One of the most common complaints you encounter when working at IT help desk job is the frustrated end-user comes to you with a ugly face saying their PC is running slow and is giving them a serious problem.
Please advice me what you can do about a slow running PC (WinXP Professional or Win2000 client or even earlier version). Please give me as much things I can try as you can think of. Thank you for helping me with my job.
2007-02-25 12:03:26 · 7 answers · asked by Born in HK 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Many things could make computer slow. slow processor, not enough ram, bad tracks on hard drive or hard drive is full need s to remove all junks. too many programs running at the same time you do not need them except when you use them so they are running and using ram. might be virus or ad ware.and the list goes on.
2007-02-25 12:19:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well with Windows 2000 and Windows XP you can attempt to update the drivers and possibly get a speed increase on it. And when I say drivers I don't mean just the Video Card or Soundcard. The speed of the machine is relative to the Core Chipset and if you don't have the right drivers installed then you generally will have a horrible time as usually nothing will be running at it's optimal configuration. The largest problem I encounter with PC's when repairing them that slow them down the worst are first Start-up programs (things that start-up when the PC does) as well as Processes running in the background which can include virii as well as adware and spyware. To combat this situation do the following. Run a good virus check (use Avast it's great and 100% free) and then after that you can go to the Start button and choose run. Then in the box type msconfig and hit enter and you'll see everything that starts up when the machine does as well as some very important options. Be careful though as changing some of the settings can cause your machine to stop working all together. Just stick to the start-up programs spot. Most things you don't use normally will be ok to shut off. Also checking to make sure the Hard Drive isn't full is a good thing since Windows uses alot of Virtual Memory to operate. And after all else fails reinstall Windows on the machine as sometimes it's the only course of action when you have so many pieces of software installed that the machine literally takes minutes to boot up. Remember the more fonts you have install the longer it takes to boot and load.
2007-03-04 08:51:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
very confusing factor query at yahoo or google it will help
2014-07-24 00:29:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
my computer was as slow as mallassas in an igloo lol so i got a registry cleaner now its wicked fast and free heres the link to download it
http://www.download.com/CCleaner/3000-2144_4-10634975.html?tag=lst-0-1
2007-02-25 20:12:30 · answer #4 · answered by michael 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell them to defragment. Spyware scans. Disc cleanup works well.
2007-03-05 18:33:38 · answer #5 · answered by Angel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy a faster PC
2007-03-02 05:50:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
download a program to manage programs that your computer starts up with, disk defragment tool in accessories, good virus protection.
2007-02-25 20:09:16 · answer #7 · answered by dustinh456 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋