What can i do to my computer because it is being really slow!?

Question

i have cleared history and stuff but it is still being slow. it has never been like this.

Answer 1

1.  If you're not already in the habit of doing this regularly, shut down your computer properly (Start >> Shut Down or Start >> Restart).

2.  Run a good security program like McAfee or Norton to find and eliminate any harmful trojans, viruses, etc. that might be on your PC.

3.  Run a good spyware/malware detector program like AdAware or Windows Defender to remove those types of programs.

3.  Under Start >> Programs >> Accessories, run the Defrag and Disk Cleanup programs.

4.  Under Start >> Programs >> StartUp, remove any programs that are automatically starting and running in the background at startup that you aren't using.

5.  Uninstall any old programs that you aren't using - demo versions of things, old games, etc.

6.  Back up any old files that you rarely use onto an external hard drive, USB jump drive, CD/DVD or whatever, and then remove them from your PC's hard drive.

7.  Consider adding RAM to your PC and/or downloading a program to clean up your Registry.

8.  When all else fails, back up your personal files and then do a System Restore to take your PC back to how it was the day you bought it.  Make sure you can recover any programs you might lose in the process, though.

Answer 2

Your PC is probably infected with adware & spyware if:

     * You have downloaded music online

     * Your PC is running extremely slow

     * You are pestered by those horrible popup ads

     * Your homepage keeps changing

Don't let people invade your privacy and slow down your PC!

If so, then take a few moments to download anti-spyware software to get rid of spywares and get rid of adwares if your computer is infected.

Pasted from <http://toptenantispyware.com

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 3

There are several things you can do to increase the "speed" of your computer.

1) Clean up the disk. Uninstall unneeded programs (especially those that run at startup and/or put something in the system tray), run Disk Cleanup, and defragment the drive. This is a good first step that will almost always take a few seconds off boot time and application loads for any computer.

2) Stomp auto-starting programs. Click Start > Run and type "msconfig" at the prompt. Click the Startup tab and look at all that junk that loads when you launch your PC. Do you really need "Adobe Reader Speed Launch"? Probably not. Turn off anything else that looks useless, but be careful not to disable your anti-virus and important system components.

3) Run a full anti-virus and anti-spyware scan. I would recommend using AVG Free Anti-virus, Spybot - Search and Destroy spyware remover and Ad-aware spyware remover. These programs are all free.

4) Clean up the registry. CCleaner, available at http://www.ccleaner.com is free and worth running. It will also remove unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space.

Those are the easy and free things you can do. If your computer is still slow you need to move on to the bigger guns.

1) Upgrade RAM. This is the one killer trick that will make almost any computer run faster. With an older PC, you will rarely have enough RAM to run today's memory-hogging operating systems and applications, and adding a high-capacity stick or two of quality RAM will give you a quick speed boost. Adding RAM is fairly simple, even for a novice, and you should be able to do the job in 5 or 10 minutes.You can run a free test at http://www.crucial.com and find out what kind of RAM (memory) your computer needs.

2) Reinstall Windows. If the above tricks haven't helped, it may be time to wipe the slate clean and start again, reformatting your hard drive, reinstalling your applications, and restoring your data files from a backup. You'd be surprised how much more responsive a freshly reinstalled Windows system can be, as you've wiped out years of temp files, garbled registry entries, old versions of software programs that have been upgraded repeatedly, and all sorts of other electronic junk. Reinstalling is easy if you have the "recovery disk" that came with your PC, and only a bit more involved if you're using a retail copy of Windows XP. Just be sure you back up everything you want to take with you before you pull the trigger!

3) Upgrade your hard drive. This is a more complicated solution, but if you're reinstalling Windows (per the prior tip) you might consider upgrading to a bigger and possibly faster hard drive, too. Hard disk storage is a performance bottleneck on every machine, and magnetic disks degrade over time. Some performance issues could be caused by a failing hard drive, even, and upgrading to a new model could really put some zip back in your system. As a bonus, you can use the original hard drive for backups or occasional storage, if you put it in an enclosure.

Answer 4

got to www.cnet.com and get ad-aware 2008 and ccleaner and give both those a run they should clean out all spyware and malware that are slowing your system down

Answer 5

You'll need to delete your  temporary internet files and recent, too. DO you have a lot of data like photo's and games stored on your computer? If you do this also can slow a computer down tremendously. You can save your photo's to a flash drive this will make a ton of room.You can also purchase some memory for your computer too this also will speed it up.

Make sure you run a virus scan also. Just in case your computer caught a bug, if you clear that all out you should be running smoother and quicker.  

Answer 6

Its probably spyware and too many programs loading themselves on start up (represented by too many icons in the task bar by the clock should never be more than 3-5 present if you have more and are not using them turn them off or configure them not to start) ok now for the spyware ...... download install and update spybot it should help alot ....it can also help with your startup programs too ...you can find it here

http://safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/i...

hope this helps

Later Days

Answer 7

What you can do is either add more ram like i did to mine. It went a whole lot faster. Or you can delete some programs on their that you don't need. Hope it helps.

Answer 8

reformat it. reinstall windows...but you'll loose all your data.