i need help with the speed of my computer?

Question

when i click on my internet explorer icon it takes what seems like forever to open the window. i've tried disk defragmenting, system restore, disk clean up, and running my spy sweeper and antivirus. what can i do? please help!!!!

Answer 1

Try two more anti-spy programs. Get them free at http://www.download.com Just get the FREE versions.

Ad-aware
SpyBot Search & Destroy

Then go to your START menu and pick MSCONFIG. Here, you want to disable any unused Startup programs in the STARTUP section. Just keep your firewall and anti-virus active.

You might get more RAM. At this point, you should have at least 512MB for WinDUD XP. It's a HOG. Check your system at this website... they guarantee that it will WORK.

http://www.coastmemory.com

Good luck

Answer 2

I had a similar problem on my computer. My homepage is Google Personalized Homepage and I have Yahoo! toolbar. When I start IE, Google would automatically check for any new e-mail, my calendar, my bookmarks and updates my RSS feeds. The Yahoo! toolbar checks for any new e-mail, bookmarks and alerts. All this slows down opening IE.

You might want to set a homepage which contains little graphics or even set your homepage to a blank page.

You could also try to add IE in to the prefetch folder. Create a shortcut to IE on your desktop then right click the icon > Properties. In the 'target' box, add ' /prefetch:1' (without the quotation marks) at the end of the line. Click [OK].

Answer 3

right at frist you need to do this if you have internet access buy a router

people in the vicinity is on your network

GET THIS SET TO DISABLED

(GAMES & APPLICATION SHARING )

is your router safe?
you need to call your (isp) server
they have to get you in to your router home page
then from there ..copy & paste the router home page
into a notepad then save that to a back up cd

now from there they have to take you to the part
where (GAMES & APPLICATION SHARING ) is
then you click on ( GAMES & APPLICATION SHARING) icon
then at the top on the right your see
configure.. you click on configure
then you .. untick the box
that is ticked there ...
then you click on
apply
and then ask there where you set up a wpa-security key dont use a 128bit wep key ask to use a wpa- security that is your router security key and you pick the wpa-security key not your (isp)server . just ask thme where you set one up they will say use a wep-key .. dont use a wpa.key

now you close off the page
and clean out your internet address bar

download privacy guardian .. that will clean everything for you
Privacy Guardian also restores valuable hard drive space and speeds up system performance by cleaning out old and unused temporary records. It allows you to simply and securely erase privacy sensitive files from Windows, Microsoft Office, Netscape, Windows Media Player and Internet Explorer.firefox all temporary internet files & Cookies every Privacy Guardian is simple to install and easy to use. It is suitable for Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera and Mozilla Firefox Internet browsers and can be set to automatically protect your privacy at regular intervals. With Privacy Guardian one click of the mouse all clean
Privacy Guardian is at the bottom of the pctools website and you can download it and use it

http://www.pctools.com

then you need to get a good all in one firewall/anti virus/ anti spyware

zoneAlarm internet security suite
all in one firewall / anti virus/ anti spyware
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jp

then get this

XoftSpy 4.22 is the Latest and Most Advanced Spyware Detection and
Spyware
W32/Spybot
Browser Hijackers
Adware
Malware
Keyloggers
trojans
virus
worms
back door trojans
Malicious mobile code
toolbar trojans

download xoftspy422 and install it then run it stop the scan and click on scan settings tick every box and click on where it says >> click here to select a folder then tick the (c) thats your hard drive if you have 2 hard drives tick the 2 of them then click ok
then click start when the scan is done click on remove tab

http://www.paretologic.com/products.aspx


ewido anti-spyware 4.0
http://www.grisoft.com/doc/10/lng/us/tpl/tpl01?prd=ews

test your internet speed
http://performance.toast.net/results.asp?testtype=1&loadtime=2.609

spy doctor
http://www.pctools.com

ad-aware professional
http://www.lavasoft.de/

anti spyware blocker
spybot search & destory
spyware blaster
http://www.download.com

then clien up your computer with

Privacy Guardian

keep all your software upto date and run a virus/spyware/ chat and trojan/worm chat every 2 days
keep a good eye on your internet access then your pc will be 100% clean and your internet access will be 100% fast speed
if you dont do all this then your going to have to same problem all over and over again
many will say clean up the pc do a virus scan
format the hard drive and start over <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<(bs) just do what i said and make sure your internet acceess is your's and not

people in the vicinity is on your network

Answer 4

hi

The best way to go about doing this is to
1.try using another anti-spyware program like Microsoft antispyware beta , its good and its free
2.try uninstalling the IE may be its corrupted
3.Install new IE 7.0 you should be ok

Answer 5

download.com and download mozilla firefox (its a browser and it's somehow faster). do this meanwhile you look for an anti-virus and spyware remover software (you might have viruses)

Answer 6

well you can go buy some more memory. mine goes at a good speed and i have 512 memory. try that.

Answer 7

my mom just got high speed internet e-mail me @ [e-mail] and ill have my mom talk to u

Answer 8

reeboot your computer, close all un needed windows, turn off virus protection.

Answer 9

could just be your computers slow!
or it maybe you need more RAM (random access memory)
try this site to find out http://www.crucial.com/