i have roadrunner, but puter is slow. have deleted cookies and history. it has a delay. what can ido?

Answer 1

If you don't want to spend much:

1) Make sure you don't have viruses and spyware. Update your protection and install your Windows updates. If you don't have spyware protection, find some. Lavasoft's Ad-aware and Spybot Search & Destroy are two free ones that are pretty good--get both if you don't have anything.
2) Check how full your hard drive is and your virtual memory settings. This is especially important if you multi-task.

If you want a hardware upgrade:

1) Even a cheap new computer is probably better than what you have, at $500-$700, get a new one;
2) How are you on hard-drive space? If you don't have enough to use virtual memory effectively, your computer will crawl. Delete stuff, defragment, or buy a better hard drive.
3) A faster processor wouldn't hurt, but take care of drive space issues first.

If your computer doesn't seem as bad as your connection is (does it work fast when you aren't on the internet?), inspect your wiring/network to be sure you don't have a frayed wire slowing you down.

Answer 2

Is the computer slow or the internet connection slow?

If the connection is slow, try rebooting the modem using whatever procedures you have for this. There's been a huge amount of network traffic trying to hack into always-on machines. Rebooting the device will obtain a new IP address (provided you don't have a static address) and hopefully speed things up.

If it's your computer, try any/several of the following:
1) Check and remove spyware (get adaware or spybot)
2) defrag your hard drive or free up space
3) get more memory or turn off services

Some of the above would require more details to know if they'll really help.