my computer runs slowly what can i do to speed it up?

Question

It is a laptop and is up to date with virus software and regualry scanned but can take up to 8 mins to load

Answer 1

Generally just cleaning the rubbish out of the internet files will have a big impact, however to get the best out of the system you will need the help of software. System Mechanic will do all this and more to improve your system. Its not free but you can download the trial for 30 days and at least it will improve now. Check it out here http://www.iolo.com/sm/ Good Luck ::O)

Answer 2

ok tim,even if you have a laptop,8 minutes is still a long time for a operating system to load ..lets sort this out
stage 1) run anti-virus
stage 2) run anti-spyware,try spybot to be sure(http://www.safer-networking.org/) and also ewido (http://www.ewido.net/en/)
stage 3) go to run...type msconfig > start up tab>deselect all programs you dont want to start up,this dosent stop the programs ,just the start up items
stage 4) download ccleaner (http://www.ccleaner.com/)this is a brilliant all round cleaner,its like your pc having its own little housekeeper
stage 5) do a system defrag ,go start>programs>accesories>ssystem tools>disk defragment
stage 6) look in add/remove programs...anything you dont use or can do without,remove ,also dont use more than 1 toolbar,1 anti-virus ,2 antispyware,and stick to windows firewall ,other firewalls tend to slow down your laptop
once you have done this ,restart to test the improvement,and if ok set a restore point in system restore
this will give you a good restore point if your laptop slows down again
good luck

Answer 3

Disk defragment, disk cleanup. Both native windows utils

You should also be installing and running Spybot Search & Destroy and Ad-Aware regularly. If that doesn't work I suggest a disk format and clean install

Answer 4

8 mins is too much.... If ur running any servers change them to manual start up.Change options in the programs installedso that they dont load in the system tray.

Answer 5

Download and run a computer check-up program. It will delete unnecesssary files, repair many minor problem. You might also run a Spyware Eliminator. Adware and spyware will affect your computers response time.

Answer 6

go to www.freecreed.com on the tool bar you will see computer maintainance click on that and follow the instructions also get a programme adaware its free it will get the junk of your screen good luck all the stuff you need is on freecreed.com

Answer 7

dump temp internet files, cookies often. disk cleanup and scan disk should help also. if not, try writing to zero but save any files you need.

Answer 8

defrag do a clean up empty temp and cookie ,also check you startup folder on the main menu and delete every thing in it

Answer 9

try system clean up and defragmention.you can also turn of some useless features of windows or delete some icons on your screen

Answer 10

Get a big bad dog to chase it up the street.
see how fast it runs then !