It's so annoying. I have to reboot it now and then. This hasn't happened before. The ctrl+alt+del is not working. I have to turn it off and on again. What should I do? My OS was installed like 4 months ago. I tried downloading some spyware but it still hangs and the homepage was supposed to be yahoo but when I launch explorer, google's already the homepage. God! It's so annoying!
2007-03-11 01:58:46 · 8 answers · asked by Angel F. 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
According to your description,there are some regsitry errors in your PC to cause "Computer slow and hangs".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!
There are some comparison and review of
TOP 5 registry cleaners.
http://www.registry-Cleaners.info/index.php?t=pcslow
You can download and scan your PC for free.
2007-03-11 15:09:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would try deleting and then download your OS again. It could be a spyware issue, and those free spyware removal programs are not the best (if you can there are cheap spyware programs at wal-mart or target for like 10 - 20 bucks that work pretty well.) If that does not help, you could have an issue of not enough memory. My girlfriends son's computer had some hang and lag problems, and I added an extra 512 MB of DDRRAM to his computer, and now the thing is quick. Go to www.tigerdirect.com and look under memory. You can usually find a deal for 60 bucks for 512 MB of memory and it comes with a 20 dollar rebate. Easy to install too. Took me ten minutes. Hope this helps.
2007-03-11 03:12:11 · answer #2 · answered by Chris L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A clean computer is key to a faster computer. Run the 3 scans below.
Run a virus scan weekly.
Update and run your Anti-Virus program. Don't have one? You can run a free online scan from CA.
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virus...
Run Spybot and Adaware weekly.
Download, update and run Spybot---http://www.safer-networking.org/... . Don't forget to use the Immunize feature.
Download, update and run Adaware---http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaw...
Now to prevent spyware from being installed in the first place....
Download SpywareBlaster---http://majorgeeks.com/download2859.html
SpywareBlaster doesn't scan and clean for spyware - it prevents it from ever being installed.
It's main features include:
- Prevent the installation of ActiveX-based spyware, adware, browser hijackers, dialers, and other potentially unwanted pests.
- Block spyware/tracking cookies in Internet Explorer and Mozilla/Firefox.
- Restrict the actions of potentially dangerous sites in Internet Explorer.
Now lets clean up your registry.
Run RegScrubXP weekly. Run Cleanup every time you log off.
Download RegScrubXP--http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?d...
Safely cleans junk out of the Windows 2000/XP system registry. All changes made to the registry are fully restorable to it's original condition. You can make an exclusion list of registry entries that RegScrubXP will not display as problems. You can sift through a list of file extensions, company names, run upon startup programs, Internet Explorer history, and uninstall programs to delete what you think is junk.
Download CleanUp---http://www.stevengould.org/software/clea...
Free disk space, make your computer run better/faster and protect your privacy - all in one easy solution. All for free!
Now lets clean up your disk.
Run a Disk Cleanup 2 times a month. Run Disk Defrag. monthly.
Do a Disk Cleanup and Disk Defrag. You can find both of them by following the path below.
Start>all programs>accessories>system tools>Disk Cleanup. Let it do its thing. You can check every box that has something to delete.
Now follow the same path and do a Disk Defrag. Again just let it do its thing.
Now lets tweak your connection.
If your speed is good I would not mess with it by trying to tweak it. If you do tweak once it is done you should not have to do it every again.
There are many programs out there to do this. I will give you 2 of them.
The first one is TCP Optimizer.
Description: The TCP Optimizer is a free, easy Windows program that provides an intuitive interface for tuning and optimizing your Internet connection. There is no installation required, just download and run.
http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php....
You can get support for the best way to set it up right from their forum http://forums.speedguide.net/
The second one is Cablenut.
Windows XP tested and approved
CableNut is a tool for optimizing your Internet Connection. We have provided a way to tweak any option you may want to in the adjuster. You can load "CableNut Custom Setting" files that are included with the program to tweak your Internet connection.
http://www.cablenut.com/
Again support is available right from their forum.http://www.broadbandnuts.com/index.php?p...
All programs are FREE!
After applying the suggestions above you will have a clean and faster computer. Enjoy.
2007-03-11 03:54:04 · answer #3 · answered by rlh242424 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
perhaps you have too many tasks going on in the background.
or you may be infested with spyware .
You may check on your startup tasks and eliminate the ones you don't really need.
Also run a comprehensive spyware sniffer and cleanup the registry from these pests.
2007-03-11 03:04:19 · answer #4 · answered by WO LEE 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
downloading spyware will definitely cause your computer to slow and hang. try to avoid it. Get something like TrendMicro to prevent spyware/virus/firewall problems.
2007-03-11 03:02:20 · answer #5 · answered by Gruntled Employee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it may desire to have little to do with the spacing. you have gotten downloaded different products you're blind to jointly as downloading your video clips/video games. you may run Adaware (loose version) and the could help. additionally it may desire to be because of the fact of your snap shots card. I had the comparable subject working intese snap shots with a bad card and that i might could desire to reboot everytime I performed. attempt to no longer run too many products interior the historic past besides (ie. messengers, music, etc.). wish that enables.
2016-10-01 22:39:46 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your operating system is defective. I recommend replacing
it with one of:
http://fedora.redhat.com
http://www.opensuse.org
http://www.debian.org
http://www.ubuntu.org
http://www.slackware.org
http://www.freebsd.org
http://www.opensolaris.org
You are far far less likely to be infected by viruses and the
software gets better performance on any given hardware.
2007-03-11 03:01:17 · answer #7 · answered by Elana 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2007-03-11 03:05:24 · answer #8 · answered by dabedatiludlisi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋