my computer is running very slow. i ve good free memory n 256 ram. pls help??

Question

pentium 4 , CPU 2.26 GHZ
256 MB RAM

Answer 1

I guess it depends what operating system you are using but I would suggest a minimum of 1 GB RAM so your machine is not continually swapping data to disk. If you are running Vista even more RAM would be better

Answer 2

There are several primary areas that could be causing your computer to run slow. The most likely reason is that Corruption within your registry keys, registry classes, and registry settings,you have too many programs running behind the scenes and your system is essentially running in circles with its internal processing.
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.To clean the junk and then speed up your computer, you will need to run a self diagnostic program called regsitry cleaner.This program is very very useful,it can fix regsitry errors,clean registry remnant,corrupt files and temp files in a few minutes.Then give you a bran-new and high-speed computer.It even can speed up your computer by 300% or more!You can find top 5 registry cleaner here:
http://www.computerspeed.info/index.php?t=cspeed ,From there you can download and scan totall FREE.

The second most common problem is that you have spyware/adware in your computer.Spyware/adware not only pop up ads,collect personal info,but also can hamper your computer's performance.It use system resources and slow your computer down. Detecting and removing the programs will improve system performance.
check out http://www.computerspeed.info/index.php?t=antispy to learn how to help protect your computer and improve computer performance.

Hope that can help you.

Answer 3

now many things can cause your problem:
1- you need to upgrade your RAMs a min of 512 MB would be best
2- you might want to defragment your hard disk so that you get a better performance too go to control panel>Administrative tools>Computer Management>Disk Derfragmenter. first let the system analyse the hard disks and it will tell u if they need defragmentation.
3- you might have spywares and viruses in your pc then what you need to do is install an antivirus and scan it.
I recommend AVG antivirus and AVG anti-Spyware they are available free of charge @ http://www.grisoft.com
4- you can aquire some tune Up utilities online. some of them can even repair errors in your PC so that it runs smoothly.
usually it's a matter of cleaning your PC

I hope These were useful take care!

Answer 4

Maintain your PC. First of all increase your virtual memory or page file size open control panel double click system folder on opening page click advanced than Tick before Adjust for best performance & click apply(it will take a while). Than click advanced in coming window you will find virtual memory click setting. Select drive on which you want your virtual memory to be.Choose other than primary partion, then click custom and change the Page file size or virtual memory size by typing.
Initial size should be 1024 MB at least & max size should be not less than 2048 MB.
1. Search for temp files( In search box type *.tmp) click search. Delete all files that appears after search.
2. Than as above type *.log & do the same.
3. Search Temp folder Delete all it's content.
4. Search Temprory Internet Files & delete it's content.
5. Run updated Antivirus & Anti spyware.
6. Run disk cleanup from system tools in accessories.
7. Than defragment your drives twice from system tools Defrag.
8. From run type msconfig > enter > click on startup un check all checked field except of antivirus & anti spyware. Choose & click services, Check beside hide all MS Services. In remaining list uncheck all except Anti virus & Anti spyware services click apply click ok you will asked to restart click restart. You are almost done.
This will make your system considerably faster but one very essential action has to be taken and that is cleaning Registry which is the main reason of sluggis system. Dowload
WIN XP Manager or tuneup utilities install & clean. Try with win xp manager,s 1 click cleaner. You can download it from
www.softarchive.net. It requires dotnet fx so you will have to download it also. First you will have to install dotnet fx. It is free & you can get it from site of microsoft. Your PC will become as fast as it was when new or a bit better.

Answer 5

i offered Registry Mechanic a pair of years in the past (Freebies do no longer alway do the activity they are meant to do and do exactly definitely the minimum) for roughly £25. You get unfastened updates. you would be shocked the garbage it wiped sparkling out. each and every time you load a software and delete it you bypass away it interior the Registry because section isn't deleted. that's what slows you down. on condition that I certainly have been making use of it, i've got had no sluggish downs. it is going to additionally compress the registry. the 1st time I ever used it it saved me 14% of disc area on a 40 Gb stress approximately 4.6 Gb, that's a hell of particularly some area. I constantly use it after loading a sparkling or deleting a software or after a defrag.

Answer 6

XP with Service Pack 2 needs at least 512MB of RAM, Vista even more. Linux really doesn't care.

Upgrade your RAM, it's cheap now. Until then, don't keep a lot of other Windows open, I wouldn't have more than 2 open at any time.

Whenever I hear the word "slow", I suspect Malware, your PC may be infected.

Answer 7

The 256 MB RAM is the problem. Upgrade time.

Answer 8

As you put programs on your PC so it will slow down, so first of all remove any programs that are no longer required. Next I recomend you increase your RAM to at least 1 Gig. I assume you are running XP it so go into your windows and look for a folder called cursors. open this folder and you will see a whole lot of different cursors. Delete the first two top rows. Leave the next row. this row will have a black arrow cursor on the end and a simmiler one about half way alond the same line. now delete all the othere one's below that line so you only have one line of cursors left. the otheres are not needed but XP put's them in any way, Now go back to your windows and look for a floder called SYSTEM 32. be very careful in here and only do as I say. once you have opened this folder you will see a lot of othere folders. look for a folder caller oobe, open it and look for another folder called images open this folder and you will see lots of pics delete all of those (again not needed) once U have done that, close that folder and look for a folder called MOUSE open that folder and again look for a folder labled IMAGES and delete all the pics in there. then close back up to your desktop. empty bin. go again to windows and find a folder called PREFETCH and empty that. back to your desktop and empty you bin once again restart your PC and it should be a little faster
Hope this helps.
PC MAN

Answer 9

Scan your computer with Antivirus.
Go to Start, Click run, type msconfig, go to startup, and uncheck those programs that u don't need to start when your computer reboot or start, click apply/ok, restart your computer. And uninstall programs that u don't need in control panel. Adding more memory will speed up ur pc. Download and install ccleaner from filehippo.com, a simple tool that removes unused and temporary files. http://www.ccleaner.com/

Answer 10

it depends . sometimes there may be a virus and it runs enough to use all cpu power . fr this press ctrl+alt+del if in xp then goto processes and right click unknown processes and end process tree(except system files spoolsv , lsass , winlogon) even programs that startup with the system come under the system catagory so check system processes. real system processes mostly can not be ended.