My laptop has been skipping and stopping and it is running very slow. What do I do?

Question

My laptop has been skipping and stopping and it is running very slow. What do I do?

Answer 1

Your best bet is to delete some files, pictures, and programs that you don't use anymore, and organize your files, my grandma had the same problem and in 30mins i organized and deleted unwanted pictures and her computer ran much faster! also go into your recycling bin and empty that out cause anything u have deleted is still saved on your computer.

hope this helps.  

Answer 2

Go to a computer specialist because your computer has a beetle.

Answer 3

Defrag your hard drive

Start-Right Click My Computer-Manage-Find Disk Defragmentor

or add more RAM, it may be a memory issue

you can even simply try restarting it

Answer 4

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"

Other great  tip is increasing your virtual memory to simulate more RAM

Answer 5

Try whapping it against the edge of the table.

Answer 6

you can delete the cookies and temporary internet files and delete some stuff you dony use music takes alot if space up try deleting some of that  

Answer 7

Start > Run > Type in MSCONFIG > CLICK ON start up tab > Uncheck all boxes.

Answer 8

check for viruses

Answer 9

go to download.com and get avg 8.0 for viruses spybot search and destroy and  ad aware 2008 for Malware/spyware run all 3 scans remove infections found your comp Will be fixed you could have a registry entry problem

Answer 10

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 11

well what you can do is:

add more ram to it.

1gb of ram is about 27 dollars.

it also depends on how much your computer can hold, you can find this out by typing in your computer name on google and it will give u all its features.

and the other thing you can do is:

get it check for virus's

main reasons why computers are slow is pornography or just downloading things without caution

hope this helps.

Answer 12

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.