Well,
. The quick fix that only lasts until you restart your computer is to press Ctrl-Alt-Del and to close any programs not currently used. The few programs you *want* to keep running are explorer and systray. These two are required. Depending upon your computer, most of the other applications may be unnecessary. Right down the names of the programs that are running when you press Ctrl-Alt-Del.
2. Many of these programs will show up as icons in the bottom right hand corner of your computer screen, by the clock. You can usually click, double click, or right click to access options on those programs. Often times you will find a disable option or something like that (exit usually just exits until your computer is restarted). Usually the programs that have these icons aren't very useful and can be removed to free up memory and speed up your computer.
3. Now you can go to your Startup folder on your Start Menu by right clicking on the Start button and going to Explore. Double click on Programs, then double click on Startup. Look for any programs that are not necessary, click on them, and press the delete key (you may want to instead drag and drop them to your desktop in case it later turns out that you need them (then you can just drag them back).
4. That only gets rid of part of them. The next process is a little more complicated. To be safe, you may want to Backup your Registry. Click Start, Run, and type regedit in the box. Double click on the folder called HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, then do the same for Software, then Microsoft, then Windows, then Current Version, then Run. These are the programs that run at startup. Before you delete any of them, be sure that you don't need them (if you backed up your registry, that shouldn't be a problem - you do need to have SystemTray though). To delete an unwanted program, just click on the Name, and press delete. You may also want to check in these folders below the Run entry:
RunOnce
RunOnceEx
RunServices
RunServicesOnce
5. Those steps should take care of most of the background processes, effectively speeding up your computer. Tools like the Microsoft Office shortcut bar can be major memory hogs, so I would also advise not using them. Good luck!
2006-11-22 18:15:32
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answered by sriram 2
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You better do it a full format and try to make more than 3 partitions of your Hard Disk. Or run scan disk from Start - Accessories - System Tools - Scan Disk.
You can also add more RAM like 512 MB and good motherboard etc.
BYE
2006-11-22 17:56:22
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answered by Imtiyaz G 4
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Make sure you have no viruses or spyware. They can slow your computer down.
Too many programs in your stratup will also impact performance. Get Miek Lin's startup control panel.
2006-11-22 17:40:10
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answered by Computer Guy 7
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too many programs running at the same time, too much in the start up, low memory, tons of junk files, do some fall cleaning, remove things you don't use, download ccleaner, it's crap cleaner, is the real name, it cleans stuff off you didn't know was on there and frees alot of space up.
2006-11-22 17:45:42
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answered by Tina of Lymphland.com 6
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Go to pcpitstop.com
Run the full test. It will give you tips on how to
make your machine faster. It will tell you what to do
like removing temp files, defragmenting, or adding memory.
Go check , its free.
Good Luck
2006-11-22 17:38:41
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answered by Anonymous
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Add more RAM. Use Crucial Memory Advisor⢠Tool to see how much it can handle.
http://www.crucial.com/
2006-11-22 17:39:48
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answered by Anonymous
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you may have cookies or a virus so ask someone who can work with you to get rid of them.
I tired to get rid of mine and the program i downloaded crashed my hard drive so BE CAREFUL
2006-11-22 17:38:58
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answered by Anonymous
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throw it out a window, it will get real fast
2006-11-22 17:38:24
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answered by dwill604 3
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add more capacity
2006-11-23 16:32:18
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answered by Anonymous
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quit downloading porn
2006-11-22 17:37:33
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answered by michaelsexton1984 2
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