my laptop hp pavilion dv 1000 is very slow
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I would say Norton System Works
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Sounds more like your computer's lacking processor power or low on RAM.\nWhat is your processor speed & how much memory are you working with?
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your system could be slow due to various reasons like cache memory being full, you are running many programs in one go etc. Best option is to use a prog like cclearner (http://www.ccleaner.com/) which can help clear unwanted programs and files and clean up your memory of the junk files. This should help your system respond bettem. \n\nAlso check your system for virus by scanning it with a good anti virus program and for spyware by using share ware prog like windefender or yahoo defender etc.\n\nIf this does not work, you may have to increase the ram memory in your system.
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Do you have an antispyware? Run a scan because most of them are monitoring tools and thumbnails. Install the tune up utilities and evrything will be just fine. Ya they do slow down your computer as they use up ur RAM and also the booting time is increased.
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Your computer is probably slowing the operation not the usb bus. Install windows defender, and avg free. Run both scans and then make sure that you have all the windows updates installed. If the PC is still slow you may need more RAM.
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Buggy RAM?  Was it all of a sudden?  Try running spyware tests.  Could be hidden programs task manager doesn't see.  You say you "sometimes" have the problem.  Any triggers that might set it off consistently?\n\nHave you considered reinstalling windows?  Might help.  Good luck.\n\n--An addition to Jerry's suggestion.  If the fan is kaput, the whole system will slow down.  I had a fan that was stuck from time to time.  Once I figured it out, my sys was back to normal.  Thank goodness I figured it out before the CPU fried.
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Unfortunatley, to me this sounds like you've got a hardware problem, which formatting or virus removal will not solve. If this was a tower PC, I'd tell you to open it and check the ribbons, but since it's a laptop, your probably better phoning Tech Support.
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it depends how much memory ur laptop has, but it would probably slow down ur laptop a bit. you can download stuff for free if you have limewire free to download from www.limewire.com \nhope i helped. xoxo
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...by doing a search for "speed up my computer" and "clean my computer"\nthere's lots of little changes you can make to speed things up.
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run as many programs as you can at the background. Open some java editors such as netbeans and eclipse which will slow down your PC
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i'd say it's your RAM. no other good solution except to buy a new one. but i do have a slightly improving solution (but far from as good as buy a new RAM). go to control panel, open the system, and click the performance tab.\n\ncheck the "adjust for the performance" and click "apply". DON'T click on the "ok" button first. click on "advanced" tab.\nin the "virtual memory" section, click change.\n\nincrease the seize of the paging. this won't be a problem if you have a lot of free space on your hard disk. this be will added up to your physical memory(RAM) as a virtual memory. it will not be as fast as physical RAM, but will at least increase your computer's speed. click "ok" and that's it...
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I'm assuming you run your computer on for long amounts of time. The best thing to do is to get a cooling pad like mentioned and to slow down the processor so that it doesn't produce extra heat when not in use/under a large load. http://www.pbus-167.com/chc.htm Notebook hardware control is a great program you could look into to see temps and to slow the processor down when you don't need all 100%. It can also help save battery life when you're not plugged in.
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http://bartman1.blogspot.com/ go here and follow the if your computer runs slow
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Im guessing it must be something with that model of computer.  I also have an HP Pavilion a1130n and my computer does the same thing occasionally.  The only thing I can do about is to restart the computer.  Is your computer also running windows xp media center edition like mine?
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Generic Advice on How to Make your Computer Run Faster and More Efficiently\n\n\n1.Get (Download & Update) AVG Anti-Virus from Grisoft.com. (FREE).\n2.Get (Download & Update) Windows Defender from Microsoft.com (FREE).\n3.Get (Download & Update) Ad-Aware from Lavasoft.com (FREE).\n4.Get (Download & Update) Spy-bot Search and Destroy from Downloads.com (FREE). Get tutorial by Keith from pc-plususa.com (FREE).\n5.Get Belarc Advisor (FREE).\n6.Remove un-needed programs in Control Panel, Add and Remove Programs.\n7.Do a Defrag. Click on “My Computer”, right click on “C” drive, select “Properties”, click on the “Tools” tab, click on the “Defragment” button.
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get a graphics card you ram is givein to the graphics driver as virtual mem which is from one mb-512 mb but a graphics card has built in ram so your computer stays fast
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2 - 5 seconds ain't really that bad.  Some people complain when it takes 10 seconds to start up.  But if you're really that upset, do a disc cleanup (start -> all programs -> accessories -> sytem tools -> disc cleanup.)  After you do that, do a defrag (same steps as before but when you click on system tools -> defragment.)\n\nIf you've never done the disc cleanup or defrag before, they could take a LONG time.  First time I did a defrag it took over two hours.\n\nThese two things are free.  You didn't say how much RAM you have but if you can add more, that will also help speed things up.  If drive C has only 15GB I'm guessing you might be running 256MB RAM.  See if you can upgrade to 512 or even 1024MB (1 gigabyte) if your computer can handle it.