why is computer doing this?

Question

Ok I just bought anit virus program too see if that would help, it helped some, but here is problem it takes forever to load up , when im on yahoo games playing ,after a game I close window and it stays ,thus trying to get into another room I have to Ctrl Alt Dele before I can and resign in,is this just yahoo? My computer seems slow and bogs down sometimes it also freezes? my system is 4 years old
compaq presario
2600 +(2.133GHz)AMD Athlon Xp Processor
512 Mb ddr sdram memory
120 Gb ultra dma hard drive
dvd +rw/cd-rw combo
cd-rom drive ,drive,48xmax.speed
intergrated prosavage ddr km2666 graphics with 32 mb shared video memory
s422onx
ok that is everything wrote on front of computer, I am running windows Xp
Any help will do ,I have tried restoreing to early date,defragment,deleteing old files and cookies,virus checks ,I am not great with computers so plz help

Answer 1

yahoo game's dose that a lot......It a 4 year old compaq i never thought they were good computer.... But ever thing looks good.....who do you have your Internet form???? it just freezes form be older if i were u i would clean out the old file's that you don't need it could run a little faster.....XP good....

Answer 2

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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.

Other things to try:

1 - Disk Cleanup (removal of temp files, cookies, etc.)
2 - Defrag
3 - Registry Cleanup (CAN BE VERY RISKY!)

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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