really slow is there something i can do to it to make it run fast again
2007-09-19 14:52:16 · 7 answers · asked by rock r 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
defragment .. run an antispyware app ...
2007-09-19 14:57:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep your startup list as lean as possible and also uninstall programs that you dont need. Clean the system of any viruses. AVG is a great free utility. Besides virus infections, if your HDD has caught the disease of fragmentation and it has spread to grow beyond a certain level, every fucntion from startup to opening files can really slow down. Make sure you have enough free space and check if the drives are heavily fragmented. Run a disk cleanup regularly.
2007-09-20 02:54:55 · answer #2 · answered by paypal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you might have malware - programs that does bad things to your computer
if you dont' have a virus scanner installed on your computer, have your computer scanned online at trendmicro.com. look for housecall option.
if that's not it, then it could be many other factors, such as your memory not being enough. if you have less than 512mb of ram on your computer, get that upgraded. if you have 512, then you might want to get a gig. as we install programs on your computer, it gets loaded up and slows down. the more ram you have, the better your computer is equipped to combat this problem.
if that doesn't work or if you have enough ram, it could be your hard drive. when a hard drive is failing, you could run into this type of problem as well.
2007-09-19 21:59:01 · answer #3 · answered by interlude 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"make it run fast again" mean your computer is fast before this?
if yes, 1st suspect is adware in your computer. To ensure this, press alt+ctrl+delete to check your CPU usage in performance page. Adware usually will make CPU usage into 100% altought you are doing nothing on your computer and cause your computer slow. So scan with adware scanner or antivirus to eliminate them.
then you can check PF usage also under CPU usage. If the size using is more than your computer RAM capacity, you should upgrade your RAM already.
If your computer just slow when loading file or application. you can run defragment.
2007-09-19 23:32:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
when mine goes slow, i delete some things i dont need and use something like ad-aware
2007-09-19 21:57:56 · answer #5 · answered by Lilyan 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Add memory (RAM). Easy to do. Very easy.
2007-09-19 21:59:02 · answer #6 · answered by Max 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
buying more ram....
2007-09-19 21:59:23 · answer #7 · answered by greency 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋