Laptop too slow lately- what to do?

Question

I bought my laptop approx 6mnths ago and the past two weeks its bcome extremely slow, sometimes i wait for 10 minutes before it opens up a program. When i play games and on the net everythings in slow motion most the time.
Why is it doing this and what can i do to speed it up again?

Answer 1

First you should clean up the cookies, internet history, and tempory internet files. Tpo do this right click on the desktop shortcut to internet explorer, than go to properties and there will be a clean up for the history, cookies and tempory internet files.

THan you should run a disk cleanup to get rid of any un necacarrey files on your compuuter. To do this click start, accessories, system tools, than disk clean up. Than select drice C to clean up and click ok.

Once that has finished defragment the computer. To do this click on start, programs, accessories, system tools than disk defragmentor. THan once it has opened click defragment. THis could take a long time.

To keep your computer runnung at it's optimum speed you should do this about once a month.

Also tio keep your computer going fast be shure to shut it down when you stop using at the end of each day, don't just go into standby or hibernate.

If this does not work and the computer is no more than two or three years old you could add more Ram to it, but if the computer is more than three or four it's not worth it

Answer 2

CAUSE

This issue occurs if one of the following conditions is true: • You have spyware or malware running on the computer.
• You have viruses that are running on the computer.
• You do not have sufficient free space on the hard disk.
• You do not have sufficient random access memory (RAM) installed on the computer.
• You have corrupted or outdated drivers.
• You have too many files in the Recycle Bin or temporary folders.

RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, use one or more of the following methods.

Run a current anti-spyware program on the computer
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/...
http://www.winpatrol.com/
http://www.lavasoft.de/ms/index.htm...
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index...
http://pestpatrol.com/

Run a current virus scanning program on the computer
Remove unused programs, increase the size of the hard disk, or remove programs from the hard disk so that you can install the programs on another hard disk
Upgrade the RAM

Examine Device Manager for old drivers and update them
Drivers can become outdated and possibly damaged to the point where they slow the system performance. To examine Device Manager for old drivers, follow these steps: 1. Click Start, click Run, type the sysdm.cpl in the Open box, and then click OK.
2. Click the Hardware tab, and then click Device Manager.
3. Right-click the device, and then click Properties.
4. Click the Driver tab.
5. Compare the driver version on the Driver tab with the version information about the latest version of the driver that is released on the manufacturer's Web site.
To resolve the problems that are caused by corrupted or outdated drivers, install the latest drivers

Run the Disk Cleanup tool
To start the Disk Cleanup tool, click Start, click run, type cleanmgr.exe in the Open box, and then click OK.

Answer 3

You need to first remove all ad ware/spy ware/walware and then do a disk cleanup.
I use Ad Aware as I find it to be the most effective - link below
Then go to start>programs>system tools> disk cleanup. Have it remove all temporary internet files and anything else that is in the window.
Then run a virus scan and a disk defrag just to be *angelic look* good.

Answer 4

How much is your harddrive's capacity, ie, 3GB, 60GB, 120GB. Also your RAM is a factor, 128, 256, 512MB. You might even be plagued by a virus or spy ware. My daughter used Limewire (against my husband's wishes) and cought a virus. There are tons of possibilities for this issue. Also look to see what all you have running at the same time. I have to shut down my photo center for faster internet speed.

Answer 5

AD-aware - personal
avg antispyware
spybot search and destory
anitspyware blocker
A-squared
spyware doctor
xoftspy

you download them . then you run 1 at a time to scan ur pc . use deep scan with them all .when found spyware or addware .malware .trojan in da scan . just hit on delete.also have registry machanic . that will clean up ur pc registry you want to use a good anitivurs .. Kaspersky .antivirus is verry good .when you have scan ur pc .and remove da malware . then start pc in safemode and scan da pc again as in safe mode it will do a even more deep scan for spyware or malware or trojans you will not need to format da pc at all you can remove any spyware or trojan malware in da way i told you how to it is easy

Answer 6

ok well..first dont play games on any site..becuz some sites slow down ur computer by saving things in there...next...click on ur internet and click tools then go down to internet options then click on delete cookies and delte files and clear history.that will erase the things where u type in a site like lets say.. where u type in yahoo.....www.yahoo.com ..where u put that...it erases eevrything except ur home page...which is good to have yahoo...it doesnt slow down ur computer..good luck.........

Answer 7

Try a disk cleanup

Answer 8

examine the approach you're working, and make certain you dont have any exterior units related on your pc. make certain you're actually not blocking off the air vents and get rid of any airborne dirt and dust.