where can I download a program for free to make my computer faster and not freeze up so much free dnld &fx

Question

my computer is freezing and running slow. I have windows xp home edition. thank you in advance

Answer 1

Thats all you need is more software runnin! Pay attent to below!
Things that slow your system down!
1. Computers basically have two types of memory. Ram and Rom. Lets start with Rom. Read Only Memory is a storage place where files, programs, music, pictures, etc are stored. An example of Rom is your hard drive. Next comes Ram or Random Access Memory. This area of memory is where your files and programs are moved to when you use them. You give the computer a command to play a game or maybe to listen to music or perhaps even do your math for you. You click an icon or program and the processor or brain finds that data on the hard drive or cd and loads it into ram. Ram is the place where most all of your programs and files run when you are using them. The processor then controls the ram and runs the software you have chosen. Now lets say you have 100 megabytes of ram in your system. You decide to edit some photos and you start your photo program which takes 40 megabytes of ram plus 5 megabytes to load the picture you edit. You now have 65 megabytes of unused ram. You decide to fire up your media player and play a selection of songs. The media player decides it needs 40 megabytes for the player operation itself plus another 20 megabytes for the stored album you want to play. We now have a total of 5 megabytes of unused ram. You decide to fire up Weather bug or google earth or some other software and its asking for another 20 megabytes of ram. You are now choking the death out of your rescources and what do you think the system will do? Any number of things can happen including simple system shutdown. Most users seem to think that they need everything but the kitchen sink running when they start their system and then scratch their bum and wonder why their system is running so slow. A few examples of software that loads on startup would be winzip, your audio mixer, music download programs, etc! You DO NOT need this crap running! Weatherbug for instance eats up about 20 megabytes of ram just sitting there not being used! Winzip takes another 5, Close down applications you arent using!

2. Viruses, adware, trojans, malware, and hijackers! NOTHING ON THE NET IS FREE! It all comes at a cost to the user! PORN SITES, GAMBLING SITES, FREE MUSIC DOWNLOAD SITES, FREE GAMING SITES, PEER TO PEER file sharing sites, etc are FILLED with this crap! Some of it simply redirects your search to a page they make money off of or hijacks your homepage, some of it constantly monitors what you are shopping for. Have you ever wondered how uncanny it is that you browsed the net for a new digital camera and the next day you were spammed to death with camera ads in e mail or have started receiving digital cam popups? Some of it simply is full of malware and viruses that will destroy data and in severe cases wipe out your hardrive!

3. I have heard everybody and their brother claim that their system is free and clean of adware. Adware removal tools are good to have but there isnt any one that will detect all adware! I dont care if its free or cost you a hundred dollars! Think about it. Adware is being produced daily. It takes the average adware removal company 2 months to even realize that there is a new piece of adware. Now they have to develop a tool to remove it! Theres another month! How much hidden crap is really in your sytem?

4. One of the biggest problems is anti virus software. It keeps your system safe alright but in the process it slows you down sometimes even worse than the original problem did! On the other hand, if you are using anti virus software and its NOT slowing you down, it isnt doing its job! If you use your system wisely, you dont need to run your antivirus software all the time!

Bottom line....the best system protection comes from the users own common sense! If you browse the net wisely and follow the simple ideas above you will find your system runs far better! Dont get me wrong....do use your adware removal tools.....keep them updated and when they tell you something is trying to enter your system DONT IGNORE IT! Dont waste money on adware removal tools either! The best is still free! Spybot, Spyware Blaster, Adaware, etc are all excellent choices!

Answer 2

Well, based on the way you asked the question, I assume that your PC used to run faster. There are some free downloads that may help, I suspect you have both spy ware and viruses. However, the better software does cost some money. Personally, I use Panda Titanium 2007, which is a spy ware blocker and anti-virus as well as a fire wall.
If you want to try the free software first, try searching on ZDNET.COM You will need both a program to find and kill spy ware and one to find and kill viruses. You should be able to get a decent spy killer for a free trial, but a good virus killer will most likely cost some money. Once you check the retail prices, check on line with e-bay for the same items, sometimes you can really come out ahead.

Freeze and blue screens of death. There can be several causes for this, again, I suspect that a virus is on your system. You may also have drivers that need to be update. But, before updating the drivers, make sure that you have eliminated all viruses and spy ware.

Finally, you may just have to little memory; that would be RAM memory. Programs like XP eat up a lot of RAM space, if you are trying to work on multiple files especially with programs that eat a lot of power (CPU speed) and RAM memory, then you may need to add memory. Personally, I run a 3.2Ghz P4 with 2gb of RAM. I need that much since i usually am running several programs including video editing, talk about power hungry programs! For most users 1Gb of RAM is plenty and if you really just websurf, then 512mb would be enough RAM to do the job.

Answer 3

Before you look for another problem, try some simple remedies:

-Many users are not aware of how much RAM is used by wallpaper and a screensaver full of graphics. They run in the background and eat memory.
- How many programs do you load at startup? Maybe you should check it out and ensure you are running just what you need.
To do this: cl Start, cl Settings, cl Taskbar and Start Menu.
-cl Start Menu, cl Customize, cl Remove.
-cl the icon for the program you wish to remove
-then cl Remove.
-This will prevent the program from loading at startup, but will not remove the program from the hard disk.
-Are you in a large file? If so, save frequently to restore full memory access. (Your work remains in memory until you “save” it to disk.)

1.Did you run an error check? Open My Computer,
Right-cl on C:, Select Properties, Tools – Run an Error Check ( checkmark “check all and fix); then run a Defrag

2.Are you using Yahoo Toolbar? Run a full Norton Antispy.

3.From IE, click Tools, Internet Options
delete cookies
delete files (offline files)
clear history (set days to save to 0 if you want)
click o.k., and Restart

3.click Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools – run Disk Cleanup

4.click Start, Run ipconfig renew (type ipconfig space renew)

All these things should be done regularly. The more frequently they are run, the less time they take.
-Note: Games and videos are mostly graphics. Graphics create large files. If this doesn’t help, you should consider getting more memory.

Answer 4

Tuneup Utilities 2007

Answer 5

download utorrent from http://www.utorrent.com/ and search using the search boxin utorrent for registry cleaner and speed it up extreme download those two programs make sure when you download the they have cracks so you dont have to pay for a full version andyeh they should fix errors on your computer

Answer 6

Try deleting your temporary files and defragmenting before you download something else that may just end up taking up more space.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

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Answer 9

TuneUp Utilities 2007
Great program. it has everything to tweak ur system.