programs open slowly?
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Great question and thanks for participating. It's obvious that you have a great deal of knowledge with computers simply because you wouldnt have the particular equipment in your computer if you didnt. There are a few things that can cause that problem as you know, cookies and temp files being the main cause. Also, by defragging the hard drive will help. The registry files can also cause problems of that nature and will need to be cleaned up and repaired if necessary. Registry cleaners are available at no charge in some cases and can be found by using www.google.com. Last of all, do not overlook the possibilities of trojans, viruses, etc which can also cause that problem for you. If I can help in any way, plz let me know and i'll work with you step by step until the problem is solved. Hit me on dumbbutt4321@yahoo.com if you'd like. Larry RadioShack 01-9590
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Yes and no! \n\nIf these programs are not starting up when windows starts but are just there so that you can run them when you want, they will certainly not slow you down.
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Go into msconfig and turn off programs that you don't need to start when Windows does.\n\nAlso scan for viruses and spyware.\n\nClean out temporary files, use disk cleanup and defrag
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your system could be slow due to various reasons like cache memory being full, you are running many programs in one go etc. Best option is to use a prog like cclearner (http://www.ccleaner.com/) which can help clear unwanted programs and files and clean up your memory of the junk files. This should help your system respond bettem. \n\nAlso check your system for virus by scanning it with a good anti virus program and for spyware by using share ware prog like windefender or yahoo defender etc.\n\nIf this does not work, you may have to increase the ram memory in your system.
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Might be system is slow....try some time later
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bottom left corner of screen..clik "START"  then choose "SEARCH"  when box pops up enter the program name -[in the left side panel]and 'search'.....sometimes it takes a few minutes for things to appear.....
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Your computer probaly has a virus or is as slow as mine
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Well depends on the os you're running. So in general go to your desktop preferences and set up the way you want your programs to run (normal, max, min or other).
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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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check and see what's in your startup folder and remove things that don't need to be running all the time.  Then run msconfig and see what programs are started when the computer boots.  you should be able to remove some of them. Note:  some spyware programs take a long time to load.
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You might have too many programs starting at start up. Keep the programs you use and the rest leave them alone. They can be started at any time when you wanna use them.\n\nTo configure, run msconfig command. \nStart > Run... Type msconfig > Enter
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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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You've got too many programs running in the background.  Try getting rid of some of the stuff you don't use in your systray or startup menu.
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sometimes it takes forever to launch..be patient, walk away and give it time
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Go to your start menu, click "run"  Type in the space "msconfig", without the parenthesis ofcourse.  then go to the startup tab, and click "Disable all"  This should make your computer start up faster as well, as none of those programs that automatically start when you turn it on, will no longer automatically start, only when you tell them otherwise.  This is the main cause for computers that startup excruciatingly slow.
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disable some heavy startup applications...... or try to repair your  system
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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