Even when I type this question I have to wait for it to catch up, and then it keeps flagging up programs not responding then it sends an error report. Any ideas what I can do to speed it up, it was fine yesterday.
2007-01-23 17:51:25 · 12 answers · asked by honeybell 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Windows XP monitors the programs you use and regularly rearranges files so that your most frequently used applications can be loaded quickly. This process is known as prefetching. There are various adjustments that you can make to this by adjusting your system settings or tweaking the registry, but most are of negligible benefit: the single best thing you can do is defragmenting the prefetch data, so it will run more efficiently.
Click Start > Run and type “defrag c: -b”. Press [Enter] and your boot files will be optimised for you.
2007-01-23 23:11:12 · answer #1 · answered by D M L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slow PCs can be caused by a lot of things for example: lack of enough ram, lack of enough free space on your hard disk, a virus, and etc.
Try the following: install more memory (ram), remove some applications from your pc like games if you have alot of them or some application programs that you don't need, try and run an anti-virus software.
If you are running a very old operating system, try and upgrade it to the newer versions (only if possible).
Good luck!
2007-01-23 18:07:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try defragmenting the hard drive, which could be causing things to run slowly. If you have more RAM available, then that will definitely help. Also, use a program like startup to close down unused background programs that run and take up memory.
2007-01-23 17:56:49 · answer #3 · answered by architectgolf 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-02 23:42:53 · answer #4 · answered by cutburth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should try to Delete (uninstall) some software, and use Ultility Pro 2006 sofware to clean up unecessary file from your PC and can make PC speed up.this sofware is powerfull it can clean up your registry & fix some problem on your PC as well with much more function.
After you do this please to Scan Virus in your PC as well.
2007-01-23 17:59:59 · answer #5 · answered by Rupp 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check your computer for viruses or press Ctrl+Alt+Delete and check the Processes tab...see which program is using more of the CPU ...System Idle Process is normal when its high....or like the other person said add more ram..
2007-01-23 17:57:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Virus? Or is a virus scan going on in the background?
Alternatively, defragment it to put all the files back in the right order.
2007-01-23 17:56:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
dowload advanced windows care it sounds like the internet cache is full and too many temp files.Use firefox its more reliable and no error messages.
2007-01-23 19:51:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
check your drive to see if you have any space. And check the Task manager to see what processes are taking up most of your mem.
2007-01-23 17:56:02 · answer #9 · answered by Aaron B 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
virus scan
spyware scan
defragment
clean cache, empty trash, etc . . .
but it's most likely spyware or a virus, that is, if it was fine yesterday . . .
2007-01-23 18:00:46 · answer #10 · answered by tedschram 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋