I have a DELL computer running on Windows XP service pack 2. Its performance has gotten steadily worse and I don't know how to fix it, besides running Disk Cleanup like 20 million times.
2007-01-04 07:14:47 · 5 answers · asked by JBK123 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
A clean computer is key to a faster computer. Run the 3 scans below.
Update and run your Anti-Virus program. Don't have one? You can run a free online scan from Trendmicro. When I have tested it it takes some time to run it but it may be time well spent if it can fix any problems.
Download and run http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
Download, update and run Spybot---http://www.safer-networking.org/ . Don't forget to use the Immunize feature.
Download, update and run Adaware---http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/products/select_your_product.php
Now lets clean up your registry.
Download RegScrubXP--http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?d...
Safely cleans junk out of the Windows 2000/XP system registry. All changes made to the registry are fully restorable to it's original condition. You can make an exclusion list of registry entries that RegScrubXP will not display as problems. You can sift through a list of file extensions, company names, run upon startup programs, Internet Explorer history, and uninstall programs to delete what you think is junk.
Download CleanUp---http://www.stevengould.org/software/clea...
Free disk space, make your computer run better/faster and protect your privacy - all in one easy solution. All for free!
Now lets clean up your disk.
Do a Disk Cleanup and Disk Defrag. You can find both of them by following the path below.
Start>all programs>accessories>system tools>Disk Cleanup. Let it do its thing. You can check every box that has something to delete.
Now follow the same path and do a Disk Defrag. Again just let it do its thing.
Now lets tweak your connection.
There are many programs out there to do this. I will give you 2 of them.
The first one is TCP Optimizer.
Description: The TCP Optimizer is a free, easy Windows program that provides an intuitive interface for tuning and optimizing your Internet connection. There is no installation required, just download and run.
http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php...
You can get support for the best way to set it up right from their forum http://forums.speedguide.net/
The second one is Cablenut.
Windows XP tested and approved
CableNut is a tool for optimizing your Internet Connection. We have provided a way to tweak any option you may want to in the adjuster. You can load "CableNut Custom Setting" files that are included with the program to tweak your Internet connection.
http://www.cablenut.com/
Again support is available right from their forum.http://www.broadbandnuts.com/index.php?p...
2007-01-04 07:42:38 · answer #1 · answered by rlh242424 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm assuming you use this comp for the internet often right?! Have you cleared your history, cookies, temporary files?! Try that for one. Do you store alot of pictures on this comp? If so they take ALOT of memory and could be a contributing factor! Also, do you have alot of games ont his comp, they take memory as well!
Clean up the computer from unused items and you can also have more memory added if none of the above helps! Good luck!
2007-01-04 15:29:30 · answer #2 · answered by jen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To begin with, I'd suggest downloading a free program such as AdAware to snoop out spyware and other crap your system probably has. You may want to delete your temporary interent files if you haven't already. Unless you absolutely need your cookies, delete them too, though AdAware should catch the nasty ones.
2007-01-04 15:26:35 · answer #3 · answered by SkewsMe.com 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as stated above --the number one reason computers slow down is memory usage---spyware uses memory but so will anything else running--do a msconfig from start-- run --click start up on top--uncheck all programs you may not need running--click apply--then ok--also run your virus scan
2007-01-04 15:37:57 · answer #4 · answered by LOU 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
clear out your cookies, history, webpages,
start your windows internet explorer click on tools. preferences, click on delete cookies, delete files. and anything else, then close down explorer, click on start, programs, accessories, scandisk let it scan your hard drive for faults then defrag and defrag your hard drive,
defrag can take hours or minutes depending on how messed up the hard drive is
2007-01-04 15:34:54 · answer #5 · answered by Carling 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋