Why is my computer running so slow?

Question

My new computer runs so slow when I am on the internet. I suspect it has something to do with Windows Vista because previously when I had XP it was just fine. What can I do to help speed it up?

Answer 1

Using a registry cleaner can fix your computer and then make your computer faster,Why?the reason is that there may be some regsitry errors and remnant,corrupt files and temp files in your computer to cause "computer slow".
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.You need to scan and clean your computer with registry cleaner to make it fast.Good Regisry Cleaner will improve your computer and Internet performance dramatically!It even can speed up your computer by 300% or more!
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Answer 2

Sometimes my family mistake the speed of their internet connection with the performance of their computer.
They think when they're internet speed is slow, it's because their computer is slow. That is not necessarily the case.

If you do know that you have a fast internet connection ... then it would be the background services that's slowing your computer down ... in which case, you need more RAM.
Keep it mind, Vista's file system is over twice as big as XP, and there are a whole heap more services running in the background running in Vista than previous versions of Windows.

On Vista, you can check your Windows Experience Index which gives you a rating for your computer's performance. There you'll have a fair idea on how well your PC handles Vista.
The WEI is located in Control Panel>Performance & Information Tools.

Cheers

Answer 3

other programs start automatically when you log your computer on. When on the internet look in task manager/performance to see what your cpu usage is, if this is above 80% then this is why it is running slow. Also look in the processes tab in task manager, this will show you what is using your cpu, system idle process should be the highest at around 90%.

Answer 4

Your computer has lots of programs that start when you start your PC.
All are using RAM and CPU even if your not using that program.
Most of these do not need to run at start-up.

Yahoo messenger, Nero, Quicktime, Realplayer, Power DVD, etc


Read the page on my PC help site on using Msconfig.
http://www.phpbbserver.com/stevie19605/viewtopic.php?t=30&mforum=stevie19605

Answer 5

Upgrade memory, run scan disc, de-fragment your hard drive, run a bandwidth test..... Dial up internet sucks big time, DSL or higher.....Music and movie files eat a lot of hard drive space and slow down performance.

Answer 6

Vista requires more ram than xp did.

Answer 7

get ccleaner and clean everything... it will not harm your computer whatsoever, and use disk defragmentor to organize your files, oh and also get NOD32 antivirus system, thats the best of the best just search for it if you dont trust my word and see what the reviews are about these free products

Answer 8

its probably just bcause of viruses!the sme thing happen to me an then i swiched 2 verizon and everything works great now!iv been using it for 3 years now it is just workin fine!

Answer 9

Check out http://www.pc-optimizer-pro.info
With pc optimizer pro you can safely clean, repair and optimize your computer.
It will help improve your system performance without expensive hardware upgrades.
Good luck!

Answer 10

either you have a virus or you have alot of programs on there that the computer cannot cope with