why is my computer slow??

Question

whem im online its very slow I cant even play yahoo pool cuz it soo slow. AND it used to be fast but dunno what happened.

Answer 1

Run Defrag once a month
Run DiskCleanup once a week
Run ScanDisk once a month
(all of the above are in system tools)

Get an anti-virus program(i use AntiVir) Personal Editions(PE) are free

Get an anti spy program(AntiSpyPE)

If you don't have XP get a firewall

Max out your RAM

Keep Hard Drive space over 50%

Run Microsoft Update/Mac update


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or

Your IP's connection could be crowded. if thats the case then only your internet would be slow, not your computer.
if this is the case then you may want to switch providers or call the company

Answer 2

Run Defrag once a month
Run DiskCleanup once a week
Run ScanDisk once a month
(all of the above are in system tools)

Get an anti-virus program(i use AntiVir) Personal Editions(PE) are free

Get an anti spy program(AntiSpyPE)

If you don't have XP get a firewall

Max out your RAM

Keep Hard Drive space over 50%

Run Microsoft Update/Mac update


GET FIREFOX its 5000x faster than IE
firefox.com
or

Your IP's connection could be crowded. if thats the case then only your internet would be slow, not your computer.
if this is the case then you may want to switch providers or call the company

Answer 3

You haven't provided enough details to fully troubleshoot the problem. To start, try checking for background processes running on the system. You can use (all three keys) to launch the task manager and then switch to the 'processes' tab. Sort this by clicking the 'CPU' column and see if you have anything running that shouldn't be running. It really sounds like you have a virus or some other sort of malware/adware running on your box consuming most of your processing power. If that is the case, then you're going to need to look at cleaning up the system which is beyond a simple response. If the system is so hopeless that it prevents installation of the common anti-virus or spyware prevention programs, you might be looking at a fresh installation of your operating system.

Answer 4

Using registry cleaner can fix your pc and then make your pc faster,Why?The reason is that there are some regsitry errors in your PC to cause "Computer slow".You need to clean you PC.
Registry cleaner is a powerful and useful tool to elinimate to the clutter and junk that builds up in your PC's registry from installing and removing programs, creating and deleting files and surfing online.Without regular system tune–ups,the computer will run slow, crash, full of error messages and more...Scanning and cleanning your PC with registry cleaner can make your pc fater.Good Regisry Cleaner will improve your PC and Internet performance dramatically,dramatically!
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Answer 5

Also Update Windows and your Spy-ware. Then check your whole system for problems. Theses often slow down computers.

Answer 6

Well...I don't know what type of your computer is ... is it A Pc , Mc? and what window are you using? these affect your running of the computer...May be your hardware is overload...making your computer running slow....try delete some unimporting stuff....storing too many pics or songs will eat up alot of space...May be your ram is low so you need to update and install a new ram...

Answer 7

Try defragmenting your computer. Click on start, click on accessories, click on system tools, click on defrag disc. You can schedule your computer to do this every evening, I use 3 AM. Also use the disc cleanup. This will eliminate unnecessary temporary Internet files. This should take care of your problem.

Answer 8

you probably have to much stuff downloaded in there...take it to best buy or to a computer specialist so they can re boot it and it should be back to normal...the only problem is that everything will be deleted

Answer 9

a little more detail would help.. like what kind or internet do you have.. are you connected by router or modem? wired or wireless??

maybe you should restart ur computer and modem and/or router

Answer 10

I think you might have some spy-ware ... get ad-ware removal personal from http://www.lavasoft.com .. and check your PC