My computer is too slow. Can I do anythnig tomake it faster?

Question

Actually it was working okey then suddenly it has been too slow. I have virus protection. I called several companies and the cheapest one charges me $120.00 to clean it up but I want to know if I can do anything to it myself. Thanks in advance!!

Answer 1

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 2

Yes, there are many things that you can do to make it better.

1. Disable all start up programs.

2. Unstall unwanted programs using the add/remove in your control panel.

3. Restore the computer to previous date

For more tips check this link:

http://pctalknet.com/winxp/performance.p...

Answer 3

Check http://www.pcoptimizerprodownload.com

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

It will help improve your system performance.

Answer 4

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

Every time 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 Registry Cleaner will improve your computer and Internet performance dramatically!

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

http://www.speed-up-your-pc.com/

You can download and scan your computer for free.

Answer 5

There is a nice and really helpful article on slow computer and solutions. Have a look on that. It may help to resolve your problem.

http://itsupportcell.com/viewtopic.php?f...

For slow internet you can check the following. many things can be done to improve system performance. Have a look on this. I believe it will help you.

http://itsupportcell.com/viewtopic.php?f...

Answer 6

have you tried doing a system resotre to a date when it was working faster?  start menu > programs > accessories > system tools > system restore.

Its just a matter or selecting a date in there.

If its a laptop theres a good chance theres a built in system restore that will reset the computer to the way it was when you first bought it. For this option watch carefully as the computer starts up, it could be called recovery and the likley button to call it up is f2, but just look at see.

$120 is a bit steep for a simple reformat, i charge £30 for such a task, aprox $60

you could print steps on how to do it yourself from online, its not rocket science :)

Answer 7

Make sure you don't have more than one virus protection.

Besides that I don't know.  

Answer 8

You can install ram to increase the memory on your computer so you can do more things at once, or if youre doing something it will have more room available so those programs will be faster.  I can't really explain it, but overall if you add RAM to your computer it will increase its performance speed.

You can bring your computer to Best Buy and if they have a firedog area, you can ahve them check out your whole computer free and clean soem things up, not sure i it will get rid of all yor problems though.

Hope I helped, good luck.