How can i increase speed of my pc, it is P4-2.66Ghz, 256 MB RAM....??

Answer 1

Buy and install more RAM.
1 GB would be good.
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Answer 2

Buy more ram.
Go to memory giant.com and it will analyze your computer and tell you the max ram it can take and then you can purchase it right then. I bet you can get at least 2 gigs ram on your system and it will run WAY better. If you buy a nice video card with a ton of ram it will stop borrowing from your mobo ram also!
when you go to memory giant, it will tell you if it's SD or DDR ram. If your system is newer it will more than likely be DDR.

Also, forget the 512 mbytes of RAM go for broke..as much as you can afford. I am a big fan of max ram.
That wasn't suppose to rhyme either!

PS I always read everyone Else's after I write mine..reason for edit.

Answer 3

once you've a DDR board and offered 1gb or ram. you possibly spent more beneficial than it may have fee to construct yet another pc. both way. Your mobo has no information on it and also you want to study the guide to work out if it helps that a lot. in case you've already got it that's swifter to positioned it interior the slot of a diverse colour and take a verify out it. good click your my computing gadget icon and goto houses and word how a lot ram you've on the bottom good.

Answer 4

Please have the patience to read ALL of these:

1.Download CCleaner from http://www.ccleaner.com/ and run it once daily before shutting down your computer. It removes all the trash files that are created while surfing through the net. Use its Issues section once every 2 weeks to delete all the unused registry keys. If you have a lot of Auto Start entries, then you can remove them from its Tools>Startup. But keep the important ones like firewall and the real-time protection shields of your anti-virus and anti-spyware.

2.Keep a decent anti-virus, a strong firewall and two anti-spywares in your computer. Always keep the real time protection shield (or resident shield) of the anti-virus and one of the anti-spyware active. Update them and scan your computer once every week with both the anti-spyware and once every 2 weeks with anti-virus. I have given the links to some free and good anti-virus, anti-spyware and firewall; get them all:
AVG: http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10596553.html?tag=lst-0-1
AdAware SE: http://www.download.com/ad-aware-se-pers...
SpyBot Search and Destroy: http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/spy...
Comodo Personal Firewall: http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/d...

Never keep two anti-virus or firewall on a single system. If you are already using a good anti-virus or firewall, then you need not download the corresponding one. You can, however, use as many anti-spywares as you want.

3.Keep a virtual memory booster as an auto-start entry. It frees the clogged RAM. I use RAM Booster, which is very effective. Here is the link to download it:
http://www.download.com/rambooster/3000-...
After downloading it, follow the steps:
*. Click on Edit>Options and tick the follow options:
(a) Set auto optimisation on
(b) Show CPU usage
(c) Start minimised
(d) Launch automatically at start up
Also, increase the auto optimisation level and 'Mb of RAM to free at auto level' as per your requirement.

4.Keep at least 35% of your C: free. Transfer all the music, image and video files to other drives.

5.Defragment your hard drives (especially C:) once every month. To defrag, go to Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Defragment. It takes a lot of time (50 minutes or over) so don’t become impatient. It’s for your computer’s good.

6.Get the free Google Web Accelerator to boost up your Internet speed.
http://webaccelerator.google.com/

7.Keep your Recycle Bin empty.

8.Use minimum possible shortcut icons on your desktop.

9.If you have genuine Windows, keep it updated every month.

10.Trim down the number of games if you have way too many.

If nothing works, you should reformat your computer.

:-)

Answer 5

You can do everything in that long list above and you'll still run into the same problem.

The correct answer is to buy more ram. get at least 512MB DDR400.

Check out your old RAM though. If your old ram isn't DDR400, it will slow down your new ram

Answer 6

if ur running XP, the main things u could do are-

1) buy more RAM, make it >512MB

2) make space on the C drive by deleting files - leave more than 5 gb free - this helps windows manage virtual memory well.

3) uninstall programs that you dont need - this will make startup and normal operations faster.

good luck!

Answer 7

Your problem is Ram you need to buy more. Your processor is fast enough, the amount of ram just doesn't keep up.

Answer 8

buy more ram. yo can increase the speed by removing unwanted data

Answer 9

Try overclocking the processor and buy some new ram...yea...

Answer 10

More ram...reformat HD to kill trojans, spyware and others that built up.