I have added broadband & antivirus .  My machine is now very slow.?
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well, it depends on wat kind of anti virus u installed:\nif norton anti virus, i'm not surprised. the same thing happened to me, so i ended up downloading AVG anti virus  (u can get it free from www.download.com or www.nick.phixxtech.com(\nalso, download tune up utilities from www.download.com ro www.nick.phixxtech.com. it can speed up ur computer by deleting unnused and unnecessary files.\ngood luck!
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Check the amount of RAM, processor speed and the video card in your system, while everyone so far has been quite correct that network bandwidth is an issue the fact that changing tabs is slow suggests a problem with your machine.\n\nCheck a virus scan or adware scan just to be sure there isn't some huge resource hog. If you find the problems really getting to you you may want to run less programs at once. I don't really want to patronise you with other basic computer things, I'm sure you have the idea :-)
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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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offcourse norton.mcaffe makesw computrt slow.
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DSL reports speed test:\nhttp://www.dslreports.com/stest\n\nMany things affect your bandwidth though. Usually the Cable/DSL modem is your only real limiter, but if your computer has spyware/nagware installed, that'll make your connection feel slower. \n\nTry downloading microsoft Anti-Spyware, ad-aware, and many other tools to fix your computer. I'm a fan of trend-micro pc-cillan which comes with virus software and all the anti-spyware software too. \n\nYou didn't install Kazaa did you? ;-)\n\nIf you have kids, they can install programs from the internet that install malware.
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Run Defrag. \nDownload and run spybot.\nDownload and run adaware.\n\nThat's a good start.
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Freeware only solutions?  Well, I have a couple, but if the settings or problems aren't there that normally cause the reason for slow-down in internet speeds, they won't do much in the end.\n\nFirst off, check for spyware and other software that uses up bandwidth.  Spybot S&D is my recommended choice for this.\n\nIf you want to mess with the various TCP/IP optimizations and possible DNS archiving, try looking through various Freeware downloads from PCWorld.com in their Downloads section.  Webcelerator is an example of such freeware software(released 2002).  If you are using older OSes like Win95 to WinME, it may add minor performance but nothing for certain.  I would not advise using such software on more recent OSes like XP, but thats out of inexperience with any changes they may have incorporated since I haven't bothered with those settings on XP myself yet.
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be sure to defrag your hard drive. when you install more that a few programs its always a good idea to do so. May increase your performance speed. also do a registry clean up
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My mum had Norton, there was a similar problem.  I contacted their tech support but after several attempts, they could not resolve it.  You could try their tech support too, but you may find you need to reinstall.  In my mothers case even after reinstalling there were problems, it was very frustrating.  As a result I won't use Norton, I use McAfee, windows doesn't seem to be slowed down so much.  A few guys at work use Grisoft AVG and they have had no problems at all, they think it's excellent, plus it's free!
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Virus Scan. Spyware Scan (and removal). Defrag. Run fewer programs. Get rid of Windows :D.
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I have the same problem. It is incredibly slow and i am using an ADSL line!
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Yes my computer became f*****g slow . No applications worked . I had to remove this damn thing ang then only everything returned to normal . I suggest you install AVG or Kaspersky but not the damn Mcafee
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In term of speed to be honest, there is not much you can do, stop using those program like email client, stop updating antivirus software or spyware remove program when browsing the web. \n:)
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i used to use tiscali speed up my pc which is free but i dont need it now cos of my broadband speed....but give it a go
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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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Try removing the programs in your start-up menu, then run a defrag, check for viruses, run an ad-ware and spy-ware check... if all else fails upgrade your RAM. X
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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