computer problems please help?

Question

my computer is running so slow i have a cable modum i have defraged it i have checked for viriuses and it still is going slow i have like 75% free space what can i do???

Answer 1

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 and surfing online you create junk in the registry.You need to scan and clean your PC with registry cleaner.Good Regisry Cleaner will improve your PC and Internet performance dramatically.It even can speed up your PC by 300% or more!
There are some comparison and review of registry cleaners.
http://www.TheRegistryCleaners.info

You can download and scan your PC for free.

Answer 2

Try these tips. They should help out your situation.

A major cause of slow PC's is fragmentation of the hard drive.
You need to defragment the HD at least once a week if not more depending on how much you use your computer, and what you do with it.

One way is to use the defragment utility built into Windows XP. It is slow but does the job rather well. Go to:
Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools and then click on System Defrag to run the tool. It may take several hours, so let it run overnight or simply walk away from your PC for a few hours.

A great program for defragging automatically is Diskeeper. It costs $30 but is well worth it. Go to http://www.download.com and search for Diskeeper. Read the Publishers Description and the Editor and User reviews. It can be scheduled to run automatically as the program deems necessary, and if you are using your PC and the program launches itself, it will take a backseat to whatever you are doing and give you the priority for CPU usage. I think you'll agree it's a good program to have. It precludes your needing to remember to defrag at regular intervals.

Another major cause of a slow PC is programs that are running in the background. Here's another really good Microsoft tool. It’s called Autoruns and it was written by SysInternals who were recently bought up by Microsoft.

Before you download the program create a folder under program files called Autoruns. Leave Windows Explore open.

Launch Internet Explored and go to the following Microsoft web page.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/autoruns.mspx

Go to the bottom of the page and download the Autoruns program. After it downloads open the file. It is a Zip file. Unzip the file and you will see 4 files. Drag and drop those 4 files to the Autoruns folder you created under Program Files.

Once you have the 4 files in the C:\Program Files\Autoruns folder you can double click on the file titled “autoruns”.

This will bring up a window with several tabs at the top. Click on the “Logon” tab. It will list the programs that are running on your PC and eating up resources. Look them over carefully and turn off any that don’t absolutely have to be running. Simply click on the “check mark” in the little box beside the program name. Clicking on it will remove the check mark. Once you have edited the Startup list, click on Apply and then on OK.
NOTE: Leave items that show Windows; System 32; Program Files; etc. alone. Shutting them off may cause some things not to work.

Once you have exited the window, reboot your PC for the settings to take effect.

WARNING: Don’t go into the other tabs and start deleting things. You will probably give yourself major headaches if you do that. Stay focused on the “Logon” List only.

Another good thing to have is a little program called FreeRAM XP Pro. It is free and is available from http://www.download.com This program puts a little RAM meter on the System Tray and shows how much RAM you have remaining that you are not using at any given time. I think you may be surprised at how little RAM you have to run other programs. Also, once it is installed you can right click on the little meter, then click on RESTORE and it will open the RAM display window. You can tweak the settings so it will display your CPU usage also. Then just click “Minimize” and then “To System Tray” to return to the Task Bar.

What happens when you run out of or run real low on RAM is that the OS recognizes the low or no RAM situation and starts using a section of your hard drive as memory. This is called virtual memory, or a swap file. The PC is constantly writing and reading from your HD. Comparitively, it is a very slow process. Check your motherboard manual and determine how much RAM each slot can hold. It will also tell you what type of RAM you need. You can also go to http://www.crucial.com or http://www.4allmemory.com and run their analysis utility to determine what kind and how much RAM is installed in your PC. Depend on your MoBo manual to determine the RAM limits of each slot though.

Hope this helps

Answer 3

Be realistic about "114,000 Microsoft Virus Definitions" and that if you have a computer runing Microsoft, instead of any of the 700+ FREE, immune OSes, and it goes surfing to kid games websites, or to myspace, youtube, almost any websites, etc., just opening up the website gives you virus from some of the content! Virus slows down the system, opens backdoors, sends your private data out to the spammers, and floods all your friends with spam email from your email address!

Solutions, thinking "inside the Microsoft box": AVG, SpybotS&D, Lavasoft Adaware, Shootthemessenger, must all be on your Microsoft computer. Seek at google in a search.

Solutions, thinking "outside the Microsoft box": grab the FREE http://pclinuxos.com that is totally immune to all the "114,000 Microsoft Virus Definitions", and let it boot and run in the CDrom for all the kids to visit the Internet kid sites.

It is also upto 50X faster, PLUS contains 1900 FREE games and programs, but, it doesn't mess with the hard drive, unless you decide to install it on 6Gb of the hard drive space, as a seperate partition, dual booting with the crapware windoze system, or you just 'plonk' the windoze virus magnet entirely.

Huge forum and help files so noobs have sources of instant help.

Smart mom's think 'outside the box', and friends don't let friends use virus magnet crapware. Yahoo.com and Hotmail.com runs FreeBSD! 84% of the Internet is on 'Nix servers! Source(s): http://pclinuxos.com

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http://distrowatch.com

http://yolinux.com

Answer 4

check if your hard wares are fully compatible, make sure drivers are installed correctly,check the "start up" items in the program menu if too many soft wares start with windows,then upgrade your antivirus soft to the latest version,good luck