my pc running slower than usual can i make it any faster some how
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Spybot works great :-)
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You need more RAM.\n\nYou might also be under-clocked. Check to see:\n(1) Right click on My Computer\n(2) Look at "Computer:" What's your processor speed say there?\n\nTo reclock or overclock your computer go into BIOS and change you multiplier. Your processor speed is (i think) front side bus times the multiplier. Sometimes mine gets underclocked some how, and I have to go in and fix it. (133mhz X 15 = 2.0ghz).\n\nAlso, you can add some more Virtual RAM. To do this,\n(1) Right click on My Computer\n(2) Click on the Advanced tab\n(3) Under Performance, click on Settings\n(4) Click on the Advanced tab\n(5) Under Virtual Memory, click on Change\n\nThis lets you allocate DRIVE SPACE and turn it into virtual memory.\n\nYou should also turn off junk running in the background.\n\n(1) CTL-ALT-DELETE\n(2) How many processes is your computer running? My Win XP machine runs with as little as 16 processes. \n\nTurn off start-up programs:\n(1) Run this program: msconfig\n(2) Click on the Start Up tab\n(3) Turn off everything you don't NEED\n(4) If you don't know, try turning it off (it really can't hurt your machine)\n(5) Now click on the Services tab\n(6) Click on Hide All Microsoft Services\n(7) Turn off everything you don't NEED\n\nRun Adware/Spyware destroyers. Try Spybot: Search and Destroy. (I linked it for you)\n\nMaintaining a good computer is like maintaining a good car.\nI hope something there helps!
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for slow pc, download this tool to speed up ur pc. this software will help u to find out and will fix all the window and registry error. These are are the main cause of slow down ur pc.\n\nhttp://www.pcwiles.com/pconpoint.htm
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Defrag if it needs defragmenting then do a disk clean up every week or so. Won't really make your computer go super fast but as fast as it can go. Also get a good antivirus program such as Norton, McAfee or a free one is AVG. You could add more RAM and a better proccesor. If you dont want to spend that much money then go to some websites to try CPU overclocking. Although that may be for experienced computer users and may screw up your computer if done incorrectly. Also spyware slows down your computer. Download Spyware Doctor, Lavasoft, S&D. Another solution buy a faster computer. :)
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Here is what you need to do:\n\n1. Clean up your running processes. Go to Start --> Run and type in MSCONFIG. Now go to the last tab (Startup) and uncheck all of the processes from programs you installed after Windows (except for Firewall and Virus protection). \n\n2. Now you need to clean up your hard drive. I suggest downloading CCleaner (www.pcworld.com/52516) and other tools such as PCMechanic to optimize your system and delete and useless stuff. Also manually go through your folders in Program Files to delete any useless items.\n\n3. Of course you need to kill off any viruses and spyware. Do this by using TrendMicro Housecall (www.pcworld.com/52516) and "Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE Personal" and "Spybot Search and Destroy" (all found on www.pcworld.com/52516) to clean up any malware.\n\n4. Finally, go and defragment / disk clean up your system through Start --> Control Panels --> Maintenance. \n\nNow your PC should run a lot faster assuming you have sufficient RAM and CPU speed and a proper operating system with not too many running processes.
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check the CPU usage. if your ranning winXP, go to the task manager.\n\nit depends also on the size of your RAM!
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Start --> control panel --> system --> advanced tab --> performance.  Change virtual memory.\n\nBut first I would do a disk clean up and defrag (start --> all programs --> accessories --> system tools --> disk cleanup and after completed, defrag.)
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Do a regular disk defragment (this is like doing filing within your comp - puts files back in place) from "all programmes>system tools>defragment".  Install a programme like cccleaner (a free download), this cleans everything from temp files, memory dumps, MRU lists and a tonne of stuff.  AVG FREE antivirus is great.  Make sure your Firewall is turned on through your Security centre in the control panel...if you run all these programmmes on a regular basis it should keep things running smoothly, alternatively upgrade your memory as the fuller it becomes the slower things will get.  Hope this helps :)
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If you have internet explorer - TOOLS\ninternet options - delete temp files - ok\n\nhow long has it been since you defragged your computer\n..I do it weekly)\nand check disk for errors - monthly\n\nshould help your performance - AND\n\nhow many programs are you running at one time\n<CTRL> <ALT>  delete \nchoose Task manager - and close anything that you are not using\nuses up your RAM (how much do you have)\nmy game computer has 2 gig of RAM\n\nbest of luck
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Go to "start".."run"....type in msconfig and check out your settings under "startup" and uncheck anything that might be slowing your computer down.\n\nHope this helps
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do you have enough system Memory to go around?\n\nAs in, what Operaing system do you have, and what amount of RAM do you have\n\nIf you have Windows XP, and only have 256 MB of system RAM, yeah youre going to lag\n\nHave you tried a disk cleanup?\nStart --> Programs -- Acessories --> System Tools --> Disk Cleanup\n\nThat will delete your temp files, maybe you just have too much of that.  Perhpas you have too many programs running at once or loading on startup.\n\nBut let us know what O.S. you have and how much system RAM you have
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This is one of the most common problems that PC computer users have and it frustrates them to no end.  There are many possible causes that may cause Windows XP to run very slow. Carry out the few basic checks below first and if they don't help, then try my other suggestions.  \n\nCheck 1:- How much Disk Space Do You Have Free?\nThe size of your hard disk is sufficient but check to see that it isn't full.  To do this open Windows file explorer select the C: drive do a right mouse button click and select "Properties" to see how much free space is on the C: drive. You need to have at least 2Gb free hard disk space otherwise Windows XP will strugle.  If you have been downloading videos and music files, you may have run out of hard disk space. If your remaining capacity of your C: drive is 7.75Gb then you should be ok.\n\nCheck2:- Is Your Hard Disk Performing At It's Best?\nDo a health check on your hard disk by running the Windows Disk Cleanup and Disk Defragmenter tools.\nGoto start->All Programs->Accessories->System Tools->Disk Cleanup and after the hard disk has been cleaned up then run the Disk Defragmenter tool as well. This will allow Windows to find and retrive files faster.\n\nCheck 3:- Do You Have Enough Free RAM Physical Memory?\nWindows XP runs better and faster when you have more RAM memory for it and your programs to use. If you only have 128Mb of RAM, this could be the reason why Windows is running slow. You can use the Windows Task Manager to find out how much RAM memory is being used when you are using all the programs that you would normally run. Right click on the Windows Task Bar and select "Task Manager". Then click on the "Performance" tab. Look at how much physical memory you have available compared to the total. On my computer I have 256Mb of physical RAM and 15% or 40Mb available after running 3 programs. I would recommend at least 256Mb of RAM for Windows XP. If you need more RAM then you have two choices: (1) buy and upgrade the RAM or (2) use a RAM memory optimiser in the short term. Check out the resources below for more information and websites. Either way I would recommend you upgrade your RAM and your computer will run faster.\n\nCheck 4:- Has Your Computer Been Infected?\nIf you have been surfing the web, it is more than likely that your computer may be infected with malicious software that is "chewing up" your computer resources and making it run slow. Without further specific details about your computers slow behaviour it is difficult to give you specific fixes.\n\nHere is a list of questions that would help to identify exactly what is happening with your computer:\n\nQ1. Do you get errors appearing? If yes, what do the errors say?\n\nQ2. Is your computer slow to start-up? How long does it take?\n\nQ3. Do your programs crash or hang? How often?\n\nQ4. How much RAM do you have on your PC?\n\nQ5. Does you computer slow down only after running a specific program such as a game?\n\nQ6. Do you have a firewall, antivirus program, spyware remover or other similar removers running in the backgournd?\n\nQ7. What type of programs do you use regularly?\n\nQ8. Does you computer slow down gradually, or almost immediately?\n\nGenerally this is what you need to check if your computer is running slow:\n\n1. Scan and remove all forms of adware, viruses, spyware and other malicious software that may be running on your computer without your knowledge.\n\n2. Make sure you have the lastest Windows updates installed\n\n3. Find out what programs are starting up on your computer automatically and disable the ones you don't want to start-up when you power-up your PC\n\n4. Use the Task Manager to find out how many processes are running on your computer and identify the ones that don't need to be running and stop them.\n\n5. Do a hard disk health check and defragment it regularly.\n\n6. Perform other regular computer maintenance checks and housekeeping
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It depends on what you mean by speed.  If your computer seems to be running slow, the frist thing to do is to clean out all those junk files and old registry entries, I like using CCleaner, http://www.ccleaner.com/ and while it cannot make your computer faster TuneXP can make your computer "feel" faster by optimizing Windows, http://www.driverheaven.net/dforce/default.php after that there are a number of tweaks explained here, http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/blog/_archives/2005/12/5/1434755.html and here, http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/blog/_archives/2006/1/12/1658713.html, follow the instructions to the letter but TuneXP will have already applied some of those tweaks but not all of them.  Also, to get your PC booting faster, set your hard drive as the first boot device (through the BIOS) and then get BootVis, http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=664 BootVis was a program designed by Microsoft to cold boot Windows XP in less than 30 seconds (I got mine down to 25 seconds without disabling any major components/drivers).  Of course my PC is also faster than the average.\n\nUnless your motherboard supports it, you might be able to overclock your CPU (AMD processors are very overclockable in most cases) but if your motherboard doesn't support it, don't try it.  My Gigabyte motherboard came with EasyTune 5 so I used that to test overclocking and my Athlon 64 3700+ is overclocked to 2.6GHz (stock heatsink/fan) up from 2.2GHz.  It's fast...\n\nAlso, consider defragging your hard drive, either with Diskeeper (my personal favorite) or the one that is built into Windows, my personal opinion is that Diskeeper does a better job but it cannot defrag the paging file.  In order to defrag the paging file you will need to get a free program called PageDefrag, http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/PageDefrag.html which will be run at boot time.  The paging file cannot be defragged while you are in Windows.  Diskeeper is not free by the way but they do have the freeware Diskeeper Lite floating around out there, though it is no longer officially supported or available on the Diskeeper site, you really have to look for it.
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here's the solution...!!\n\nMy experience with PC tells me either u hav bad data on your disk or you have plenty of registry errors anywayz you must look at the following points -------->\n\nhow to make your computer fast ... \n\na)increase ram if u have less than 256 MB..if ur on XP\nb)install windows registry repair pro.\nc)use anti-virus to keep away from viruses\nd)use windows defender to keep away from spyware and malware that affect your browsing speed.\ne)delete your temp. internet files\ncookies, and your history\nf)uninstall any unnecessary program on your PC\ng)You must defrag your computer from time to time ....\nstart>all programs>accessories>system tools>select disk defragmentor!!\n\nAdvanced -->\na)select the screensaver option to none.\nb)remove the wallpaper\nc)remove the windows effects while dragging\nd)remove the clock\ne)Don't use any themes.
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Try number 3 as it is the easiest and quickest way to improve speed.\n\n1) Increase RAM (memory).\n2) Increase free disk space (remove unneeded programs from hard drive, delete temp files and folders, switch to a larger hard drive, add a second hard drive)\n3) Reduce the number of programs running in your system tray/at startup. You can do this by going to Start > Run > type "msconfig" > go to the StartUp tab and deselect everything except critical programs like your anti-virus.\n4) Scan for/remove spyware/adware/malware. \n\nCheck out Advanced Windows Care, it will help with most of this automatically and it's free: http://www.iobit.com/
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Here are my recommendations.\n\nA major cause of slow PC's is fragmentation of the hard drive.\nYou need to defragment the HD at least once a week if not more depending on how much you use your computer, and what you do with it.  \n\nOne way is to use the defragment utility built into Windows XP.  It is slow but does the job rather well.  Go to:\nStart > Programs > Accessories > System Tools   and then click on System Defrag to run the tool.  It will take several hours so let it run overnight or simply walk away from your PC for a few hours.\n\nA great program for defragging automatically is Diskeeper. It costs $30 but is well worth it. Go to www.download.com and search for Diskeeper. Read the Publishers Description and the tech and user reviews. It can be scheduled to run automatically as the program deems necessary, and if you are using your PC and the program launches itself, it will take a backseat to whatever you are doing and give you the priority for CPU usage. I think you'll agree it's a good program to have. It precludes your needing to remember to defrag at regular intervals.\n\nAlso, another major cause of a slow PC is programs that are running in the background. Here's another really good Microsoft tool.  Go to Start > Run >   type in msconfig in the box and click OK.\nThis will bring up a window with several tabs at the top.  Click on the “Startup” tab.  It will list the programs that are running on your PC and eating up resources.  Look them over carefully and turn off any that don’t absolutely have to be running.  Simply click on the “check mark” in the little box beside the program name.  Clicking on it will remove the check mark.  Once you have edited the Startup list, click on Apply and then on OK.  Once you have exited the window, reboot your PC for the settings to take effect.\n\nAnother good thing to have is a little program called FreeRAM Pro. It is free and is available from www.download.com This program puts a little RAM meter on the System Tray and shows how much RAM you have remaining that you are not using at any given time.  I think you may be surprised at how little RAM you have to run other programs. Also, once it is installed you can right click on the little meter, then click on RESTORE and it will open the RAM display window. You can tweak the settings so it will display your CPU usage also.  Then just click “Minimize” and then “To System Tray” to return to the Task Bar.\n\n What happens when you run out of or run real low on RAM is that the OS recognizes the low or no RAM situation and starts using a section of your hard drive as memory. This is called virtual memory, or a swap file. The PC is constantly writing and reading from your HD. Comparitively, it is a very slow process. Check your motherboard manual and determine how much RAM each slot can hold. It will also tell you what type of RAM you need. You can also go to http://www.crucial.com and run their analysis utility to determine what kind and how much RAM is installed in your PC. Depend on your MoBo manual to determine the RAM limits of each slot though.\n\nHope this helps
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it looks like ur processor with 433 MHz is too slow for running Win XP..\n\nfollw these steps to get the maximum performance it can give:\n\n-- Run Disk Clean Up for each drive every day.. it can be found in the start>programs>accessories>system tools..\n\n-- Run Disk Defragmenter for each drive once in a week.. it too can be found under start>programs>accessories>system tools.. this may take hours..\n\n-- Run Error Check(Scan Disk) for each drive.. Right click the drive icon.. take properties.. inside the 'Tool' tab it will be found..\n\n-- Check for unused programs that are installed in the system and remove if any..  this can be done using Control Panel>Add/Remove Programs..\n\n-- Right click My Computer.. take properties.. take 'Advanced' tab.. take 'Settings' under 'Performance' section.. choose 'Adjust for best performance' button.. apply the changes..\n   take 'System Restore' tab in the same window.. select 'Turn off system restore on all drives'.. apply the changes..\n   take 'Automatic updates' tab.. choose 'Turn off automatic updating'..(This step is not a must)..\n   click ok..\n\n-- Take Start>Run, type msconfig.. a window will pop-up.. inside that take statup tab.. check for unwanted startup intems and uncheck it all.. it requires restarting of the system..\n\nrestart your system.. now it will give the maximum performance it can.. good luck..