computer is sooo slow i cant open internet explorer? what is wrong?

Question

everytime i try to open internet explorer the computer freezes for like 30 secs then this error warning comes up and says my virtual memory is low. ive tried many ways like changing the virual memory to the recommended then changed it to 1024 it still gives the same error. i also cant open some files on the internet and my computer sometime freezes when i try to download something

Answer 1

you should tell use what processor you have, how much RAM you have, and how much disk space you hvae..you might just have an old computer.

If you have a relatively good computer, your browser is probably hijacked. and you need to scan your computer for infections.

Answer 2

how much ram is the system running? what other programs are running when you boot the system? Is your hard drive almost full? What version of windows and explorer? what is the speed of this computer?

Set the virtual memory so windows handles it. Then hit Ctrl-Alt-Delete and see what processes are running. There might be a file that is corrupt... usually it will be the one using up all the CPU resources. Hope this helps. Also put as much info about your system on future posted questions

Answer 3

You have to scan your computer through any anitvirus first then the problem with internet explorer reinstall it again but i would recommend you to use firefox rather than explorer, microsoft always have some kind of problem with explorer they probably didnt have the script written right or something wrong with the server.

Answer 4

if you are not an advance user , don't change the virtual memory space, it has very special aspects to change!!!
the best way is :
using Clean up of windows, you know it?
when the virtual memory error occured you should click on this error and choose what you want to delete (from your primary partition ,that your windows installed on it)

Answer 5

run the following two menus of ccleaner
cleaner > Analyze > Run Cleaner
Issues > Scan For Issues > Fix Selected Issues

Answer 6

Sounds like an infection of some sort. Grab and run the following, they are all free. You can get them all at www.download.com

AVG Anti Spyware
CCleaner
Ad-Aware SE
Spybot Search and Destroy

Answer 7

fdisk,format reinstall.. bad corrupt files on os and also could be a passel of viruses.. eating your ram or virtual ram.. just do it and get it over with and forget it..one of those chores that has to be done every so often like changing your oil..

Answer 8

maybe you should delete your cookies and something you downloade im computer illiterate so cant be to sure but thats what ive seen done