?the reason is that there may be some regsitry errors and remnant,corrupt files and temp files in your computer to cause "computer slow".

Everytime you install and uninstall software on your computer and surfing online you create junk in the computer registry.over time, the registry can grow to enormous proportions, especially if the various programs you've installed do not do a good job of deleting and/or updating it's Registry entries.You need to scan and clean your computer with registry cleaner to make it fast.Good Regisry Cleaner will improve your computer and Internet performance dramatically!

There are some comparison and review of TOP 5 registry cleaners.

http://www.fix-system.com/

You can download and scan your computer for free.

Answer 2

Download a program called Ccleaner from http://www.ccleaner.com. It's free, and it will help you clean unnecessary files off of your system.

Also, run a full system scan with McAfee and make sure your definitions are up to date. Try closing McAfee and see if it makes your experience better on the computer. If it does, you may want to move to an anti virus that doesn't use up as many system resources such as AVG, or Kaspersky.

Good luck!

Answer 3

there a are a few things that cause computers to run slow. it could be your hardware. slow processor, little ram, etc. sometimes it is software related. registry errors, disk fragmentation, viruses and other computer malware cause problems. there are a few things you can do to help regain speed with windows 98 and up.

All the following are FREE

Run Disk Cleanup - Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Disk Cleanup

Run Disk Defragmenter - Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Disk Deframenter

Remove Programs from Startup - Start>Run>msconfig

--Click on the Startup tab and uncheck the boxes of programs unnecessary to run at startup

Install and Run ONE Antivirus Program

--AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition http://www.grisoft.com/

*--Avast Anti-Virus Home Edition http://www.avast.com/

--Avira Anti-Virus http://www.free-av.com/

Install and Run Anti-Spyware

*--Spybot Search and Destroy http://www.safer-networking.org/

*--Spyware Terminator http://www.spywareterminator.com/

--AdAware http://www.lavasoft.com/

Install and Run System Optimization tool

*--Ccleaner (Strongly Recommended) http://www.ccleaner.com/

*--Advanced WindowsCare http://www.iobit.com/

--Glary Utilities http://www.glaryutilities.com/

*--Auslogics Registry Defrag http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/reg...

To Maintain Your Systems Safety a Firewall is Recommended

*--Comodo http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/

--Zonealarm http://www.zonealarm.com/

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Answer 4

Use a registry cleaner and if it is not faster try cleaning out your computer.

Answer 5

Things to do for a slow computer

Defrag hard drive

Shut down too many start up programs

Delete all temporary files

Fix or clean registry errors

Add more RAM or memory to computer

Scan for Spyware and Viruses

Buy a faster processor

Check for program conflict

CCleaner is free and can clean registry delete temporary files.

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Answer 6

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 7

I believe you have performance issues on your computer. I would recommend iolo System Mechanic 8.0, which is a free download that is a 30-day free fully functional program.

Here is iolo's link. http://www.iolo.com/system-mechanic/stan...

As for the system security of your computer get Avast Home Edition I had previously used AVG on my other computer it allowed trojan horses, and much spyware and adware infections.

Answer 8

yes there are a few things you can do. first is it Windows Vista or XP? we need to know that because the steps to take can be different. also McAfee is known to use a lot of resources and will slow the computer down even while not scanning. I would recommend AVG free. its free and very good. also use Spybot search and destroy. that will replace any McAfee spyware components and once again is free and very powerful. after you do that and uninstall McAfee go through your documents and your installed programs and get rid of anything you don't use or need. then go to my computer and right click on the C: drive and select properties. then click the "tools" tab at the top and click "defragment now".

this will open the disk defragmenter. click the "defragment" button and let it run through. it may take a while depending on the size and seed of your drive. doing this will help speed things up and should be done every two months or so if you create and delete a lot of files or just when you notice it slowing down. once we know if it is Vista or XP we can offer more help.

Answer 9

Check http://www.pc-optimizer-pro.com

With pc optimizer pro you can safely clean, repair and optimize your computer.

It will help improve your system performance without expensive hardware upgrades.

Answer 10

Try to delete your history and temp internet files.