Why does my computer run so slow?

Question

My computer always runs so slow so I'm asking why?

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

maybe it has really short legs?

Answer 3

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.fix-system.com/

You can download and scan your computer for free.

Answer 4

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

http://www.defraggler.com/

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/iobitsmartd...

http://www.download.com/TweakNow-RegClea...

http://www.ccleaner.com/

They are all free, so there is no reason not to run them.

Who knows your pc might get faster

After that do

start

run

chkdsk /r     Will take a while, but will find all the problems on your HDD

Answer 5

You are infected with spyware simply go to download.com and get ad aware 2008 and spybot search and destroy remove infections found And your comp will be good as new if its still a bit slow also download avg 8.0

Answer 6

Maybe your computer's storage is almost full. This sometimes slows the computer.

Answer 7

Hi..

Computer may be slow due to various reason..may be for virus, may be for spyware and so on....You may check the following article.It may help you

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

Answer 8

Download an antivirus and anti-spyware and perform a scan of your computer.

these are some of the free anti-virus softwares:

Avast Antivirus

http://files.avast.com/iavs4pro/setupeng...

ThreatFire

http://www.threatfire.com/files/tfinstal...

AVG Antivirus

http://www.grisoft.cz/filedir/inst/avg_f...

use anyone from these and your pc will be as good as new.

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.