my computer is running very slow, how do i fix it?
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This question could take an hour to answer. I'm not going to tell you to download anything or check for spyware. But I've helped a few of my friends with slow puters and they all had one thing in common. Too many items on their start up list. These are the things that start automatically when you start your computer. I have my list down to three items. I actually looked at my friends today. He had 30. \n\nHere's what you do. Click on Start.. run.. type in msconfig..click ok.  a box will pop up. click on the far right tab. startup.. now look at the list of items with check marks next to them. I bet you have a bunch. Every one of those is starting automatically and running in the back ground. You don't need most of those. The only thing I have starting automatically is my Nortons. That's three items. You'll have to figure out what each one is and determine if you need it. Just do a search for each item. You'll find a site which lists each one. I may post one.
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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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run as many programs as you can at the background. Open some java editors such as netbeans and eclipse which will slow down your PC
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if your sysatem is really slow starting up you may have to many programs starting up when windows starts up\n\ndo this\n\nclick start > then run> type msconfig\n\nclick on the right hand tab for hardware\n\nclick on the disable all\n\nthen click ok and apply and restart\n\nsee if this helps\n\nif you system is still slow you may have been infected with spyware, adware etc\n\ntry downloading a spyware sweeper\n\nwww.download.com\n\ntry spybot search and destroy - its good and free
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Ya.  if it gets slow just reinstall windows.  It is sooo fast!
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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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clear your cache,cookies,and do disk clean up. Do disk fragment  too. Do all that once week. it should make it go faster.
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http://yanswers.blogspot.com/2006/10/pc-running-slow.html
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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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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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Hi there\n\nIf you are looking to increase the speed of your computer there are a number of things you can do.\n\nOne simply way is to check that your hard drive is well defragmented. This process tidies up files on your hard drive and and makes it run faster. This is because your computer can access these files quicker. To defragment your hard drive, click your start menu go to Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Defragmenter. Select the dirve you wish to defragment and click on the Defragment button. The time is takes to complete this procedure varies depending on your computer's specifications.\n\nIf this doesn;t improve performance, you could try have a look and see how many programs you have starting up when your computer starts. The more programs you have running, the slower your computer may become, depending on how many RAM (memory) you have in your computer. Check the contents of your startup folder in your start menu by going to programs > Startup and looking at its contents. To delete items from here, click on them with your right mouse button and selecy delete from the menu that appears. Click on the Recycle Bin no your desktop to delete it from there too. Not all programs will place a shortcut in the startup folder so you may need to access the options menu for these programs and look for any settings relating to the program's startup.\n\nIf this doesn;t solve the problem, check your computer for viruses if you have virus scanning software installed. Also, check for spyware and adware software by using a spyware and adware remover. If you don;t have these programs, you will need to download them. Search Google for virus and anti spyware and adware programs.\n\nFinally, you may need update components inside your computer such as your memory, you may not have enough memory to run your programs efficiently. I would recommend at least 512 MB of memory if you are running windows xp. To check how much RAM you have, go to your start menu and click on control panel. If your control panel is in classic view, click on the system icon and it will show your system information, including the amount of RAM you have, for example 512 MB. If your control panel is in catagory view, click on Performance & Maintenance and then click System. This will show you the same information as explained above.\n\nHope this helps.\n\nScott
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If you install a lot of programs, try the following to get rid of "startup items" that install themselves in your startup menu. \n\nGo to Start\nClick on RUN\nA little box will pop up - in it, type:   msconfig\nClick on the startup tab at the top\n\nThen unclick everything except your antivirus, spyware and system tools.  \n\nClick Apply\nClick OK\nAnd it will promt you to restart.  \n\nYou'll have all sorts of crap in there, such as Adobe updater and garbage that you can get rid of without fear of leaving your system vulnerable - and you'll get your speed back. \n\nGood luck!\n\nSpybot and those programs are good - but only if you have a virus.  I suggest you run spybot, and then try what I posted above.  Spybot will take system memory to run, too, causing your system to run even slower.
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Start --> control panel --> system --> advanced tab --> performance.  Change virtual memory.\n\nBut first I would do a disk clean up and defrag (start --> all programs --> accessories --> system tools --> disk cleanup and after completed, defrag.)
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proberly to many programs running in the background, eg if u have more than 10 icons near the clock on the right hand corner. \nu need to remove some of them from the startup options.\nalso do a scandisk, defrag, diskcleanup etc.. \nuninstall some programs u dont use etc
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http://bartman1.blogspot.com/ go to this site and follow the if your computer runs slow
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hit control alt delete.  Then look at your processes and delete every process that it will let you delete except "Explorer" which is windows.  Then your system will run fast again.  Try it.  Seriously.  \n\nIt won't hurt your system....I promise.
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do you have enough system Memory to go around?\n\nAs in, what Operaing system do you have, and what amount of RAM do you have\n\nIf you have Windows XP, and only have 256 MB of system RAM, yeah youre going to lag\n\nHave you tried a disk cleanup?\nStart --> Programs -- Acessories --> System Tools --> Disk Cleanup\n\nThat will delete your temp files, maybe you just have too much of that.  Perhpas you have too many programs running at once or loading on startup.\n\nBut let us know what O.S. you have and how much system RAM you have