how do i speed up my computer[very slow]at the moment?

Answer 1

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".
Everytime you install and uninstall software on your computer and surfing online you create junk in the pc registry.You need to scan and clean your PC with registry cleaner to make it fast.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 comparisons and reviews of TOP 5 registry cleaners.

http://www.registry-Cleaners.info

You can download and scan your PC for free.

Answer 2

There are a few reasons you may be running slowly? Assuming you are on a Winows platform, have you used an AOL, Norton, McAfee or other antivirus program that has expired? These programs may be set to slow down your PC to give you a false sense of security.
Have you downloaded something questionable?

Go to your task bar (bar at the very bottom of your screen. Right click on the bar, but not on an icon, and click on 'task manager'. Look through to see what is draining your cpu, and stop the task.

Most of your cpu should be on idle. If not, something may have corrupted your kernal. Main part of your pc.

good luck.

Answer 3

All the previous answers hava a lot going for them, but I'd like to suggest just one more thing; there's a free program called "Advanced Windows Care Personal" at the below link. Download the "freebie" version of it, install it, and run it. It will do wonders to get rid of many things that are slowing a pc down. Hope this helps.

Answer 4

Keep your machine spyware free, it really slows it down. Theres a list of software on my 360 blog (click my picture and follow the link on my profile page).
You could do with at least 512 mb RAM, Windows XP uses 256 mb by itself!
- Uninstall any programs you no longer need, and delelte any old files. Back up others to cd or an external hard drive and delete them to free up space.
- Install Ccleaner and use the Issues tool then the Cleaner tool.
http://www.ccleaner.com
- Run Winpatrol and use it to stop all your programs loading on startup as they are all using memory; leave Windows and your security software
http://www.winpatrol.com
- Defragment your hard drive from Start - programs - accessories - system tools - disc defragmenter. Leave the machine while it runs.

- add more RAM.
- delete old files, back up those you want to keep to external storage.
- uninstall unused programs, especially if you have the installation disc.
- use Winpatrol to cut down the programs that load on Startup - not security software. Theu'll still be available from your Start menu.
- Run anti adware, anti spyware and anti virus scans at least once a week.
- use Ccleaner.
- defragment the hard drive once a month.

Answer 5

Here's How You can Speed up Your computer::

1)Check You have enough RAM-
for XP-256 MB, 512 MB even better

2)Remove Wallpaper, Remove Clock, Remove unnecessary applications, uninstall and desktop themes

3)**BEST method-->right click 'My Computer'-properties-advance tab-performance-settings-->select adjust for best performance.

4)download and install windows registry repair pro to clean your windows registry.

5)check your anti-virus software

6)check that you have a proper anti-spy ware software -- download windows defender from Microsoft's website.

Thats it !!

Answer 6

It is possible that it may need some more RAM. or try a defrag see if that speeds it up or even
check your task manager and makesure nothing is running in the background using a lot of cpu or memory

Answer 7

I asked this wuestion and did everything I was told, defragmantaion, disc clean up. Getting rid of programmes I dont use.
Nothing helped very much and I had to resort to getting someone in to do it for me. Cost me £120 but it runs very well again now....famous last words!!!

Answer 8

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.

Answer 9

Off the acceptable of my head: -reconfigure replace/website report -defrag -run abode windows in secure mode -run chkdsk from command on the spot -close courses while they are not in use (they are utilising up RAM) abode windows is inherently absolute to shrink in overall performance over the years because of the fact of ways it reads the filesystem. there is greater to that, yet merely to maintain it hassle-free . . . And sure, 4GB is numerous ram.

Answer 10

Try upgrading your computer, if your using some old parts try upgrading or if you have the money then just a buy a new PC a powerful PC.