I screened for viruses by pc cillin and web root spysweeper. I have an HP pavilian zd 7000, which came with norton anti-virus, which I had to delete to install pc cillin, would be a cause or is it my operating system?
2007-01-29 02:47:09 · 7 answers · asked by sharky191919 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
If its been awhile since you've installed your operating system I would do a format and start fresh.
Many computer experts recommend a hard drive reformat at least once a year. Reformatting the hard drive cleans out the Windows registry and removes any problem causing files.
Reformat the hard drive to return your computer to its original configuration. Reinstalling Windows and other applications after a hard drive reformat may repair previously unfixable problems.
Just my $.02
2007-01-29 02:53:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1.Unisntall Norton, maybe its hogging all system resources. Install AVG, its a great free virus scanner. Update and run scans, also run Spybot. 2.How much RAM do you have? Upgrade to atleat 1GB, more if you have many resource intensive programs. 3.Its VERY important to do drive maintenance regularly, all the symptoms you mentioned can be of an unhealthy drive. Firstly backup all data since If your drive is going for a toss, you dont want to lose everything on it. Its likely that your drive has got very badly fragmented and the sounds are coming due to the excessive disk activity. Analyze your drives and prepare for a defrag by first Uninstall programs that you dont need, burn music, movies pics etc onto DVDs ets, run a diskcleanup(get rid of temp files, recycle bin files, older restore points) and you should be able to get some space free.Most often an overloaded HDD which also gets severely fragmented becomes the cause of performance deterioration like hangs and lags while opening files and programs.If you are using the built in tool, make sure that no other program runs to interrupt its task,you need atleast 15% free space. Alternatively check out trial versions of automatic defragmenters which once installed do the job in the background without needing any manual intervention. 4.Reduce the number of programs loading at startup.
2016-03-29 08:01:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to your description,there may have some regsitry errors in your PC to cause "computer slow".You need to clean you PC.
Every time you install and uninstall software on your computer you create junk in the registry.You need to scan and clean your PC with registry cleaner.
There are some comparison and review of registry cleaners.
http://www.registry-cleaners.info
You can download and scan your PC for free.
2007-01-30 20:03:09 · answer #3 · answered by Jame 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would suggest to call your manufacturer regarding your situation. At times it can be your operating system that has too many files and in order to clean it your manufacturer has IT specialist to assist you in this matter.
2007-01-29 03:09:19 · answer #4 · answered by Nancy Rodriguez 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tell me ur ram,processor and the speed!!!
If ur ram is less than 256 than uwill have to purchase more of it
If ur speed is less than change ur hard disk.
Also consult ur vendor!!
2007-01-29 02:53:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not enough information
2007-01-29 02:50:46 · answer #6 · answered by snvffy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wt is ur ram and processor?
2007-01-29 02:50:56 · answer #7 · answered by YAHOO! Answers 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋