my desktop PC is running low! i tryed everything[i think]. PLS NEED HELP :(?

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My PC is running low. i bought RAM and now i have 768 MB. i've just reformatted my PC and STILL running low :(

My PC is running low. i bought RAM and now i have 768 MB. i've just reformatted my PC and STILL running low :( i've scanned my pc with 3 antiviruses and it sais that i have no viruses. i tryed formatting my pc and i tryed defragmenting it many times :(

i have 23 GB free and still having problems:(

CPU Usage is from 30% to 100%:( and PF Usage is over 200 MB :(

i bought my pc in 2003... i have an intel celeron processor with 2.20 GHz. I tryed to take out my old ram and still running the same:(

Answer 1

A lot of people have covered a lot of soloutions. Considering your specs are more than adequate I think you may have too many programs on your computer causing possible conflicts, you also could be running memory intensive programs at the same time and/or spyware/malware which won't be picked up by antivirus could be affecting your system. If you are running too many programs ,some which are very memory intensive, at the same time this will slow down the computers performance and cause high PF/CPU usage. Spyware can also lock up or slow down your computers performance. You can often find spyware is downloaded without your knowledge or consent and these programs are often badly written which causes problems all round.
Create a system restore point just in case something goes wrong, go to Control Panel - Add/Remove programs and go through the programs and uninstall any programs you don't use or recgonize. If there is spyware on your computer it may be stubborn may not be able to be removed from this section. If this is the case then download and install Ad-aware SE, Spybot search and Destroy, Spyware Blaster and Spyware Guard. The first two are free scanners which detect and remove spyware programs, trojans and porn diallers. The second two are spyware guards which protect your computer while online from Browswer hijackers (usually changing your home page or installing toolbars) and known malware attackers.
After cleaning out your system install CCleaner and Ewido (again both free) which cleans your disk space more efficiently than the disk cleanup tool that comes with windows as this will nail any loose registry enteries which may be left behind which will attempt to reinstall the spyware when restarting our computer.
Finally when your system is clear install a good firewall (I use Keiro) and run scans about every two weeks.
I hope this helps

Answer 2

See I will Give An Answere In Steps
1) Format All Your Disk if The Data Is not imp otherwise just scan for junk file and delete them.
2)Install Zone Alarm Internet Security Suite ,it is a really good software which wolud help u to figght againt hacking,ip adress loging , spyware and viruses.Scan ur full Computer again with Zone Alarm
3)If this doesnt work Try installing WIndows Again that would make a definate change in your systems performance.
4)Uninstall All the programmes that consume high memory
5) Check For Registry Errors
6)Check For Bad Sectors and Defragment the disks
7)Dont Use Illegal Software or software by unknown publisher they may contain viruses
And if all these dont work then man u need to replace your sysytem
Temme u hav P3or P4

Answer 3

When you bought ram, did you add on to what you presently have? If so, your old ram could be bad.

Since you've already formated and reloaded the only thing you can try is to rewrite the Master boot Record of the hard drive. You can do this with the dos command 'fdisk /mbr' or by placing the operating system install CD into the drive and booting to it. As soon as you're given the option, use the 'Repair with recovery console' and run a 'FIXMBR' command.

If you have a virus hiding in your boot record, these will get rid of it. But, I'd still look to taking out your old ram to see if it responds any faster.

Answer 4

I would suggest increasing your RAM to max. your motherboard can take. Update your XP to service pack 3. Free up more space in your system drive (Usually C:\ ). This is the lowest cost option. If you want to spend more: Along with stuff I mentioned earlier, upgrade your hard disk to a fast rpm HDD (7200RPM). This is a little more cost than the first option. My personal opinion is, instead of spending money on upgrading old equipment and having to upgrade it again and again, I would spend a little more and buy a new system altogether. I don't know your financial constraints so can't really say. Hope this helps !

Answer 5

First off when you bought the ram did you add to your existing ram or replace? If you added to your existing ram and your old ram is slower than your new ram your new ram will run at the slower speed. Take out your old ram and leave the new ram in there and see how it performs.
Next what processor do you have in your machine? How old is your machine?
It is possible that you have a slow hard disk in your machine. You may want to upgrade that to one that performs fast read/writes.
To be honest with you if your machine is old then you might want to invest in a new one rather than upgrading bits for this one to make it faster.

Answer 6

Maybe clean desktop of seldom used icons. Go to maintenance and run a disk defragment program. Scan for adware and viruses. Ad Aware is good from Major Geeks dot com.

Answer 7

try this
click the Ctrl+Alt+Delete key at the same time (they are 3 different key's)
a new window will open, on the new window click on the "performance tab"
under the performance tab check the "Cpu usage" and the "pf usage" the PF usage should be less then 500MB unless you have a bunch of programs running in the background, check these then post what you found so i can help you.
also how fast is your processor and what version of windows do you have?

Answer 8

clean your temp internet files, history and cookies, do this by going to tools up top, and click on "tools" then "internet options" in there click on clean temp files, including offline content, cookies, and history. Another biggie is your start menu, many times loads of programs load up on start, and run in the background eating up system resources. Click on start, then on "run", in there, type in msconfig click on "startup tab" and uncheck everything in there, and reboot, what you absolutely need will load itself back up. Also make sure you do a virus scan, a defrag, both of which should be done weekly. Also after all this is done, down load "spybot search and destroy" free program that gets rid of malware, run this and your system should speed up. After you do each thing, reboot, that finishes anything you have done. Good Luck!

Answer 9

1 issue is see is you have 2 anti-virus programs which is causing conflict, you will need to keep 1 and remove the other 2 (if thats the case)
you should also remove any programs that you no longer need if there is any
run disk cleaner and defrag

Answer 10

A lot of good solutions for you on here; one in particular I'd second is about the anti-virus. You must NOT have more than one a/v running, they'll fight each other!