My computer is running VERY slow, any suggestions?

Question

Suddenly today it started running very slow. Im not sure what to do to try and fix it. I ran Ad-Aware SE and quarantined it 3 times. Also when I open up task manager it says i have 60 processes, is that high? Im not even sure what they are. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

According to your description,there are some regsitry errors in your PC to cause "Computer slow".You run too many processes!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 to make your pc faste.Good Regisry Cleaner will improve your PC and Internet performance dramatically.It even can speed up your PC by 300% or more!
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Answer 2

So is my computer. but we've managed to fix that now....I suggest running a complete virus scan on your computer. If only your internet is running slow, you should contact your internet provider. Also, installing new programs could be a high risk to your computer. make sure you check EVERYTHING in that program before installing it.

P.S.: that ad-aware SE doesnt work on my computer. If your computer continually slows down or other problems come up, you might want to get a new computer or call a person from your computer company (i.e. Dell, HP)

Answer 3

Use a good antivirus program. Some free antivirus like AVG or ClamWin can solve your problem in case you have a virus affected PC. To find out more about what processes are running use Process explorer (suggested by PCWorld). Try uninstalling unnecessary programs or simply disabling unnecessary services from loading.

Answer 4

HAPPENS TO US ALL..TRY THESES ...

Tip #1 – Upgrade your memory. Most users will see a distinct improvement in performance when they add more memory. You’ll need to consult the vendor or the manual to know what sort of memory to buy but sites such as Crucial Technology [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] will give you all the information you’ll need. With prices around £36 for a 256MB 168-pin DIMM, you can afford to be generous. See Tip #10 for information about how to understand your system resource loading.

Tip #2 – Clean your desktop. All those icons on the desktop can slow your system. You can safely delete icons that run programs by selecting one or more and pressing the delete key. Get into the habit of running programs from the Start Programs menu instead. XP users have a Desktop Cleanup Wizard to help them clean their desktop – it’s to be found in Control Panel, Display, Desktop, Customize Desktop.

Tip #3– Clean out unwanted programs. You have probably downloaded and installed several programs you no longer need. Like spring-cleaning your kitchen cupboard, you should clear out the rubbish. There is only one safe way to do this – use the Add/Remove programs utility in Control Panel. Never try deleting folders directly.

Disk Cleanup wizardTip #4 – Clean out files no longer required. Your system is full of unneeded backup, log files and temporary files – why not clean them out to create some disk space? The Disk Cleanup Wizard will do all this and will empty the Recycle bin as well. Just select Start Menu, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Cleanup. This great wizard calculates how much space you’ll save, and allows you to delete files by category. From the screen shot here, you can see that it will free a massive 23MB of disk space on my system.


Tip #5 – Defragment your hard disk. Now you’ve freed up lots of disk space, the next step is to defragment your hard disk. As you write to your hard disk, it becomes more and more difficult to keep files stored together so a file may be split or fragmented, over several parts of the disk. This slows access to the files, causing the system to slow. Select Start Menu, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter. Remember to disable any screen savers before defragmenting or it’ll never finish.

Tip #6 – Use a decent Antivirus tool. Viruses can slow your system quite significantly as well as cause damage to files. Use an Antivirus tool such as the free AVG which can be downloaded from . Be sure to update the virus signatures regularly.

Tip #7 - Get rid of screen savers – they are not necessary and occupy resources.

Tip #8 – Don’t always rush to use the latest bloated software. For example, Office XP may have lots of bells and whistles but it’s slower than the leaner versions of yesteryear.

Tip #Windows Task Manager9 – Be sure to use the latest drivers. Manufacturers often update the driver programs for your system components eg. for your graphics card. To identify the component use Control Panel, System, Hardware, Device Manager. To find the latest driver search on the component name using a good search engine such as [Only registered and activated users can see links. ].

Tip #10 – Understand your system loading. The most common reason a Windows system slows down is when you’ve used every byte of physical memory (RAM) and Windows has to start paging which is to use your hard disk as extra virtual memory. As hard disk is much slower than physical memory your system will slow down. Knowing how close you are to paging will tell you whether you need more memory. With Windows XP, just press control, alt and delete keys together to start the Windows Task Manager. Do you see the Commit Charge at the bottom right corner? The first number is the total amount of physical and virtual memory in use. The second number is the total available. If the amount in use is greater than half the amount available, it may be time to increase the amount of memory on board.

Answer 5

Start with the following:

HOW TO DO A THOROUGH CLEAN UP:
Before doing any of the maintenance steps outlined below make sure that your system is free from viruses and/or of any other undesirable Internet bugs, by running a thorough security scan of your machine.
Now, do the following as needed:
“I” (FOR WINDOWS XP-IE6)
While you are connected to the Internet do the following:
1. Click on tools ... Internet options. There you will see three buttons next to each other... “Delete Cookies” ... “Delete Files” and “Settings.” Also, below the settings button you will see another one “Clear history.”
2. Click on “settings” - go to “Edit” - Click on “select all” - Go to files, click delete and wait till all Internet trash files are gone.
3. Go back and click on “delete cookies” and wait till all cookies are gone
4. Go back and click on “Delete files,” put a check mark on the little white square shown on the small window that will open, click OK and wait for a little.
5. Go back and click on “Clear history”, click “yes” and you are done. Go to item “III” now.
ADDITIONAL INFO.: Here is how to clean website addresses from you IE6 browser bar: While you are connected to Internet, go to “Tools” … “Internet Options,” “Content” tab … “Auto Complete button” … click on “clear forms” and you are finished.

“II” (FOR WINDOWS XP-IE7):
Go to Start … Control Panel … Internet Options. Under “Browsing history” click “Delete” and then click “Delete all,” put a check mark in the little white square and then click “Yes” and you are done. Go to Item “III” now.

“III” (FOR BOTH WIN-IE6 AND WIN-IE7)
1. Do a check disk and a defrag, then restart your computer and see if the problem is resolved. It is assumed that you know how to do a check disc and disc difragmentation.
2. If the above steps don’t do the job, here is a little program that keeps your machine in shape and free from Windows micro-problems that lead to slowness and crashes:
Get on the web and go to http://www.tune-up.com/products/tuneup-utilities/site; download the free trial program, familiarize your self with it and use it to clean up your registry automatically along with a sort of other helpful and useful maintenance chores. It is an excellent little program and does wonders with PC maintenance tasks and I strongly recommend it! It works on the background on its own automatically.
3. After you are through with the above maintenance steps, go to Microsoft/Windows updates and download any and all available and/or applicable updates.
Hope this helps!
NDS

Answer 6

Check this link for tips on speeding up a slow computer

Answer 7

Run activity supervisor (ctrl-alt-del, or genuine-click activity bar and decide), "tactics" and seem on the backside the place is says "CPU utilization". something continuously over 10-15% and something is pegging the CPU. Scroll by way of till at last you detect it. additionally click the "overall performance" tab and confirm that obtainable reminiscence is a minimum of 100mb

Answer 8

Try Spy-Bot and AVG Virus Scan.

Answer 9

Go to Start>Run>msconfig>startup: then disable everything not assosiated with windows or antivirus (this should be fairly obvious)

Answer 10

restaRT YOUR COMPUTER DO A DISK CLEAN UP GETS RID OF ALL THE **** THATS BEEN SAVE ON YOUR COMPUTER FROM THE INTERNET IE THEN DO A DISK DEFRAG. 60 PROCESS IS WAY TO MUCH