Why is my computer running so slow?

Question

It's a gateway laptop and my total size is 67.6 GB, and I have 36.3 GB left. I can't even run one program without my computer freezing up. What can I do to make it run faster and not freeze up? My biggest problem is with I-Tunes. It won't run at all.... Please help....

Answer 1

There are some softwares you can download to speed up your laptop.
First,You should Fix Corruption and Errors within your registry.The registry is a main part of your computer's Operating System. With time, as you use Windows and install and uninstall programs, your registry will get congested and full of errors. So your laptop could slow down. So, if you can clean it up this problem can be solved.Sometimes you can speed laptop up by 300%. To clean up registry,You can download a software called regsitry cleaner---Clean registry,remnant,corrupt files and temp files,history,cookies,etc.. This site:
http://computerspeed.info
lists top 5 registry cleaner,you can download and scan for free.
Second,Get rid of spyware/adware in your laptop.spyware/adware hamper your computer's performance.It use system resources and slow your laptop down.

So, to speed up your slow laptop, use a registry cleaner software and clean your registry files first. It will make all the difference, and provide you with the immediate fix you need for your slow laptop.Then,download a good anti-spyware to get rid of spyware/adware in your laptop.

Answer 2

Computer running slow can be many things:

- Try to clean up your disk by going to Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Cleanup. Now this can take sometimes, if you have never done this before, it will compress old files, on my Computer it run for 1 to 2 hours.
- Your system might starting up to many files, you can see that next to your time right bottom corner. If you have a lot of Icons there it uses a lot of your memory and that slows down too - how to fix that you would have to do msconfig I can explain that if you want takes a little bit long to describe.
- Try to defragment your hard drive it takes a lot of time too - To do that go to my Computer, right click on your main hard drive, go to Properties, Tools, Defragmet now. Might take sometimes a few hours too.
- Virus or Spyware infected your computer - run Anti Virus/Spyware Program to get rid of them.

I hope this helps you, if you have any Questions just let me know.

Have a nice day

Answer 3

Might just be RAM overload. Try these and see if they don't help:

- set wallpaper and screensavers to blank or none — they run continuously in the background and use memory.
- review your start menu – remove anything you don’t need on a daily basis — load games, etc. on an as-needed basis.
- from Internet Explorer, Tools, Internet Options: delete cookies, delete files (offline), and clear history.
- run Disk Cleanup, Scandisk, Defrag at least every two weeks (the more frequently they are run, the less time they take).
- periodically, click Start, Programs, Run — they type ipconfig renew
(that’s ipconfig space renew).
These things should increase speed and free up memory as much as possible.
It will also help if you download two free programs: Ad-aware and Spybot .

Good web sites to visit: http://www.theonlinefamily.net/organize/spring_clean_computer/index.html
http://wehow.ehow.com/how_2007317_keep-computer-running-fast-smooth.html

Answer 4

You're probably using most of your system resources(RAM) Make sure there's minimal things running in the background...clear out all programs from the Start Up folder and make sure you don't have much running in the task bar next to the clock...also try running an error cleaner to clean out all errors...try Error Guard...it took out over 800 errors on my comp. Also, clear cookies and internet temp files regularly. Try running a disk defrag every other week or so. HTH!

Answer 5

Need to knoiw more about the computer?

How much ram do you have? you really should have at least 1 gig, i prefer 2+....

1st i would go thru and uninstall any programs you dont use, if you do alot of websurfing and playing games online they all install and take up space, also do a disk cleanup and a disk defragmentation... this is just a start.... but it should slow down the freezing you are encountering...
Good Luck

Answer 6

Have you scanned for Spyware? If no longer down load, replace and experiment with Spybot and Adaware. How lengthy seeing that you ran a diskcleanup? Is your force loose from fragmentation? This sickness can gradual matters down. Keep a verify on frag stages and likewise at the loose area.

Answer 7

it can be for the programs that you run in your computer .
especialy anti virus
every program have some files that put them in your system .
go to start-run
type MSCONFIG
go to startup , and eleminate the programs excpt the system ones
you can also manage your file with disk clean up and defragmention or error cheking in your computer
start-programs-accesories-system tools

Answer 8

try to increase the ram size and run a online scan from safety.live.com to remove virus or a trojan

Answer 9

you probably have spyware and viruses

download something called AVG anti-spyware. update it and run it

also in your start menu, hit start then hit run then type in msconfig
click on the startup tab and uncheck all the boxes then restart your computer

Answer 10

you probably have a trojan, and it's downloading files. get rid of it as quick as you can before it ruins your computer.