i just got a dell E510 and when is start up it is a slow
my family member has an older computer and it is a lot worse than mine but it starts up in a snap of a finger. Can anyone tell me what is wrong?
2006-07-02 13:06:09 · 7 answers · asked by David 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
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Computer Slow
Download and then run startup.exe at:
http://www.mlin.net/startupcpl.shtml......
Can't live without it and windows...
Then disable and/or uninstall whatever u don't need.
Joe...
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Computer Virus/Spyware/Adware/Malware/etc
All free...
Download and then run Avira AntiVir Personal Edition Classic at:
http://www.free-av.com/
Download and then run Spybot - Search & Destroy at:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/
Download and then run Ad-Aware SE Personal at:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
Joe...
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2006-07-03 20:01:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Agrre with earlier comments, maybe more applications running, however in case it slowed down after you have been on the net try these:
Topics covered are: Anti virus, Anti spy ware, Browsers, e-mail, Word processors, Database, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Drawings and Photo manipulations. All programmes described are free to use, some even for commercial use.
Antiviral.
AVG free. Excellent protection available from: http://www.Grisoft.com
Don't use two antiviral products together as they may be incompatible. If your Antiviral trial has run out, then remove product from your computer and get the AVG installed.
Anti-spyware
Essential products are: Adaware SE from: http://www.lavasoft.com
Spybot SD http://www.safer-networking.org/en/spybotsd/index.html
Spywareblaster http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
Windows Defender - from Microsoft downloads.
Office Applications
Open Office has an extremely good free to use and distribute product at http://www.openoffice.org
It contains programmes fully functional in Word-processing, Database, Spreadsheets, Drawing and Presentation. It looks and feels like Microsoft Office and can even make PDF's
Photo-manipulations
For ease of use and management of your photo files try Kodak easyshare software http://www.kodak.com
or Picasso. http://.picasa.google.com/
For advanced and fully functional photographic manipulation gimp2 is very similar to Photoshop and is available from http://gimp.org
Browsers and E-mail programmes.
Can recommend Firefox for browsing and has many safety features installed and is self updating and for a general e-mail programme, Thunderbird is very good. Go to:
http://www.mozilla.com/products/
Fun and helpful programmes
Have a look at Calendar Magic, http://www.stokepoges.plus.com/calendar.htm
it has lots of Scientific, Geometry, Factor and Expression calculators as well as Global distances, Sun and Moon Data, a Pregnancy Calculator, Time Data and Alarm clocks as well as an extremely comprehensive range of Calendars in about 27 different formats from Afghanistan to Vietnamese, including Chinese and Hindu.
C Cleaner.http://www.ccleaner.com/
This will tell you a lot about what is on your computer, such as running programmes,cookies, History, settings etc. and will help you clean up and remove unwanted items. Be careful how you use it as it is a very powerful programme and you should read the help index before you do anything with it.
Hope this information is of help to you and others.
2006-07-02 13:21:15 · answer #2 · answered by Mordak 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi, Its Alli from 360, I hand the same problem what is was , it had heaps of things like ICQ & yahoo messenger all those type of things take quite a while as the have to sign in . Um You could leave it on or only have you fav things on start up . I hope that helps in some way , and then you can enjoy your new toy lol Alli. J.
2006-07-02 13:33:05 · answer #3 · answered by Alli J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may have too many apps starting with your computer.
These may be programs like window washer et al, or possibly you have some malware you dont know about
You can check task manager and see what processes are running.
You might also try running an anti-spy program like adaware or spybot
2006-07-02 13:15:21 · answer #4 · answered by bobbyblitz48 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DO NOT format C drive. You have to many programs that run at start up. I think dells come loaded with google desktop, uninstall that, windows messenger, uninstall that, and if you have a network disconnect it before shut down.
2006-07-02 13:20:31 · answer #5 · answered by I run with scissors 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe your computer loads many programs during startup.
download a startup manager and deselect some programs to run at startup.
2006-07-02 13:12:41 · answer #6 · answered by ungkog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
format C:
2006-07-02 13:12:45 · answer #7 · answered by bcollis 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋