my computer seems slow how can i speed it up?

Question

my computer freezes up when using it allso takes a while to do opperations asked of it

Answer 1

Add some RAM to your computer.

Answer 2

Clean your hard drive of unused files, spyware, adware, ect.
Add more RAM.
Replace your CPU with a faster one.
Make sure you don't have too many programs running at once when you start up your computer.

IF YOU DELETE UNUSED FILES, BE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DELETING!
People screw up their computers all the time by deleting important system files because they don't know what they are.

Oh and don't let anyone convince you to download some program that supposedly increases the speed of your computer. Because it won't. No software will ever speed up your computer unless it removes viruses, adware or spyware.

Answer 3

Follow these steps.

1. Make sure your Hard drive is not full. If it is full, remove un-used programs, and backup old data to CD, or some other form of backup media.

2. Run Scan-disk, and a full Defrag.

3. Run both your virus scanner and your maule ware scanner.

If this doesn't speed it up, your system might be corrupted to the point, were you need to back it up, and reformat it.

Good luck.

Answer 4

Try defraging first then clean cookies and internet files. If that doesn't work delete some old programs not in use anymore. You can also reformat your hard drive to speed things up. If none of this works I suggest throwing it out and getting a new one. And above all else, stop downloading porn!

Answer 5

To really trouble shoot the issue I would have to know what you are working with: model of pc, ram, operating system version and service pack, amount of memory (RAM) and then know what programs you are running. It is not wise to just go through your ad/remove programs in the control panel and start removing them just because you don't know what they do you might end up removing a program you need. It might be a multitude of reasons that are causing your system to be slow and react slowly.

Answer 6

First of all go to the control panel add remove programs and check if there is any programs you do not need or want and remove them. Secondly go to internet options and properties and delete temporary files this helps. Also check there are no memory hungry applications that start when you boot up that you do not need you will need to go to adminstration tools, services and disable or allow manual intervention when you want them. Often this is the cause if you do CTRL ALT DEL and check the processes being used you will see what is memory hungry.

Answer 7

put in the mx of ram you can put in on it 1024 or 2048 is good and use good anti spyware to temove all spyware and have anti trijan software on the system clean the system when you know that the explorer is slowing down or your anti software tell you that you have spyware /trojan/virus on the system , try this


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Answer 8

★★ SPEED UP DSL ★★

◙ Your PC may not be setup properly to take full advantage of broadband speeds. Modifying your configuration to maximise performance is known as tweaking. For many users, tweaking is a misnomer as it implies subtle improvements. Fixing huge problems is more accurate!

☞ http://www.dslreports.com/tweak/

◙ Google Web Accelerator is an application that uses the power of Google's global computer network to make web pages load faster. Google Web Accelerator is easy to use; all you have to do is download and install it, and from then on many web pages will automatically load faster than before.

☞ http://webaccelerator.google.com/

◙ Here is more information about speeding up DSL.

☞ http://www.google.com/search?q=speed+up+dsl


★★ SPEED UP DIALUP ★★

◙ If you have a dialup internet connection there are several things you can do to make it faster.

◙ A NORMAL 56KB CONNECTION

◙ Get and internet service provider that has a firewall on their server as part of the service. If you have a firewall installed on your own computer disbale it and use the one on their server. This will speed it up some.

◙ Scan for viruses,trogans, worms, spyware, adware, malware everytime before connecting to the internet. This will speed it up even more.

◙ Click on START BUTTON > CONTROL PANEL > MODEM SETTINGS. In there look for a dropdown menu with your modem speed in it. If it is set at 56kb and there is one for 112kb click on that. If this causes trouble go back to 56kb.

◙ HIGH SPEED DIALUP CAN BE AS MUCH AS 3 TIMES FASTER THAN NORMAL DIALUP

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◙ More information about that.

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Answer 9

1. defrag
2. remove old, unused files
3.scan for virous or spayware (www.lavasoft.com)
4. get ram

Answer 10

here are some usefull links from a web site that helped me once with a computer related problem

http://www.helpero.com/Questions-and-answers/Computers/Windows/How-do-i-optimize-speed-up-windows_715.html

http://www.helpero.com/Questions-and-answers/Computers/Software/How-can-i-free-up-the-unused-ramm-from-my-computer_2002.html

http://www.helpero.com/Questions-and-answers/Computers/Windows/How-to-disable-the-indexing-service_1387.html

http://www.helpero.com/Questions-and-answers/Computers/Windows/How-can-I-speed-up-my-computer-s-shutdown_6957.html

http://www.helpero.com/news/Computers/Windows/How-to-keep-your-PC-working-at-full-power_22.html