Is it possible that a computer processor that has been in use for several years can get slower?
919588
no the hardware is fine but over the years your computer will inevitably slow as you build up addditional tasks for it to perfrom and basicallyslowly currpot and or personlize i, thi sis easily repared by system restoring it to its origional purchase date it will literally act like its brand-new
950792
it might make it move a little faster, and easier to defrag... it wouldn't hurt... x
907346
not very often only whenyou absolutely need to... try running a defrag to improve performance.
932697
http://yanswers.blogspot.com/2006/10/pc-running-slow.html
386957
There might be, but it makes no sense.\n\n550 MHz is glacially slow.  You will have to upgrade most of your system, including the motherboard, CPU, and RAM, to get anywhere near today's standards for performance.
241924
Well from a cynical viewpoint, all it will do is make programs bigger and more bloated.\nThus, even faster processing will not make a huge difference in perceived speed.\n\nComputers througout the ages are getting faster, but the software is growing as quickly, so a computer running programs 10 years ago (with 10 year old programs) runs as fast as today's with current software.\n\nThere was a day when your whole program could be run from a 1/2 meg floppy. And it worked perfectly.
945231
Could be a variety of things... check to see if the cpu is overheating... it may turn itself off to prevent damage.  I would take it back though, it's new, they should look at it for free.
722524
Gee, maybe it has something to do with the fact that this PC is over 20 years old....probably older than you...
92294
You can either reinstall the operating system or feel free to give my optimization tutorial a try. I have been a computer/network tech for 8 years and do it to every PC that I service. It is the quickest way to get an old PC working like new again without reinstalling the operating system...\n\nhttp://www.geocities.com/Br_Dalamar_Br/PCHealth/index.html
249021
Absolutely.  The Core Duo processor cut's processing speed in half, thanks to it's internal processing capabilities.  It's also the latest processor out there, so the chances of it becoming obsolete anytime soon are very small to nothing at all.  You probably want it if you are a gamer, too.\n\n\nHope this helps,\n-----------------------------------------\nFrom,\nThe Realm of Goliath Web Design Team
561723
well, it can be anything like spyware, adware, bugs, virus, your hard disk over loaded, cookies....it may slow down your systems.
798004
Depends moderately on the application but generally you'll find bus speed will have more effect as usually the bottleneck is not the processor itself but the pathways into and out of the processor.
1158966
with that slow of a computer, there probably ins't even any heat there to generate!!! get a new computer, like the earlier guy said, u probably have a virus or ur computer died from old age.\nkeep it as a old memory\njust say goodbye to the age of the Mhz cpus and say hello to the new and very affordable 3Ghz cpus\ntons more faster and around 300 bucks including a nice 17 to 19inch flat panel LCD display!!1\n(why don't i just be an billboard for Dell, i seem to compliment them a lot on their ridicuolously low prices for rediculously good computers and monitors (mainly monitors))
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It can be a couple of things.\n\nLikely culprits?:\n1. the cooling fan.  Check for buildup on the rear fan, use canned air to clean.\n\n2. The Processor fan. Look on the motherboard and watch the little cooling fan. Clean with canned air or replace.\n\n3. A warped CD in the cdrom drive. When PCs start they spin the drive. make sure it's empty.\n\n4. A heavily fragmented hard drive. If the drive is fairly full the drive has to look all over the place for your files. Delete all uneeded files and defrag the drive 2-3 times.\n\nif your PC is losing the time, that is due to a bad motherboard battery. If it's under a year old, it should be under warranty.
97418
might have to defrag computer
632275
try upgrading it, if youave had it a long time, there have been a lot of changes made recently
878721
could be processor overheating there is a fan on the processor which keeps it cool it could be faulty