what could make my computer go slower and get stuck?

Question

it's not a virus.
my hard drive is 50% empty.
i installed some new games lately, all from original pakages (if that helps): cilivization IV, FIFA World Cup & Gun.

i have done this defraging thing, it's just that my computer is in hebrow so i didn't remember how it's called

Answer 1

1) not enough RAM, possibility: moderate. running lots of programs will slow your computer down as the RAM fills up in processing

2) video card too old/slow/small. Possibility: moderate. if your video card meets the min specs of the games, that's okay, but still not great. you really should have a vid card that meets and/or exceeds the RECOMMENDED specs of the game. Also, your drivers may be old. check windows updates to see if there's a new driver available under the hardware category (i think you have to do a customizable update to review the categories and choose this option).

3) Front Side Bus is too slow. Possibility: low. if your computer is older, your bus speeds are going to be lower. this means that games which rely on faster movement of data are going to run slower.

4) heating issues. Probability: low to moderate. a computer is made to operate at certain temperature ranges. exceeding these ranges is harmful to your computer and can slow it down over time. too much over heating will shut your computer down.

5) hard drive rotation speed too slow. Probability: low. the standard in hard drive rotation speed has been greater than 5400 rpm for a long time. chances are, you've got a 7200 rpm HD, but you might check just to make sure.

6) too much shiza on your comp, and too many programs running at the same time. Probability: medium to high. most people run ALOT of stuff on their computer at the same time without even knowing it. getting more RAM could help with this, or minimize the number of programs running in the background. Do you really need things like aim, yahoo, msn, skype, WMP, winamp, etc running in the background while you play a game? probably not, so exit those unneeded programs to maximize performance for programs you ARE using.

On top of checking these items, i would do the standard maintenance things like update your virus defs (you can't KNOW it's not a virus, new ones come out all the time) and scan your comp, Run a spyware detector/remover (i like adaware, personally), defrag your hard drive, error check the hard drive, and download/install windows updates (including optional updates). you should get in the habit of doing those simple tasks every one to two months, except windows updates, do that every month.

Answer 2

Yes, could be a virus because some go about un detected, also, even though you have 50% space empty, the computer still stores them, EVERYthing in the computer's history stays there no matter how you have deleted them - thats why they start to slow down through due course

Answer 3

Spyware can be the problem. Download Ad-Aware from Lavasoft and Spybot Search and Destroy. Both are free downloads. run one, then the other. I found that each will miss something. Also, I run a Registry program weekly to clean out all the crap that is no longer necessary.

Answer 4

If you are sure it is not a virus:

* Scan for bad disk sectors
* Defragment the drive
* Scan for spy wear
* Do a memory test
* Repair OS

Answer 5

I have solved this problem many times as it is usually caused by not having any cookie or spyware protection,if you do not have any find adaware in your search engine and soyware blaster both are free downloads install them and run both if this fails try clearing out your cookies from the folder in internet explorer.

Answer 6

I could be a virus, not all programs catch everything, it could also be spyware. You could add more ram to the computer and defrag the hard drive.

Answer 7

Fragementation in the harddisk can lead to slowness.
A lot of start-up items can also lead to this.

Defragment the drives.
Start-up items do this

Go to start->Run->
Type msconfig
From start-up click disable all
Restart the computer

Answer 8

cookies can do that.also go into the add and remove there might be things on there your not using i would get rid of some of that stuff.also defragnated files.do you have ad ware remover or spy ware remover this will do that to if you don't have this go to c/net downloads. they have some good stuff to download that's free to get rid of this stuff on your computer.when your on there just type in what you need example spy ware hope this helps

Answer 9

clear the temp internet files ...empty youe trash can ,....defragment and clean disc .this will speed things up

Answer 10

a sandy road. just pulling your leg.
it is probebly a virus or your HD is a bit small