My computer runs slow sometimes, is there some programs I can run to tune it up? How about regular tune ups?
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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 you haven't already, you should defrag and run an anti-virus program (even the free one at lavasoft.com, ad-aware is good).  Whenever my computer slows down, I do this and it seems to run faster.
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You will need to tweak your system pretty good.  There is no ONE program, there are many - and most are not necessary.  A few (or more) registry tweaks will have your system running faster than it did out of the box.  If you are running Windows XP especially, I suggest modifying your background service configuration first.\n\nTo open the service configuration utility, go to Start - Run and type\nSERVICES.MSC\nand hit enter.\nEach service on your system will be listed.  Most of them are Microsoft service, but other programs install some, as well.  To find out which ones are MS service and which are not, open Start - Run and type\nMSCONFIG\nand hit enter, then click ther 'Services' tab and check the box next to 'Hide all Microsoft Services'.  The remaining services listed in the box are non-MS services.\n\nThe configuration of the service is easy to perform.  Right-click on a specific service and click 'Properties', if it's running, select STOP.  Then in the drop-down box, select either 'Automatic', 'Manual', or 'Disabled' for the startup option.  SEE BELOW BEFORE DOING THIS!!\n\nA good reference for this is here\nhttp://www.dead-eye.net/WinXP%20Services.htm\nWhich is a tuned down copy of the original Black Viper Windows XP Service Guide.  Clicking the service name links will give you a 'layman's terms' description of the service, and should be a good reference as to whether it is necessary for you to have running.\nAnother good site is here:\nhttp://www.theeldergeek.com/services_guide.htm\n\nHaving a large amount of files on your computer, including music, does not slow down your system noticeably - unless you are running extremely low on disk space.\n\n--My first suggestion would be to download a utility called SIW or (System Information for Windows).  This program requires no installation, so just save it to your desktop and run it directly from the download.  It can be downloaded here:\nhttp://www3.sympatico.ca/gtopala/siw_download.html\nIt will tell you what components are in your system and what they are capable of.\n\n--Then I suggest rebooting the computer and accessing your BIOS by pressing the designated key.  Write down all of the available settings of which you are unsure of (as in, you aren't sure what they do or what setting is optimal).  Then, when you get back into the Operating System, navigate to the following site and look them up.  Write down the recommended setting that is optimal for your system and change it accordingly.  The site is here:\nhttp://www.rojakpot.com/freebog.aspx\n\n--Next, go to Windows Update here:\nhttp://windowsupdate.microsoft.com\nand install all updates available for your system.  \n\n--Then install the drivers for your motherboard.  All of the necessary driver should come with the chipset drivers.  Using the SIW utility mentioned above, click 'Hardware' in the top menu and click 'Motherboard'.  After it loads the results, look for 'Chipset Vendor' and 'Chipset Model'.  Then, go to the vendor's webpage.  If you can't find the page, do a google or yahoo search for the vendor name.  It will usually pop up as the first result.  Look under their support section for your chipset model and download the latest drivers and updates for it.  Follow the installation instructions for it.\n\n--Install the latest graphics card and sound card drivers for your specific system.\n\n--If you have an antivirus program, disable as much of it's background functionality as possible to balance out performance and security.  The background functions such as live scanning and automatic updates run in the background using up your system resources.  If you scan regularly, you can probably safely turn these functions off under the settings.  If you don't have an antivirus, I recommend AVG Free or Avast, found here:\nAVG Free - http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/\nAvast - http://www.avast.com/eng/download-
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http://bartman1.blogspot.com/ go here and follow the if your computer runs slow
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There are many possible causes that may be causing your computer to run slow.  You definitely haven't run out of hard disk space if you have 59.8 Gb free.  If 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? Is 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 such as deleting temporary files.\n\nThere are 3 approaches to this type of computer problem:\n(a) Read through all the tips and hints at the resource web sites below and learn to apply the advice on your computer manually; or\n(b) Spend a small amount of money on some of the commercial tools that will fix most of your computer problems with a few simple clicks of a mouse; or\n(c) Get a geek friend to help you out.\n\nIt is probably a good idea to learn a bit about what makes computers slow down so check out the resource web sites below as you can also use some of the FREE TOOLS as a first step to fix the problems.
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every program does. Especially when the program takes up a large percentage of your memory. Add more ram.\n\nOr clean up your startup using msconfig.
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First of all, you will start to notice that your computer is running slower and messing up.\n\nI would advise you to run a virus protection system.  They can help clean out your computer and rid you of viruses.\n\n\nHope this helps!
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You must have a lot of things at the startup menu then.Try installing a software called ccleaner.Run the cleaner first.THen go to the tools tab and clean up your startup you get a lot of junk there.\n\nIts a free software and is very effective.\n\nAll the best tuning your pc.\n\nHope i was of some help.
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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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I assume your computer is slow running - It may be a hardware issue - need more RAM\n\nalso - have you defragged lately - and check disk to see if you have any errors on the hard drive - those will cause you problems, too\n\nI have 2 gig of RAM and check disk weekly and defrag monthly. good luck
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ALL computers will begin to run slower and slower as time progresses because of a number of reasons! Viruses, spy-ware, fragmented files, accumulated programs that start up everytime you boot (you might not even know they are there), maxed out storage space, etc. The key to keeping a computer running like it did when it was new is “housekeeping”!\n\nFirst, do everything you can to clean-up your machine:\n\n1.Remove everything that is just “junk” on your machine.\n2.Make sure you are not running unnecessary programs or processes. You can double check this by running a start-up manager program. A free one is available at:\n\nhttp://www.windowsstartup.com/\n\n3.Run your anti-virus program.\n4.Run your spy-bot program.\n5.Run your ad-aware program.\n6.Defragment your hard drive. This is a really critical thing.\n\nWhen your machine is “lean and mean” like it was when it was new you may be back up to speed.\n\nIt’s kind of like a pick-up truck! You can only put just so much in the bed before it is full (or overloaded) and it will just barely move!
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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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Go here and learn yourself!!\n\nA great article:\n\nhttp://www.onecomputerguy.com/performance_tips.htm
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You should probably reinstall Windows.  After a while, your registry fills up with crap that it doesn't need.  That means you computer runs slower.  You can try using a registry cleaning program, but the best thing to do is just reinstall Windows and learn to keep your computer 'clean'.
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You may not run any applications but there are a lot of things running all the time in the background to keep Windows going. If you have Norton Anti-Virus, it does gobble a lot of memory. And Norton Security even more.\n\nI would also suggest that you increase your RAM to 512.\n\nBesides that, Spyware is the biggest culprit in slowing down computers. Download Spybot and run it. That will take care of any spyware and protect you from future ones.
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tune up 2006 utilities have a 30 day trial that works ok. Really you would find your time better spent in removing any and all spyware and then optimizing your startup files to remove the junk not used. Auto updaters and the like grab a lot of resourses for little return. Another big hog of resourses is the so called security suites and their bloated security centers. Better to use individual programs that  are streamlined and serve the same uses.
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well if u have windows then \ngo to start \nthen to Run \nthen in the space type "msconfig"\na new window will appear with many tabs\nthen select the last tab which is "Startup"\nthen remove the tick mark from all the programs which u don't want \nto run when the comp is booted\npress apply\nand restart the computer\nand when the comp restarts it will show a long message just\ntick in the box and press "OK"\nthe problem solved\n+keep in mind that ur comp needs space to run so if ur hard drive is full then your comp will automatically become slow and some times some programs wont work