Sometimes it takes an age to do anything, though I have plenty of memory space and 4 meg broadband. Could it be anything to do with the fact that my phone line between the pc and the phone socket is a standard phone cable and not an ISDN one? I can see why this would slow down internet but why are other things like Word slow too?
2006-09-20 06:51:21 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Do a right click properties on you windows install folder... if its older than two years.... reinstall windows. All the updates, registry changes, programs installed... uninstalled.... installed... uninstalled, etc will slowly but surely cause your machine to slow down. The best thing to do is get all your files (Docs/pics/vids/music/emails) onto another form of storage, either slave another hard disk to your C Drive, use "partition magic" to shuffle your disc around and create another partition on your C drive to store your files on, buy/borrow a external USB HDD, burn it all to DVD. Then.... stick in your windows disk and hit restart. Boot from the disk, delete your C partition, create a new C partition of about 20gig, the remainder of the drive chop up into a Program area (call it "P") and a Data Area (Call it "D") and install a new copy of windows. Defragment as there's alot of empty space created during install where all the files from the disc are temporarilly stored, but then deleted. This will move the majority of the Windows install files/folders back to the front of the disc where they should be. Apply all updates from microsoft, (defrag again if you want to...?) then your virus protection. From here you leave the C drive as alone as you can. Install all other programs on the P drive, and put all you data you saved from your previous install on the D drive. If you want to keep the "My Docs" document structure you can on your new desktop right click on "My Documents" and where it says "location" change the drive letter to "D"... this will need to be done for all users of the machine and will segregate all your bulky files into a completely different partition and not use up space or interfere with the windows install.
Now any updates service packs have a fairly empty space to install themselves into. When Windows does slow down a bit, you can very quickly perform a defrag on a 20gig partition instead of possible 100+gig, knowing that you are not shuffling about bulky files or programs that have wrapped themselves around the windows system files causing the slow down. You can even within the registry edit (RUN > "REGEDIT") the default location where programs are installed (change to your P drive location)... I think its SOFTWARE > MICROSOFT > WINDOWS > CURRENT VERSION > PROGRAM FILES.... there should be a text string you can edit currently saying "C:/Program Files". Be aware that this registry edit will cause updates to Microsoft Internet Explorer not to work, you'll need to change it back temporarilly to apply the update.
2006-09-20 21:40:12 · answer #1 · answered by me92sc 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Download and install Ccleaner from the link below.
Also do a complete virus scan.
Sometimes a computer can be slow if it has'nt connected to the internet for a while, and is configured to download updates.
Look in the task manager, see if there is a process hogging processor time.
If the machine is slow when not connected to a network then there maybe something thats trying to connect and get updates.
2006-09-20 07:06:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Could be a number of things. Are you running a lot of apps the same time? Do you have too many things running in the background? If so, click on Start -> Run -> msconfig and uncheck unwanted startup programs. You could also have a virus or spyware hogging your resources. There are programs that will detect and remove these.
2006-09-20 06:58:51 · answer #3 · answered by gandalf 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
99.9% of the time your computer is slowed by spy-ware! Ill bet you have a lot of it on your computer and don't even no it. I have helped many friends with this problem and all of them had there problems fixed by installing good anti-spy soft ware and using it. try this and you will be amazed. spy-ware and ad-ware gets loaded into your computer and eats up your processing capabilities. I recommend spy-sweeper they offer two years of protection for about 29.99 on their website it is well worth it they even will scan your computer for free try it I bet you will be surprised by how much crap is on your computer. This slows you down greatly and if you get any of that attached to your memory your computer can almost become useless.Spy-bot search and destroy can help also it is a legit ant-spy program that is completely free! Personally I use both one will get what the other misses. I wouldn't surf the Internet without them. Try this I bet I will help Good luck !!!
2006-09-20 07:17:17 · answer #4 · answered by Norcalifun1 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Get a new PC with Broadband. Also don't be a Slave to the Microsoft lord. Think about Linux
2006-09-20 06:54:15 · answer #5 · answered by True B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how much RAM do you have installed on your pc. Space on your hard drive has very little to do with it. Its because you have a 4mb connection. Most connections in todays age are between 10 and 100mb. Try switch modems to a higher speed or switch isp providers.
2006-09-20 07:05:01 · answer #6 · answered by lamczyknic3000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check for spyware and viruses...also check your available physical memory in Task Manager's Performance tab...also check your hard drive space and perform a cleanup with CCleaner:
Spyware Tools:
http://www.lavasoft.nu/software/adaware/
http://www.safer-networking.org
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsdefender
http://www.merijn.org/programs.php
Anti-Virus:
http://free.grisoft.com
Cleanup:
http://www.ccleaner.com
2006-09-20 06:54:35 · answer #7 · answered by Yoi_55 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
your broadband connection has nothing to do with the speed of programmes on your computer such as word .....it sounds like you have a virus /malware or a lot of processes running in the background.........try also defraging the hard drive to see if that helps
2006-09-20 06:54:15 · answer #8 · answered by bluebottle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sucks
2006-09-20 06:59:20 · answer #9 · answered by NONAME 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When was the last time u cleaned the cookies out and did a defrag on it? If u haven't done that then try it and then see what happens.
2006-09-20 07:02:10 · answer #10 · answered by bkimbo443 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋