My computer is really slow ... help?
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Did you load new software in the last week?  Try to figure out what is different with your PC from last week to this week.  I have this problem all the time, and sometimes I just cannot figure it out.  I think you have probably downloaded something you are not aware of and the virus checker is not catching it.\nHave you ever tried adaware?  Look for a free download online.  It is worth a shot.\nI feel your pain......
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If your computer is running slowly, I suggest you click the link provided below to download, read, and follow instructions in this guide.  Unless there is a problem with your hardware (dying HDD, for example) then I GUARANTEE reading this guide will help.  Your system will be faster than it was when you first pulled it out of the box and set it up.\n\nhttp://www.tweakguides.com/TGTC.html
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first-run disk clean up of your entire hd\nsecond-do a full (thorough)scan of your system\nthird-defrag entire system\n\nyou need to check that you have no spyware\nrepeat above......if that dont work you need to upgrade your memory or run smaller programs
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Do you do regular maintenance on both computers?  Defrag-clean cache, clear out history?  I know when mine starts slowing down if I do those 3 things, it makes a whole lot of difference.  Just a thought, and good luck.  Nothing more frustrating than a sluggish puter.
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to many programs running ? not enuff ram ? to many pages open ?? try defrag and disk clean up.
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Run Defrag. \nDownload and run spybot.\nDownload and run adaware.\n\nThat's a good start.
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http://bartman1.blogspot.com/ go to this site and follow the if your computer runs slow
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I think you may just need to clean out your PC.\n\n1. Defrag your PC.  (Start > Programs > Accessories > Systems Tools > Disk Defragmenter)\n2. Give your PC a good spyware cleaning.  Use Windows Defender for this (http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx)
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when does it run slow? if it runs slow at startup, check out what programs are running at startup (run>msconfig>startup tab)\n\nmake sure you know waht you're doing before messing with startup utilities\n\nif your computer is slow while its running, run some antispyware or antivirus software, it is possible you may have spyware or viruses slowing you down with extra processes and tasks\n\nto clean up some hard drive space you can get ccleaner (ccleaner.com)
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A1. Start Menu\nA2. Search\nA3. Search *.tmp\nA4. Delete all Temporary files\n\nB1. Start Menu \nB2. Accessories\nB3. Disk Clean Up\n\nC1. Start Menu \nC2. Accessories\nC3. Disk Defragment\n\nD1. Control Panel\nD2. Add/Remove Programmes\nD3. Uninstall ALL ADWARES, GAMES, Toolbars etc.\n\nMake sure to restart computer after all stages.\n\nStill if it's slow, scan it with proper updated Virus Utility.........Still it's slow than take back up of all your DATA like pictures, word files, etc. etc. and than format the computer and re-install operating system.\n\nFeel free to talk with me, manish_p_66@yahoo.com\n\nGooluck.
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usually, PC slowdown can be attributed to unwanted programs running in the background. by typing in 'msconfig' in start>run\nyou can select which programs to turn off...\n\nas a useful guide of which things you need or don't need, try answers that work...\n\nhttp://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm\n\nthis gives a list of processes and what they do, so you can tell if you can get rid of them...
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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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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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http://bartman1.blogspot.com/ go here and follow the if your computer runs slow
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Win XP?\n\nThere could be many reasons that your system will not load quickly. My first inclination is that you have a lot of programs trying to load during the startup process. At the bottom of your screen (in most cases), you have certain programs that load during startup. The way you stop this is by clicking on start, select Run, type msconfig, click on the startup tab, and uncheck the boxes of any programs that you do not need. Quick Time can sometimes take a while to load. Instant Messengers can too. After you have done so, click on OK at the bottom to close the box. Restart your computer and see if that helps. \n\nAnother culprit is defragmented files. First click on Click Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Cleanup. You can clean up files that are unnecessary. Then, when that is done, click on Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragment. It may take a while to complete.\n\nMake sure you have an anti-virus program installed and an anti-spyware program. Scan for viruses and spyware. Many times, viruses can cause your computer to run slowly.
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There are three things that cause speed issues and anyone of them can be a problem... in your case you added RAM, but your "bottleneck" could be your processor, you could also be experiencing a bottleneck at the disk level, but it's not as common.  \n\nYour computer may also not have enough video RAM if that's the case, get a better video card.  \n\nAnother thing to check is the msconfig (Start-up Tab) and see what you can disable from starting when the computer starts (if you don't know about it, google "msconfig").\n\nYou may also want to defrag your disk, which can also slow down response times.\n\nThen again, could be a combination of all of those things.
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Ok. You probably need to clean out your computer thoroughly. There are bunches of ways to do this, so let me give you a bunch of options. Keep in mind that you can get alot of this stuff for free, but if you want you can pay for some of the stuff too, I will signify that.\n\n1. You probably want to defragment the computer. There is an option for that somewhere in control panel.\n\n2.Yes, you probably want to scan disk too. To do scan disk & defragment, go into control panel, and there will be an option saying performance and maintenance (make sure your in category view, not classic view, you can tell in upper left hand corner). Then there will be a bunch of options, go through them and figure out what you want to do, a no brainer after you get into performance and maintenance.\n\n3. You might have virus's, spyware. I suggest downloading this, it's totally free. http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10399602.html?tag=lst-0-1\nand if you got to the page you will notice it got 5 out of 5 stars from the editor, and a average of 4.5 stars from users.\n\n4.You might want to try WinAso. this is only a trial program, it still works when it is free, but not as good. it's still a good program when it is free though. http://www.download.com/WinASO-Registry-Optimizer/3000-2094_4-10477738.html\n\nI haven't tried this one either, it's like WinAso, but it is totally free, it has good reviews, you might want to try this. http://www.download.com/Advanced-WindowsCare/3000-2086_4-10511244.html?tag=pop\n\n5. There is another program that frees up Ram on your drive, you might want to try this too http://www.download.com/FreeRAM-XP-Pro/3000-2086_4-10485945.html?tag=pop\n\n6. Other than that, that is basically all the stuff I use, my computer isn't well equipped hardware wise, but I clean it out so good it runs really well, I have WAYYY more programs than I should too. Haha. I hope that helps.