i have 940mb and a tech had to put in windows media center addition since then some things have been slow?

Question

basically i notice in the task manager my cpu usage goes pretty high up and i barely do anything.like i notice when i play some music or videos it some times plat distorted once that munmber peaks.i check it for spyware,adware,and virus and i just did my updates,,so how can i improve my cpu usage bar where it stays under 30 percent

Answer 1

You probably need more memory, adding another GB would be a big help.

Answer 2

Here is my personal checklist to prevent "slow" - and I follow it closely.

1. Set wallpaper and screensavers to blank or none — they run continuously in the background and use memory.
2. Review your start menu – remove anything you don’t need on a daily basis — load games, etc. on an as-needed basis.
3. From Internet Explorer, Tools, Internet Options: delete cookies, delete files (offline), and clear history. (You can also set days to store history to 0.)
----- These actions will clear your computer’s cache. (For a description of cache, go to http://help.yahoo.com/l/ph/yahoo/mail/access/access-27210.html )
4. Run Disk Cleanup, Scandisk, Defrag at least every two weeks (the more frequently they are run, the less time they take).
5. 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.

Answer 3

my pc was doing the same i dont know if the cause is the same but never the less i did this

go 2 www.download.com n in the seach box tupe tuneup utilites 2007 install it n fiddle around with the features it offers and it should fix and tweek any erros you have (worked for me)