I have a laptop, and it was brand new in May. Recently it's been running very slow. I have 73% free space on my hard drive. I keep losing internet connection. I have wireless roadrunner internet. I posted a question to increase my "virtual memory"...I had a notification that it was low for some reason. I tried to do a system restore, but my computer will not let me go back to past dates for some reason. I thought doing a system restore would take care of any problems. I was going to take the system back to June. I don't have anything installed I worried about losing. What do you think I should do?? Over all, my system is running slow, and keep losing internet connection.
2006-11-09 23:34:09 · 6 answers · asked by LARGE MARGE 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
I had a similar problem and the thing that did the trick for me was to have it checked by a program like ad aware for memory resident ads, worms etc and then do the same with an anti-virus program like Norton anti virus. I hope that helps
2006-11-09 23:43:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you got a notification from Windows that it was running low in virtual memory then that is a strong indication that you have some software running that is consuming a lot of memory. I would suggest you open up the Windows Task Manager (right click on the Task Bar and select Task Manager), then click on the Processes tab to see all running processes, click on the Mem Usage column heading to sort the processes by memory usage and look at the processes using the most memory (top or bottom of the list). If nothing stands out then you can use the View >> Select Columns... option to add the "Peak Mem Usage" column, click on that to sort the processes by peak memory usage and again look for something unusual.
If you don't know what a process is then just search for the process name in Google and the first 1-2 search results should tell you what application it belongs too.
You may have spyware/malware/adware on your computer that is slowing it down. I regularly run Spybot Search & Destroy (http://www.safer-networking.org/) to keep my PC free from this crud.
Another thing to look at is the software that automatically gets loaded into the background when Windows starts. It is amazing how much crud gets added over time that you aren't even aware of. For this I use StartupRun (http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/strun.html) but you can also try Windows' own msconfig utility. (Go to the Start menu, select Run... and enter msconfig in the command box).
StartupRun will allow you to disable anything you don't want run at startup. I pretty much disable everything except for Windows system services and anti-virus. This reduces the amount of time it takes Windows to startup and also generally improves system performance as I don't have unneccessary crud hogging memory, etc. until I decide I actually need them.
2006-11-09 23:49:46 · answer #2 · answered by David B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need to install a good antivirus and antispyware update them run them in safe mode do not run a restore this site tells how to clean junk out of your computer http://bartman1.blogspot.com/
2006-11-09 23:44:20 · answer #3 · answered by bsmith13421 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think your RAMs are not working with the right way
and about the internet connection it must be a spyware
maybe you should let an expert fix it to you
2006-11-09 23:40:02 · answer #4 · answered by DJ 7r3kn0 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
firs of get rid of that wireless crap stick to normal broadband or dial-up connection. u make it alot eysier for hackers near u to get into ur system. my advice back up ur files and give it a good format
2006-11-09 23:38:34 · answer #5 · answered by spectradelou 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
get your windows cd and do a "repair install" thats the second option first one is recovery should take care of it
2006-11-09 23:39:12 · answer #6 · answered by zippo091 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋