My laptop is now unbelieveably slow. It was very fast when I first got it. What can I do to fix this problem?? I have tried defrag, and disk cleanup, but they dont help.
2007-05-27 02:51:55 · 7 answers · asked by earlporter77 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
I have 1 gig of ram right now, and I daily chek for spyware and viruses. Right now i have 68% free space on my HD.
2007-05-27 03:07:37 · update #1
I would take it for a tune up at Circuit City or Best Buy, they can suggest what is needed. You may have gotten a hold of spyware, which is not hard to do and they can clean that up. This may be the only problem. Good luck!!
2007-05-27 03:00:23 · answer #1 · answered by cfoxwell99 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get Adaware, its free for personal use. It is a spyware program. Use it to remove all infections. Then do an indepth virus scan. Use Stinger if you dont have one. Search for the two mentioned above programs on the net, you will find them easily. Then go to Start, Control Panle and Add/Remove programs. There you must remove all programs you dont need. Then empty your trash if you dont do that. Now right click My Computer, Properties, and select the Advanced tab. In the Performance block click on Settings and again select the Advanced tab. In the Virtual Memory block click on change and see there that there is equal or more virtual memory allocated then the recommended amount. Then download Abexo registy cleaner for free and use it to clean the registry, do this at your own risk. Hope this helps you.
2007-05-27 10:01:59 · answer #2 · answered by Mark du Plessis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u need more memory remove old unecessary programs / get an external hard drive for music/ pics
2007-05-27 09:55:09 · answer #3 · answered by lex1979x 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i saw all your best answers
most are game or music related
i bet you play alot of games
more (memory) definatly
more ram
is the answer
2007-05-27 10:00:56 · answer #4 · answered by Q&A Answer Mans Retired 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
here try this 2 scan for viruses
http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10320142.html
Then this 2 scan for spyware
http://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-Destroy/3000-8022_4-10401314.html?tag=lst-0-1
Then finally use this to scan for adbots
http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10672044.html?tag=lst-0-1
If u have less that 1gb. of ram i suggest upgrading
2007-05-27 09:56:06 · answer #5 · answered by Jake 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u probably have to many big files eg movies on there
2007-05-27 09:55:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
buy a ram and put in
2007-05-27 09:54:18 · answer #7 · answered by PRINCESS-. 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋