I'm not a computer literate person, so please help me out in a way a 13 year girl can understand.
My computer is and dumber than I am! It freezes all the time, it's always delayingslowing my typing, and programs are taking longer to load. What's the problem? The programs often "Stop Responding" and I often get a pop-up saying, the "Virtual Memory is too low". I've tried what I can; deleting programs I don't use, scanning it with virus protecters and spyware protecters, but nothing has worked. Puh-lease help! Thanks!!
2006-11-21 05:36:35 · 6 answers · asked by Dollykins 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Right click on you Hard drive (C:\)
properties
Click on Tools Tab
Do the disk Cleanup.
Download CCleaner.
http://filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/
Install, run, it will delete a lot of temporary files, play around with the options.
2006-11-21 05:47:57 · answer #1 · answered by Fez 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The easiest thing to do is list your Operating System, if it is windows XP then go to my computer; then click on the c drive, then click "windows", then click "prefetch" press ctrl+A and then SHIFT+ delete. This will clean out the prefetch and speed up the computer. I recommend doing this weekly. Also clean out your temporary internet files. To do this open internet explorer, then "tools" then "internet options" under temporary internet files there are three buttons, click "delete cookies" after that completes, then click "delete files". This too will help you speed up the computer. There are some other things too that can be done, but I would have to get into an IM conversation to walk you through them.
2006-11-21 13:56:53 · answer #2 · answered by Shadow Hawk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Working with a slow computer can be time consuming as programs/ applications take a long time to start. This problem is more pronounced in computers which have been used for 6 or more months. More information at http://fixit.in/slowcomputer.html
2006-11-21 20:53:08 · answer #3 · answered by RAS 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, check to be sure that you don't have spyware/malware on your system. This is one of the biggest culprits when it comes to slowing a system. If your computer is not at its maximum memory capacity, upgrading memory is often the single best bet for the money in terms of getting better speed.
2006-11-21 13:45:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
best idea would be to just format the machine and this will give the machine a good cleanup, or u could install a program called system mech pro6 from http://www.iolo.com
it has a 30 day trail but worth using.
2006-11-21 13:44:46 · answer #5 · answered by Paultech 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm 13 too but all ou need to do is not go on unsafe websites,not to click too many places then the computer slows down.
2006-11-21 13:44:51 · answer #6 · answered by vv 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋