Does system restore make your computer slower?
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It will make your system a bit little slower as it also backs up the files those were created after the restore point is created by u or by windows. So after a system restore u should try a system cleanup (using Disk Cleanup or CCleaner) and a disk defragmentation. Hope this will work. Good Luck!
555153
Well there are a number of things that slow your computer down. The best thing to do is scan it for viruses and spyware/adware. You can get this stuff free at download.com
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Well, maybe a reinstall isn't such a bad idea, considering the time spent wasted on multiple system restore.\n\nIt may fix whatever issues you are having too.
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i computer does not become slower simply from having lots of programs installed. consequently however, it is the trend that once a program is installed it will have a program start every time your computer does. (the icons next to your clock, even though you may not use all of them, it represents a program that is indeed running currently.) think of them as helper applications, the programmer wants you to find their program quickly, and want you to be able to use it quickly. the easiest solution is just to make it run all the time, waiting for you to use it. the more of these 'helper apps' there are, the more your computer will slow down. this applies to any computer windows, mac, whatever...
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No.\n\nTechnically speaking, you can put new RAM in a computer that causes it to run slower.  The difference would be hard to perceive.  Strips of RAM should be identical.  So if you added an OLD strip with NEW memory, try it with just the NEW memory. \n\nI believe that your problem is due to slower Anti-virus, or a build-up of adware or spyware.    Here are the steps that I would take. \n\n- Go to RUN in the START menu, and type MSCONFIG.  Turn off some of the startup programs that you don't need.  Of course, you need your anti-virus.\n\n- Use Disk Cleanup from the System Tools section of Accessories.  (via the Programs section of your START MENU)\n\n- Right click on your C drive and pick PROPERTIES.  Then pick TOOLS and use CHECK NOW.  Run a full test after starting up.\n\n- Run Defrag\n\n- You should have an anti-spyware solution on your computer. I recommend that you go to http://www.download.com and get AD-AWARE and SpyBot Search & Destory. Install, run, update and scan your computer with both programs.\n\nGood luck
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Maybe you have "System Restore" disabled in control panel/system.
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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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No.  That feature is used to protect system files.  If you wanted to disable it you would right-click my computer and uncheck system restore.
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how many programs do you have opening when you start your computer? thats one of the reasons computer load slowly
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did you make a system restore?
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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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This is an open ended question. There are two ways you can proceed... one by upgrading the hardware that you are using like higher processor speed, more RAM etc. The other way is through software. \n* There are lot many things that you can do on  your existing installation to speed up your computer. Like there may be many background processes running that you may not be using on every boot.\n* You can increase the size of Virtual Memory to improve paging and the throughput.\n* If it is Win XP, 2000 or higher, there are services that you can stop from running every time you boot your system (Control Panel -> Adminstrative Tools -> Services).\n* There are softwares called Spywares that run in the background and eat up lot of resources. You can install Anti-Spyware on your system to clean up them.\n* If you have some knowledge of System Registry you can remove the items that you don't want that run every time your system boots.\n* If you are using any themes for your desktop, remove them.\n\nYou may have to look your computer from different directions and find exactly what is the reason your system is slow.
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Good that you do adware and spyware cleaning regularly.\nDo you so files and registry cleaning regularly ? If not this could be the source of sluggish PC also. If you do not have a registry cleaner I recommend CClean ( freeware ). Go download. After cleaning do a disk C disfragmentation using\nWindow defragmentation files \nStart/Program/Accessories/system tools / defregmentation\n\nIf still sluggish , don't uninstall Norton but deactivate it\nfrom getting into setup files . \nGo download WinPatrol and deactivate it from boot files.\nThen you can manully use it when you need them.\n\nThen download AVG Anti Virus to use it for life monitoring\ninstead of Norton which historically have proven to slow\ndown setup.\n\nOr alternatively upgrade your RAM to 1.250 GigaBit.\n\nSO choose your options above. \n\nGood Lucj
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not sure, but if you have too many programs running at once it can slow your pc down considerable
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There a lot of reasons your computer can get slow.\n\nIt can get slow if you are running out of disk space or if limewire is running in the background taking up CPU cycles. Uninstalling it will fix this.\n\nYou can also clear out your Internet Cache to free up disk space. This is in the Internet Explorer "Tool: Internet Options". Menu. Select "Delete Files".\n\nAnother problem is temporary files that never get deleted. I've seen thousands of files left around in the temporary folder. You can clean this up by clicking on the Start button and selecting "All Programs : Accessories : System Tools : Disk Cleanup". CAUTION: This tool will offer to do a lot more than it should. Only select the following. Make sure everything else is unselected.\n\n   "Downloaded Programs"\n   "Temporary Internet Files"\n   "Recycle Bin"\n   <anything with the words 'log' or 'temporary.>\n\nChances are you also have adware or spyware, or even viruses on your computer slowing it down. A friend of mine has a computer that was so infected it took 10 minutes just to start up.\n\nYou should install a good virus scanning program. If you already have one, make sure it is up to date. The virus scanner I use on my home computer is AVG. Best of all, it's free for home use.\nhttp://free.grisoft.com/\n\nNext, a good adware/spyware scanner if Microsoft Defender. Again, this is free (for the time being).\nhttp://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx\n\nA problem with both Microsoft Defender and AVG is they schedule a scan of your computer every night by default. This is a bad thing because it will put way too much wear-and-tear on your computer. Turn off any scheduled scans.\n\nAnother good spyware scanner (again free) is AdAware.\nhttp://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/\n\nFinally, and this one is a difficult one to fix, you probably have a bunch of stuff auto-starting that shouldn't. For example QuickTime, Adobe Acrobat and RealAudio, Microsoft Office, all install little programs that automatically start when your computer starts. These programs are supposed to make the companies main program start up quicker. They load a part of the main program in memory so the next time you want to run Acrobat it runs quicker. The problem is, it uses up your RAM and makes everything else run slower. You can use a special program named MSCONFIG to fix this. You can also use a program called HijackThis which you can download from the web. The problem with these tools is you need to know what should automatically start with your computer, and what shouldn't.\n\nAlso, if you have popups that pop up when you aren't even browsing or when you are at a webpage that shouldn't have popups, your computer has been hijacked by spyware. The only way to get rid of this is to use HijackThis. Download it from the web and have it generate a log file. Then post the log file here (or send me a message with it).\n\nBTW, eMule is much better than limewire and doesn't have spyware.\nhttp://www.emule-project.net/
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There's a cheaper way to do it, but it will take some time.  Just click on the start button, click on Run, then type "msconfig" without the quotation marks.  Then, click on the Services tab at the top.  Services can be disabled from there.  \n\nJust realize that those services aren't what's slowing your computer down.  To speed it back up, click on the next tab to the right, Startup, and stop all of that trash that's in your system tray (next to your clock) from running every time you start your computer.  You'll notice a big difference, espcecially if your laptop is an older one.
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Great Question and thank you for participating. It's great that we have the ability to enable and disable the system restore as there are many trojans, viruses and other malicious programs that have the ability hide in particular places so that even if you restore your computer back to a certain date when everything was working well or even completely remove your Windows Program so that they can rewrite themselves into the new changes just as soon as you boot up for the first time. By disabling the system restore, those malicious programs cant follow you if you completely format the hard drive and put in a new, fresh copy of Windows XP or whatever Platform you're using. By enabling the system restore, you'll be able to restore the computer back to a date when everything was working fine. This will end any new or arising issues due to conflicts in any hardware or software that you may have added recently and is now causing problems. You will of course lose any and all programs and changes you've made since the date you choose to restore back to so be sure to think it all out before hitting buttons. If I can help further, let me know. Always happy to help. Larry Radio Shack 01-9590