It takes several mins to boot up,and also several mins to connect to my 1 meg broadband.If it connects first or even third or fourth time.I get about 30 k/sec instead of 1meg/sec.
It is a pentium 3 with 13 gig c drive and I have just doubled the RAM to 262 meg,that cost £25.That seemed to help for about two weeks then it went even slower than it was before.
I regularly empty the temp internet files and the temp folder.There is about 2.5 gig of the c drive used. I even paid a company called registryfix to "fix" about 250 apparent problems on the computer,but still was extremely slow.Thier tech support was rubbish and I eventually got my £27 back.I have done scandisk and defragmentation several times...absolutely nothing works.So before I put a sledgehammer through this £700 worth of computer I thought I would see if anyone else might have any ideas.......HELP PLEASE !!!!
2006-10-07 11:56:47 · 13 answers · asked by Bob B 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Do as others have suggested with the virus and spyware then get 'clean-up' and or 'ccleaner' both of which are free,they will clean stuff that you never knew was there!!! http://www.stevengould.org/software/cleanup/ http://www.ccleaner.com/
2006-10-07 12:09:53 · answer #1 · answered by abitofchange23 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Firstly did you say 13GB hard drive? If yes then this is too small. You need at least 40GB Hard drive. You say you have just doubled RAM to 256 meg ok but again you should aim for 512meg at least....The Ram and the small capacity Hard Drive is what is making you PC so slow and slow on the internet. Just because you've got 1 meg broadband doesn't mean you computer can handle it. If you can't increase th RAM again.. I suggest you buy an External Hard drive and store most of what you need on this (buy the largest capacity you can afford) This should help with both the slow RAM speed and the HD capacity. £700!! How old is your PC!!
2006-10-07 12:10:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally I use Lavasoft's Ad-aware. It is fantastic. It scans for spyware adware, lets you decide which to keep/delete, and lets you do so. It has an update feature that lets you keep it updated as often as you like. I run the scan daily after every days activity. It always finds something even though I'm carefull with my machine and my surfing. It will get cookies, things in the registry, executable programs, you name it. It drops the hammer on spyware/adware and this version is free: http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php OR you can buy a copy with even more features but I've had great success with the free version.
2006-10-07 12:07:40 · answer #3 · answered by american_fellow 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would install Windows Defender if you have not already done so and I would install AVG. Both are free and excellent. Also this might sound rather obvious but have you Defraged your hard drive?
My Computer - Right-Click the drive - Properties - Tools - Defrag
Has this answered your question?
2006-10-07 22:18:31 · answer #4 · answered by Siu02rk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are running pentium 3 thats why, yu should get a centrieo or dual core(i assume you are running windows xp or elese the computer is not goung to work well witth any other procser...sorry)...also, you should buy a new computer, or get 1 gig of ram, if that dosen't work the computer is junk!!!!!!!!
2006-10-07 12:05:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you may have "Indexing files " on. That would take snapshot after snapshot of your hard drive to make searching them faster.
open My computer and right click on your Hard Drive properties.
if checked, uncheck the "indexing files ...." and choose "all subfolders"
it will take a lot of time depending on the size of the drive.
also "System Restore" will slow u down, but i don't know if it's a good idea for you to turn it off
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2006-10-07 12:07:26 · answer #6 · answered by luca m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dont worry, you dont have the slowest... I do! Bought it only 2 yrs ago for over 1500$ and it takes forever to open the internet explorer window... and i've checked it for spyware and viruses and supposedly there are none... good luck!
2006-10-07 12:05:34 · answer #7 · answered by Michelle T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
firstly what person in their right mind would pay £700 for a pentium 3 with 135mb RAM and 13gb HDD when you can buy an insane pentium 4, 1gb RAM and 120GB HDD for £249 from ebay, mate i am sorry to tell you but your a loony
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AM2-3400-1GB-DDR2-DVDRW-200GB-SATA2NVIDIA-NForce-6100_W0QQitemZ300032818479QQihZ020QQcategoryZ179QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
here is a prime exmple with even better specs
2006-10-07 12:12:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
its the pentium 3 thats the problem, its a olde processor and not very compatible with win xp.
2006-10-07 23:51:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
check for spyware, then go to start, run. type in msconfig. In the window that pops up, uncheck "load startup items". Apply it, hit ok, then reboot. it almost always helps. also, try reinstalling drivers for your network card.
2006-10-07 12:00:56 · answer #10 · answered by smalldogmotorcycles 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋