slow computor? help?

Question

quite a while ago my computor got this nasty virus and started affecting my whole computor. I took the comp to the fixing place and they told me that one of the memory cards were infected
so they took it out reprogramed windows into my computor and gave it back to me
after that my computor was so like hell
i hafta buy my own memory card
if i get the other memory card will it start getting faster again

umm the virus didn't like physically affect the memory card
it just like messed up the things inside of it like the information

Answer 1

First, I suggest you run a full antivirus scan in Safe Mode.
If you are not familiar with Safe Mode:
Turn your PC on or Restart. As soon as you see the black and white screen, press and hold the F8 key. Continue holding until you see a black and white menu. Safe Mode is F3 or F5. It looks weird but that’s because Windows is not loaded.

Click Start, Programs, run your Disk Cleanup, Scandisk, defrag, AV program, install, uninstall, whatever.

When it is finished, Restart.

You will probably find your icons messed up. Just drag them back into place.

Then, to increase speed, try these:

A lot of 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.)

- 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

Run antispy and ad-aware programs. A free ad-aware program can be downloaded at:
http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html

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

Stop Autocomplete / Remove Passwords
Tools
Internet Options
Content tab
Autocomplete
cl Settings
clear the boxes to remove autocomplete
Delete Autocomplete History


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: I don’t do games – games and videos are mostly graphics. Graphics create large files.
If all these things don’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

It Might Get Faster After You Install The New Memory Chip. But, Next Time Try Going To Google.com and downloading their Google Pack and In the google Pack just select Norton AntiVires 2005, And That Sould Prevent You From Getting Another Vires.

Answer 3

there can also be many factors for this, the usual intent being an epidemic, however there are lots of non-malicious factors. Especially in older machines, do you've plenty of programms that boot on begin up? what number of programmes do you've jogging within the approach tray(backside proper hand nook of the reveal in which the clock is)? Also examine to look how a lot rough force area you've left, as desktops additionally use digital reminiscence which utilizes rough force area, if that is jogging low then your laptop will have got to attempt to dedicate extra programmes to RAM reminiscence. The simplest methods round this are to both delete a few information or to discover one more approach to retailer the information.

Answer 4

This sure doesn't sound right; if the techies were talking about RAM, I've not heard of a virus permanently affecting the RAM physically. Naturally, if they removed one of the RAM cards then your pc is going to slow down. Assuming you've gotten rid of any virus or spyware infestations, then yes, adding RAM will speed things up.