always looking at question and answer sites to help me with problems, at mo. i have a very slow laptop even though on broadband and read that to go to run, type msconfig ,start up then delete anything not essential to microsoft. trouble is i dont really understand any of the programs named so wouldnt know if there safe to delete or not ,hope someone knows what im on about as no expert on computers as you can gather ha!
2007-01-25 10:02:04 · 12 answers · asked by anita d 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Click start,
Click accessories,
Click system tools,
Click disc clean up,
follow instructions,
Click start,
Click accessories,
click system tools,
Click disc de-fragment,
follow instructions.
This should help.
2007-01-25 10:11:47 · answer #1 · answered by psychoticgenius 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put the name of the start up programme into your search engine and you will be taken to a web page that will tell you if it is needed or not. I'm not sure that will speed up you broadband connection though - try looking for a 'speed test' site. This will tell you how fast your connection is. Final thought - go to Microsoft and look for information on your 'prefetch' file. This makes programmes start faster but can get bunged up over time. Good luck!
2007-01-25 10:17:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You could try defragmenting; cleaning up system files; deleting temporary files and cookies...or maybe a virus scan (Norton Anti Virus is really good) will find out if there's anything affecting the speed on your laptop's system. Mine's pretty fast but i've only had it since last October lol.
2007-01-25 10:11:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hi
OK , what you are looking at is the startup softwares loading with windows , now microsoft loads ONLY what IT THINKS it needs , has to WHAT is each of them , you have to search the support pages on microsoft. Now for all the others software NO RELATED to microsoft , that depends ON THE SOFTWARES install in your laptop , now , if you want to speed a little more your laptop then you may need TO TWEAK it , for that do a search in google with the string
speed up my pc
speed up my
2007-01-25 10:11:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
AVG is free. A test was done a week ago or so that showed what programs slowed down your computer the most. Norton was #1 on the list.
2016-05-23 23:45:04 · answer #5 · answered by Barbara 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may want to clean up and uninstall programs you don't use. Spyware will clog up a lot of files delete your temp files and cookies too.
Consider getting a upgrade in memory also this will help.
www.ewido. com - works excellent on spyware removal.
2007-01-25 10:12:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
try defragment, sytem cleanup or just go through your computer and delete files you dont need, your computer may be infected with spyware but that should help, my laptop is 2 years old and is still fast.
2007-01-25 10:08:10 · answer #7 · answered by Eugene 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Try searching for sypwear and adaware. Or you may have a virus. Then try disk cleanup, or defragment it.
2007-01-25 10:12:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
in order to help you Im a afraid Im gonna need the specs of your pc
2007-01-25 10:09:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
search pcpitstop it is from pc world it will tell you all about your laptop and how to make it run better
2007-01-25 10:11:25 · answer #10 · answered by idhard2find&looking 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋