My laptop is geting slower every day what can i do to speed it up or to bring him at his usualy speed?
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first you may try edit some of your startup, this could also cause the system to slow down.if your interested with this you can just email me so that i can give you a tool that would help you if the certain start up item is necessary. disk clean up and disk defragment can be additional tool to use to free up unnecessary files that still been recorded by the system eventhough certain files are deleted. you may also try to always run an anti virus and anti spyware on the system this would help you protect your system. of course check as well the space of your hard drive.last, if you have lots of files i would inform you to upgrade already.   hope this help you...
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There can be alot of reasons why your computer is running really slow. You might want to get someone to come out to the house and take a look at it. If you have all of your information backed up you might want to reload the OS. Go to your computer manufacturers web site and you will be able to get the instructions from there.
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Things to do to keep your computer running fast:\n\n1.) Install spyware protection. Use "Adaware Se" and "SpyBot Search & Destroy", both are free. Run a scan on each, at least, twice a week. Be sure to check for definition updates before running scans.\n\nGet "Adaware Se" here......\nhttp://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/\n\nGet "SpyBot Search & Destroy" here.......\nhttp://www.spybot.info/en/index.html\n\n2.) Innoculate your PC from spyware. There is a program that keeps spyware from even being installed on the hard-drive in the first place. It's a free program called "SpywareGuard". Before running this program, scan with "Adware Se" and "Spybot" first, then open up "SpywareGuard" and check for definition updates, install updates, then do a "system snapshot" to keep the spyware in the definition database from ever installing on your PC. Remember, always scan with the two spyware programs I mentioned first ( check for updates), then use "SpywareGuard".\n\nGet "SpywareGuard" here........\nhttp://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html\n\n3.) If you install and uninstall programs regularly, your hard-drive gets defragmented faster, this slows down the PC. Defrag your hard-drive about once a week if you're always adding and removing programs. Less often, if you don't, maybe once or twice a month. Use windows built-in defragment program for this, if you don't own a purchased one already.\n\n4.) Use a program to clean out all of the junk files accumulated on hard-drive over a period of time. The best free program on the market for this is called "CCleaner". This program cleans out the registry as well.\n\nGet "CCleaner" here.......\nhttp://www.ccleaner.com/\n\n5.) Install more memory. The more programs you install and use, especially if you run several at one time, the more memory will be used up, this will bring your system to a crawl if you do not have sufficient enough memory installed to suppliment all of those programs being used. \n\nThere is a website with a free tool that scans your system to determine the kind of ram you have installed, the amount of that installed ram, how many slots are being used, and how many are available. This tool will determine the EXACT kind of ram you need, guaranteed!! You can then, either order that ram from their website, or, from some other source. \n\nThat website can be found here........\nhttp://www.crucial.com/\n\n6.) Always, and I mean ALWAYS use "FireFox" as your main browser. Internet Explorer is an ABSOLUTE spyware magnet......never ever use that browser unless your life depends on it.\n\nGet "FireFox" here........\nhttp://www.mozilla.com/firefox/\n\n7.) Be sure to stay far away from any "AOL" software products, this includes those free discs that are constantly being sent out to our homes. Stay away from any products associated with "AOL" as well. If you currently have any of this software installed on your computer, please uninstall it immediately!!!! This kind of software is the ULTIMATE in the area of PC parasites.......they will bring your system down in a hurry!!\n\nHere's to speedy times ahead. :)
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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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If it just started to become slow, it could be because it's gettign older, or is loaded with a bunch of junk. If you have any adware or spyware programs do a scan to clean everything up. Also, ccleaner.com has an awesome free program for cleaning everythign up, gettting rid of what you don't need.
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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.
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buy more ram, and install it\n\nDelete your temp internet files\n\nDelete your history\n\nAnd delete your cookies\n\nYOu can also take off programs that you are no longer using or wont use\n\nYou can also defragment your computer after all this is done, and I guarntee it will run faster!!
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Basic rule in computers. back up your data format and reinstall the operating system. Once that is done make sure you defragment your harddrive once in 2 days. You never mentioned the processor speed or the amount of RAM you have on the system. Now dont tell me you have one of those 133 MHZ processors with 32 MB RAM. Lets assume you have something decent. Atleast try adding more 256 MB or 512 MB ram on the system. This will help a lot. Do not forget deframenting your harddrive once in 2 days. As you go over the net make sure you have the antivirus software and spyware softwares installed on the computer. Update them and run a scan once in 2 days to ensure your system is clean. Thats it. But remember a SHELBY can never run fast as a FERRARI even after modifications. A new computer always would run faster.
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Scan your computer often for adware, spyware and viruses.\nAlso use a firewall... and to prevent it slowing down, defragment your hard drive every so often.
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Get more RAM Memory, and try to keep it clean from spyware and trojans, there are tons of anti-trojan and anti-spyware software. The one I use is Zone Alarm Security Suite. It is great, It has an Antivirus, Anti-Spyware and a Firewall. \n\nOh, another thing, check the free space of your hard disk, if you are short of disk space, your pc will turn slow.\n\nRegards,\n\nFreddy Gonzalez, Dominican Republic.
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run virus check\ntry consolodating some files \nand get more memory my computer was like that so my dad bought a 2 gig to add to the memory
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It's very possible that you have a virus, or spyware, or even more probable, a trojan.  Clean it out, and it should be faster.  Also try defragmenting the hard drive as well.
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check for spyware, get Windows Defender free from Microsoft, Also you might want to check your CPU fan for proper cooling, if it is if it isnt running at max speed your CPU will overheat causing it to run slow
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1) Run a defrag utility at the end of every week.\n2) Regularly scan for and remove viruses/spyware/adware.\n3) Get unused icons off your desktop.\n4) Cut down on running processes. You can do this by telling some of the programs you see near the time in your start up menu NOT to start on startup if you are not immediately going to use them. Also research the functionality of the services under Control Panel->Administrative tools and set their startup type to disabled if you will not be using them (right click the service you want to stop, then select properties). Don't stop these without doing your research because you DO need some of them.\n5. If you are still slow, add more RAM. \n\nFor faster internet, also clear your cache, cookies, and temp files (Tools->Internet Options in Windows, IE)
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My advice would be:\n1.Perform disk cleanup\n2.Defragment hard disk drive\n3.Perform the chkdsk from stage 1 to 5\n4.Do a virus scan\n5.Check the virtual memory. Change to minimum 2095 and \nmaximum 4095 this will increase the speed of your computer.
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I was having the same kind of problem and since i have slow speed access i found out that if at certain times \nof the day everything is busy. You know (the hour class) \nalso i was told to defrag my computer at least once a\nweek at the same time on the same day. Also to check on\nyour Install Shield Update as well. I don't know if this\nis helpful i'm still new to all this computer stuff. Good\nluck, hope you find the right help.
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1. Check the fan, if the cooling system is bad the processor will automatically step down its speed\n2. Remove all spyware and viruses by installing a good antivirus software\n3. Make sure you un install all software that you dont need. Any thing that runs in the back ground such as database services etc.\n4. Check how much RAM is currently being utilised and which processes are taking max cpu time. That might give you an indication which program is slowing it down.\n5. Check memory for consistency by doing a memchk from command prompt. Also check that CMOS setup detects the right amount of memory installed (2GB in your case)\n6. Try using Firefox browser. Its more resilient to spyware etc.