my pc is very slow?

Question

my pc is p4 and have a speed of 1.8 m/hertz, RAM is 256, yet it is very slow in action, please advise me how to overcome this slowness, and also how to delete temp cache, thanks, plgperera.

Answer 1

256 is not a whole heck of a lot of RAM. We are advised to have at least 512.

However, there are some things you can do to keep your RAM as free as possible:

- Many users are not aware of how much RAM is used by wallpaper and/or a screensaver full of graphics. They run in the background and consume memory. (I have only 512mb RAM, run multiple programs simultaneously, and have set my wallpaper and screensaver to blank.)

I don’t do games, but I do know they are primarily graphics which need and use a lot of memory.

- How many programs do you load at startup? Maybe you should check it out and ensure you are running just what you need on a daily basis. For anything else you can wait a minute until it loads.
To do this: cl Start, cl Settings, cl Taskbar and Start Menu.
cl Start Menu, cl Customize, cl Remove.
cl the icon for the program you wish to remove
then cl Remove.
There is also a “Disable All” button.
This will prevent the program from loading at startup, but will not remove the program from the hard disk.

When you are working in a large file, save frequently to restore full memory access. (Your work remains in memory until you “save” it to disk.)

Did you run an error check? Open My Computer,
Right-cl on C:, Select Properties, Tools – Run an Error Check ( checkmark “check all and fix); then run a Defrag

Are you using Yahoo Toolbar? Run a full Norton Antispy.

From IE, click Tools, Internet Options
delete cookies
delete files (offline files)
clear history (set days to save to 0 if you want)
click o.k., and Restart

click Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools – run Disk Cleanup

click Start, Run ipconfig renew (type ipconfig space renew)

All these things should be done regularly. The more frequently they are run, the less time they take.
Note: Games and videos are mostly graphics. Graphics create large files. If this doesn’t help, you should consider getting more memory.
A good web site to visit: http://www.theonlinefamily.net/organize/spring_clean_computer/index.html

Answer 2

Did you run chkdsk from yet another account? Does that help? The errors on the disk ought to in general be all contained in the component of the stressful force used on your account. while the errors grow to be overwhelming the force will give up working and you need to lose all you documents. Make a sturdy backup of important archives. A device fix won't do away with undesirable sectors. The undesirable sectors must be slowing your pc by way of fact domicile windows has to attempt to reread the stressful force many cases with a view to get the information. if so fix would not help. in case you have a plague or application concern the fix would help a sluggish pc. wish this helps

Answer 3

I immediately see your problem with 256 mg of ram. If you're running XP, it's really not enough. That's very minimum memory - you really can't do much of anything else except run windows.....along with that......
Have you got Norton running by any chance - it's most likely the culprit? I took it off a customer's computer and put on AVG and it's blazing fast now..... Of course - you're memory limits you from being fast. Adding memory is easy and would double your speed - really......

If not, try running your spyware.... Also have you done disk cleanup? and then defrag? Deleting cache is as easy as going to internet options and deleting files.... under the main page. You also can go to internet tools/advanced and make sure you "delete internet files when exiting your browser".

Answer 4

It's probably your registry. It's almost always a registry problem if it has been fast in the past. Could also be file fragmentation. Try these in this order. Download Uniblue Registry Booster. It's not free, but will scan your computer and if you have tons of problems it's worth the money to get them fixed. http://uniblue.vo.llnwd.net/o10/ub/main/rb/registrybooster.exe.
If it's file fragmentation it's pretty easy to fix. Click start then accessories then System Tools and Disk Defragmeter.

Good Luck!

Answer 5

Okay sounds like you might have malware on your computer. Do you have a spyware, anti-virus, firewall installed on your computer? If you do not it would be a good idea to put these safety software on your computer. Below are three sites to pick up free applications to use on your computer. Use all of those at least once a week.

Answer 6

Get more RAM. 356 is practially NOTHING with the memory-hogs programs are today.

To delete that junk, click start>Run> and type %TEMP% then you can delete all the files in that folder.

Answer 7

You RAM is minimal. You didn't say which operating system you have on it. If it is XP with 256Mb of RAM, it is wonder it boots at all. Buy more RAM.

Answer 8

Take the stuff off that you don't use. Be care full what you take off.