My laptop has become very slow. It takes alot of time in browsing websites. Video is played with difficulty..?

Question

when i play video cd...it is played in slow motion. Bowsing is difficult. Even if i click on "start" button, it takes 10 seconds to respond. Real player does not work either. I need your help. Thank you.

Answer 1

Scan for spyware and virus, do a do a search and repaie then a defrag on the hard drive.

Answer 2

1st thing to do (for immediate improvement) is to do a disk cleanup. Go to START then to PROGRAMS then to ACCESSORIES then to SYSTEM TOOLS then to DISK CLEANUP. It will ask you which hard drive to clean (just click YES) if you have another hard drive and use it on the net also do a disk clean up on it.
If that didn't completely fix the problem do a thorough scan disk and run your anti-virus thereafter the scan disk.
Then REBOOT.
You can also disable certain programs that you don't use or use less frequently. Then after doing all the above CLOSE all PROGRAMS running in your SYSTEMS TRAY (bottom right, where the clock is) then do a DISK DEFRAG.
If none of the above helps, buy more memory(RAM~SDRAM etc...) or get a bigger hard drive.

For the REAL PLAYER problem; go to control panel and add/remove programs click on real player and remove.Then do a reboot and then download REAL PLAYER again.
I myself prefer Windows Media Player.

Answer 3

Rather than following all the advice that says to run spyware sweepers, etc. The problem with doing that is that spyware sweepers rarely resolve all the problems you're experiencing. Especially if spyware has successfully embedded itself inside your O/S registry.

With the number of problems that you are having and a guaranteed fix to your problem, i would strongly recommend you do a format/reload on your laptop. Meaning, dig out your windows disc and boot up to it, format your hard drive and reload windows back onto the computer. Do not do a repair on windows as this only overlaps the problem and makes it even harder to remove malware/spyware later.

PS. don't forget to backup whatever you want to keep before you format/reload your laptop.

Answer 4

Using registry cleaner can fix your computer and then make your computer faster,Why?the reason is that there are some regsitry errors and remnant,corrupt files and temp files in your computer to cause "computer slow".
Everytime you install and uninstall software on your computer and surfing online you create junk in the computer registry.over time, the registry can grow to enormous proportions, especially if the various programs you've installed do not do a good job of deleting and/or updating it's Registry entries.You need to scan and clean your computer with registry cleaner to make it fast.Good Regisry Cleaner will improve your computer and Internet performance dramatically!It even can speed up your computer by 300% or more!
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Answer 5

Hi. Something is dragging down the speed. Do a scan for malware and registry problems. "Advanced WindowsCare Personal" is a great program and free. http://iobit.com/AdvancedWindowsCarePersonal/index.html . Also follow the previous answers about defragmenting. Always good advice.

Answer 6

I'd start with a defragment, cleanup misc files you don't need. Download Spybot or ad-aware, may be that you have some programs running in the background you are not aware of (sypware/adware/etc)

Answer 7

once you downloaded those updates, you have gotten downloaded some spy ware with it, as nicely. the terrific suggestion i can provide you is to call Microsoft, tell them you will desire to take the courses off of your computing gadget, thoroughly wipe the confusingcontinual, then placed your Microsoft courses back on there.

Answer 8

Try to clean your system erase all that you don't need any more
uninstall useless programs Try to use ccleaner to clean all your system http://www.ccleaner.com/
use disk fragmenter to speed up your pc use regcure or registry fix your computer's problems
http://www.regcure.com/lp/11/?uid=bzzmd
http://www.registryfix.com/?hop=publish4
if that does not work try system restore point or try to install windows again. if your computer has a recovery partition use it. or recovery console.
ccleaner is a free program.
speed up computer
http://www.connectedinternet.co.uk/2005/12/03/10-simple-ways-to-speed-up-windows-xp/
useful video
http://reviews.cnet.com/Speed_up_Windows_XP/4660-10165_7-6246821.html

Hope it works out
any questions? send me a e-mail.
windows tricks http://freepctech.com/pc/xp/xpindex.shtml
run anti spyware and anti virus
bye

Answer 9

Have you gone in and deleted your browsing history lately?

There is a possibility you have some spyware running, also.

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