what is the best program to improve the speed of my p.c. as its suddenly slowed down severely?

Answer 1

ad-aware, its free and will let you get rid of all hidden spyware on your pc. heres the site http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html?part=69274&subj=dlpage&tag=button

Answer 2

programs that speed up your p.c are just short term solutions,they speed up your p.c by sacrificing other parts of the windows operating system such as wallpapers,screensavers,and themes
the programs also mess around with registry settings and if you use the wrong program this can be dangerous
for a more realistic speed fix there are several solutions and some are quite large
1)add more memory(ram) adding more ram is the best and easiest way to speed up your p.c,windows xp has a minnimun requirment of 128mb ram but this is pathetic,you should have at least 512mb ram to run windows xp at a good speed,but i recommend 1gb to give you spare ram at all times and you wont have to use your virtual memory,thus making the computer feel better to use
2)if posible a cpu(processor) upgrade would dramatically increase your speed,but you will also have to check your motherboard socket type(a,775) and you may have to flash your bios,meaning to update your bios,you can do this yourself,but be carefull you dont make mistakes,if unsure take to a qualified technician
3)there is a brilliant program called "diskeeper" which basically cleans your hard drive in the background,by defragging and deleting unwanted files,ect...you can download a demo from http://www.diskeeper.com/defrag.asp
4)finally the main reason for a slow p.c is a old or failing hard drive,is your hard drive scrapping and whining,it may be time to replace your drive,and if you do why not change to sata interface,this is different to the ata(udma) type interface,as it uses 4 pins instead of 40 in the old type and also much faster than the older type,with sata you can also configure your drives to raid(reduntant array of inexpensive disks),by having windows on 2 disks(raid 0 ) the data can be accessed much faster
5) after a while(2 years) windows becomes so full of bugs and becomes so sluggish that a windows re-install is all thats left,one tip,although it may cost a few quid,if you are using non-genuine windows,its allways better buying a genuine copy,as there is a difference,not many belive it,but i have noticed that there are several more errors on a xp ungenuine than a genuine copy so a new version is a good investenment(or why not wait for vista)
a few simple ways to speed up your p.c is every night run "disc clean up" this can be found at local disc>properties,,also go to run and type "msconfig",this will open the configuration utility,then go to start up and uncheck any programs you dont want at start up,you can uncheck all if you need as these are only start up items and not the programs
also go to run and type"%temp%"this will take you to your temp folder then just go edit>select all>delete all
like a car looking after a p.c is a daily chore so if you allow 20 minutes a day for clean up jobs( anti-virus,anti-spyware,disc cleaning,ect)your p.c should stay in tip-top condition
follow this advice and you should have no problems
good luck

Answer 3

I think that Dr. House has give you part of the answer but there is more then one thing that will slow your computer down more the inadequate Ram. This is if your hard drive is more then 50% full. If you have a 80 Gig drive and you have more 40 Gigs of programs and fills on the hard drive you will have problems. The computer keeps an archive of deleted fills on the hard drive you cannot see this but it is there and when you open and close an application the computer write the fills and other information in the available space, your disc then becomes fragmented and slows down. you can get programs that will help you with this Norton is one be carefully if you are using a Mac.
Another thing that will affect your computer is if the hard drive is damaged and has bad blocks, this happened to a friend of my sister and she had to get a new hard drive. Try to find a Friend who know about your computer and the system you are using.Good Luck

Answer 4

Knowing what causes your PC to be slow in the first place!
Things that slow your system down!
1. Computers basically have two types of memory. Ram and Rom. Lets start with Rom. Read Only Memory is a storage place where files, programs, music, pictures, etc are stored. An example of Rom is your hard drive. Your hard drive is a storage system not unlike your basic cassette player. Next comes Ram or Random Access Memory. This area of memory is where your files and programs are moved to when you use them. You give the computer a command to play a game or maybe to listen to music or perhaps even do your math for you. You click an icon or program and the processor or brain finds that data on the hard drive or cd and loads it into ram. Ram is the place where most all of your programs and files run when you are using them. The processor then controls the ram and runs the software you have chosen. Now lets say you have 100 megabytes of ram in your system. You decide to edit some photos and you start your photo program which takes 40 megabytes of ram plus 5 megabytes to load the picture you edit. You now have 65 megabytes of unused ram. You decide to fire up your media player and play a selection of songs. The media player decides it needs 40 megabytes for the player operation itself plus another 20 megabytes for the stored album you want to play. We now have a total of 5 megabytes of unused ram. You decide to fire up Weather bug or google earth or some other software and its asking for another 20 megabytes of ram. You are now choking the death out of your rescources and what do you think the system will do? Any number of things can happen including simple system shutdown. Most users seem to think that they need everything but the kitchen sink running when they start their system and then scratch their bum and wonder why their system is running so slow. A few examples of software that loads on startup would be winzip, your audio mixer, music download programs, etc! You DO NOT need this crap running! Weatherbug for instance eats up about 20 megabytes of ram just sitting there not being used! Winzip takes another 5, Close down applications you arent using!

2. Viruses, adware, trojans, malware, and hijackers! NOTHING ON THE NET IS FREE! It all comes at a cost to the user! PORN SITES, GAMBLING SITES, FREE MUSIC DOWNLOAD SITES, FREE GAMING SITES, PEER TO PEER file sharing sites, etc are FILLED with this crap! Some of it simply redirects your search to a page they make money off of or hijacks your homepage, some of it constantly monitors what you are shopping for, have you ever wondered how uncanny it is that you browsed the net for a new digital camera and the next day you were spammed to death with camera ads in e mail or have started receiving digital cam popups? Some of it simply is full of malwar and viruses that will destroy data and in severe cases wipe out your hardrive!

3. I have heard everybody and their brother claim that their system is free and clean of adware. Adware removal tools are good to have but there isnt any one that will detect all adware! I dont care if its free or cost you a hundred dollars! Think about it. Adware is being produced daily. It takes the average adware removal company 2 months to even realize that there is a new piece of adware. Now they have to develop a tool to remove it! Theres another month! How much hidden crap is really in your sytem?

4. One of the biggest problems is anti virus software. It keeps your system safe alright but in the process it slows you down sometimes even worse than the original problem did! If you use your system wisely, you dont need to run your antivirus software all the time!

Bottom line....the best system protection comes from the users own intelligence! If you browse the net wisely and follow the simple ideas above you will find your system runs far better! Dont get me wrong....do use your adware removal tools.....keep them updated and when they tell you something is trying to enter your system DONT IGNORE IT! Dont waste money on adware removal tools either! The best is still free! Spybot, Spyware Blaster, Adaware, etc are all excellent choices!

Answer 5

You could re-format the hard drive and reinstall Windows. You could try this small freeware program which scans the hard drive and removes obsolete files and other rubbish which might be slowing your pc down.

http://www.ccleaner.com/

Answer 6

You should run virus scans and everything to see if its a virus or something of that nature that is making your computer slow. After that you could overclock your PC. Read about it in Google

Answer 7

See e-mail I sent you