I have a Toshiba laptop with french software and got it one and a half years back. I dont whats the problem but its very slow. I cant open more than two windows at a time and that too I have to wait for long. I have tried everything- like nettoyage (cleaning), Defragmantation but I dont know I cant restore it to a past point of time when it was running fine. Do you have any idea whats the problem? Is it due to some kinda virus or something else? And one more thing, can it also be due to Windows update and I had the option where the windows update was saved and may be had taken a good amount of space. But still i have 50% of free space. I am not very good at computer things so dont know what to do. Any suggestions?
2006-07-27 02:57:44 · 10 answers · asked by ns 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Definite possibility of a virus. If your PC is running really slow, go to Start, Run and type in msconfig. This will bring up your start menu options. Deselect everything in the Service and Startup tabs except for Microsoft products and the ones you need to connect to the web. You'll have to reboot - this stops any viruses from loading.
If your anti virus software is not up to scratch then you should go to Limewire.com and download Norton Anti Virus - follow the directions in the .txt file to install it and get it registered. I'd also download Window Washer. This is a great program for getting rid of all the rubbish in your system - you'll be amazed at all the temporary files that are stored in Windows.
Disconnect your PC from the web while you're installing Norton's and leave it off until you've restarted your PC 3 or 4 times. After this you can reconnect to the web and run Live Update to get the latest anti virus software.
After this, run msconfig again and select "Normal Startup" - reboot - Norton's will find the remaining viruses and destroy them.
Windows updates are a problem - they're intended to protect computers that do not have Service Pack 2 - however, if you do load them, they can cause immeasurable problems. If you're able to, uninstall them. All you need for complete protection is Nortons Anti Virus.
Run defrag.exe about once a month. This puts files back in their correct position and helps your PC run faster. I'd also look at increasing the RAM.
You can email me - pratchmg@yahoo.com if you need any other help.
2006-07-27 03:12:34 · answer #1 · answered by pratchmg 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Push the following ctrl+alt+del at the same time (but only once!) and look to see how many programs are running in your task manager at the same time.
You should be looking to see what normal start-up programs you have running in the "Processes" tab. If you have a number of things running in the background, this will considerably slow your laptop down. You can shut down many of those things from automatically starting up when you reboot your computer by editing the programs in your startup. For example, click on run, type in MSCONFIG and hit enter. Then click on the start-up tab and uncheck the items that you don't want to automatically start. Be careful not to shut down System processes or your laptop may not start!!
If that isn't the issue or if you want to rule out a virus/trojan/worm etc first:
You can do a free virus scan online here:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
2006-07-27 03:06:59 · answer #2 · answered by Visit Budget101.com 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-07-27 03:15:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My laptop has gotten very slow like that too. My husband is a computer technician and is just going to build me a new computer but he says that it's the memory. That I need more memory because I have so much, like photos and the computer can't handle too much at one time.
2006-07-27 03:02:11 · answer #4 · answered by ~*Lady Beth*~ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you cant open more than two windows, this is %70 a memory problem. Check the programs running back.
2006-07-27 03:06:52 · answer #5 · answered by patriotic 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
scan your computer for problems and get a new laptop RAM card to make it go faster like a 1GB
2006-07-27 03:03:19 · answer #6 · answered by Jonathan G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
may be its affected with Adware or Spyware. try to download spybot search & destroy. it will remove the ad or spy ware files. the spybot is free download only. you can download this from www.download.com
2006-07-27 03:07:06 · answer #7 · answered by mindreader 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try installing a few antiviruses u might have a virus
2006-07-27 03:00:33 · answer #8 · answered by josephhenryk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
also run spybot
http://www.download.com/3000-8022-10122137.html
it can help identify spyware
2006-07-27 03:02:16 · answer #9 · answered by bava 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most likely you just need more RAM
2006-07-27 03:06:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋