Why is my compter running so slow?

Question

I takes days to do anything and it's only a year and half old. Clicking into a site takes 30 seconds on the average to get into it. After I press the next button here it will take 20 to 30 seconds to send..... help, I'm growing old waiting.

Answer 1

-) Right click my computer either in start menu or on desktop, then choose properties & system restore.
Under system restore tab, checkmark turn off & apply to erase all restore points.

-) Download C-Cleaner for free, at www.ccleaner.com
Install & run it.

-) Download firefox web browser. Install & run it.

-) Google avorax antispyware & run it.

-) Re-open C-Cleaner, under startup tab, delete everything except antivirus, antispyware, & yahoo entries.

-) If you don't have an antivirus, download, install, & update AVG free version. Then run it.

-) Go to start, run, & type prefetch
Ctrl + a, then shift + delete all the entries in there.
Old entries can slow it down.

-) Do not do this if it isn't necessary, but if you have changed or added & removed lots of software, use the reg cleaner function in C-Cleaner to remove junk.

-) Right click my computer either in start menu or on desktop, then choose properties & system restore.
Under system restore tab, uncheck turn off & apply to restart system restore..

Answer 2

It could be for differen't reasons:

1) Your system is starved of resources due to memory intensive apps and system services try turning off some off the ones that aren't critical and see that'll help.


2) spyware or a virus

3) You haven't done a defrag on your computer or cleaned up your temp files and cache.

4) Sometimes a faulty ram stick can be the culprit if you rule out the other causes of why the computer is slow.

Answer 3

The first thing I would do, is check for spyware. Spyware will slow down your PC.

All of these are ones that I personally use and all are free.After you install any of them,make sure you update them to get the full affect.

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Answer 4

1.C:/ properties
disk cleanup.
2.Tools/Other options
Delete old System Restore Points.
3. Start/run/msconfig
Uncheck all unneeded programs .
4. Connect to Internet.
ccleaner from www.ccleaner.com

Answer 5

Do you have a virus ware program on your computer, if so you may need to run a scan on it, or maybe you need to defrag. A good free virus program can be found at; AVGfreevirus.com. Hope that was of some help, also you may need to clean out the cookies your computer has collected/

Answer 6

You might have too much stuff on it. Like downloaded stuff. It takes up so much space. It could also be that you might be becoming a little impatient. What helps me is to try to do something else while I'm waiting on my computer. Like do other work or get some water or whatever.

Answer 7

I had the same problem with my PC and I had to change Windows. I think you should do this too. Or if you have this problem only when you want to use the internet then it's not your PC's fault. It's because your internet is running slow. hope you'll resolve it quick.

Answer 8

-It is possible that you have a spyware or a virus. try to scan your computer. If you found spyware or virus, remove it immediately... but be careful in deleting files. your system might stop working properly if you deleted the wrong files.

-Or you can also delete you temporary internet files.

-You can also try disk clean up from your system tools.

Answer 9

1. Spyware.
2. Not enough free space. Clean it and empty the bin.

Answer 10

well, if you have alot of downloads then that could be effecting your computers speed.

applications such as aim, bearshare, etc. could be taking up to much disk space.

you need to delete all your applications, and restart your computer, get popup blocker and re download only one of your old applications.

your computer might be too old for too much apliences.