Why is my computer running slow?

Question

i have a dell dimension desktop e310 and i had a new motherboard harddrive and memory upgrade and i dont kno if i havent installed all the drivers i need off the dell website or if my memory stick isnt working properly i went from 512 to 1GB so i just have one stick in right now but my computer is so slow and it wasnt doin this before i had the harddrive and memory upgrade, i had those done at the same time, can you please help me and tell me where my problem may lie and how i can resolve this issue myself if possible?

Answer 1

Generally a format and reinstall of the OS will help with hardware upgrades as earlier version of os dont usually support such hardware upgrade. So if nothing turns up properly, try formatting and reinstallin the OS. That will definitely help.

Answer 2

If your computer has been slow down due to some artificial reason than it can be optimized easily. Have a look on the following link.It may help you.

Answer 3

Run the disk cleanup that came with windows. Download "Glary Utilities" and run the registry fix. That is all you need to do.

Good Luck, http://www.glarysoft.com/gu.html

Answer 4

the memory may be your problem are you with 2 512's or 1 1gig? just rearrainge them and se if that elps my husband had the same problem and it was that he had them int he wrong slots

Answer 5

1 Run CHKDSK, it restores missing files.

or

2  go to Start>Run and type "sfc /scannow" without the quotes, have your installation OS CD ready on the standbye That'll replace any missing or corrupt system files