Why does my PC gets slower with age and what is the remedy?

Answer 1

there are several possible factors.

1. if you have not defragmented your harddrive lately, it's probably due for it.

2. You will probably want to run some scans for spyware / adware / malware. These type of things can consume system resources without giving any other indication that they are present.

3. make sure that the inside of your PC case is clean. Dust buildup causes heat buildup and heat can reduce performance.

4. Find a good registry cleaner. The registry is the heart of a windows operating system. Having a bunch of old inaccurate or no longer relevant junk in the registry can really slow a system down.

hope this helps!!!

Answer 2

There are many reasons why a PC eventually slows down. Some common reasons include malware and virus attacks, dust and heat issues, insufficient memory as you keep adding more programs etc. Another common reason is drive fragmentation.
Whenever you download lots of files ( or delete them for that matter ) the HDD is likely to get fragmented, which means files are not stored contiguously on the drive. As a result, each time you want to open that file, the HDD has to work even more to gather all the fragments and read it. This causes the system to slowdown and its more pronounced if the drive is also filled with junk and running out of free space.

Answer 3

Three suggestions.

(1) Deframent and (2) Disk Cleanup: I have a Dell B-110(a cheapy); but, go to all programs, systems tools: (a) Disk Cleanup and (b) Disk Defragmenter.

(a) With Disk Cleanup, you really have to know what your doing; but you can get rid of a lot of stuff, which will free up a lot of memory; and cause your computer to run faster.

(b) Disk Defragmenter is completely safe. My computer has 4 parts(sections, whatever) that can be Defragmented; and this will sometimes remove and lot of "crap" that has built up from general use. I would try this first.

(3) You can simply increase your memory: it's not terribly expensive. I tripled mine; had a professional Tech person come out, and the total charge was only $125.00.

Hope this helps.

Good luck,

Wotan

Answer 4

There are several different answers.

Your computer seems to get slower with age, but in reality, it's the applications you use getting bigger. Whether it's the accumulation of updates or just bigger programs, there is simply more data to process. The same applies to web sites.

Over time, your computer gets bogged down by unnecessary programs and processes. Many of the programs you install have processes that are always running in the background. These use up system resources. One thing you can do here is to disable as many tray icons as possible and change programs so they only launch when you want them, rather than when you start your computer.

Over time the data on your hard drives gets spread out. As you use more of the HDD, it becomes increasingly necessary for your computer to put little bits from each program/file in a different location. This causes your computer to get bogged down by the seek time. Try cleaning up temporary files and deleting the directories of programs you uninstalled (proceed with caution here).

After you've cleaned up your HDD, run a defrag program to group data together and create large areas of free space - kind of like pulling everything out of the garage every few years, throwing away the junk, and reorganizing everything else as you put it back.

You may also need to clean up malware. Download AdAware and/or Spybot Search and Destroy. These will go through and remove many of the unnecessary programs that eat up system resources. Some of these programs could be sending out your personal data or feeding you unwanted ads.

Lastly, try adding memory (RAM) to your computer. Look up the specs on your computer and see if you can add more. Ideally you want 1-2GB for normal use, or more if you play games or edit movies. I would recommend using crucial.com because it allows you to look up your computer or motherboard and shows you just the memory that is right for your computer. http://www.crucial.com

Answer 5

your pc gets slower because as time pass, our PC is recording everything you do on it [installing stuff, web pages you visit, when you change the settings...etc...] if you are wondering why, one reason is because there is this option on computers called "system restore" on most comps that allows you to "take your computer harddrive back in time"
there isnt really a way to fix this, but what you can do to speed things up a bit is to get a hard drive cleaner to help clean some useless data in your comp [ccleaner is a good one that you can download for free]

it also might be slowing down because your registry [this program that runs the comp] might have a whole lot of errors in there and you dont even notice. [i found 300 error in mine after the 2-3 week i brought my new comp]
as the registry continues to get more errors, it will cause your comp to slow down.
to fix the registry you would need a registry cleaner [a free one you can download online is eusing free registry cleaner

Answer 6

PC Slowing with age, hmmmm, well humans slow with age as well...

anyways, here goes

1. as your PC gets older, you might be using up most of the memory, free up some hard disk space by deleting old files if you dont need them or save them on an externaql storage, like an external hard disk or burn it in a CD/DVD.

2. your Hard Disk memory can become corrupted, this could happen physically or through virus. Try to check the hard disk by defragmenting it or using disk cleanup with defragment. Defragment allows your computer to link files together again and delete unnecessary duplications. Disk Cleanup deletes old and rarely used files, plus files in temporary storage.

3. your RAM can be old and slow, or it can lose memory cells as well due to 'image burns'. You can try and replace your RAM if you have lower memory sizes compared with the previous RAM value you have.

4. You have too many applications on your startup folder. Try and check if you have added other items on your startup folder. If you dont need any of them, remove it from the startup folder so you can start the OS faster.

5. You might have a virus running in the background sharing with the processor power. try and scan the PC and delete the virus/spybots/worms you find.

hope this helps

Answer 7

I often wonder this too!

When you first install windows it runs so quickly!

It is all the junk on the hard drive - I use a disk cleaner and that does speed it back up abit!

If you have loads of programmes running in the background that slows it right down - eats up all the memory!

Printers seem to slow computers down!

I wish I were a computer expert - l did a quiz and apparantly l am intermediate!

Answer 8

Get rid of any booster/regcleaner/test/repair programs and all antivirus and spyware.
Run a Cleandisk in Tools, Defrag (also in Tools) and download Spyware Terminator.
Run the entire scan, including the virus scan.
After that, click on Start-Control Panel-System-Advanced-Performance-set your click box to Adjust for best performance.
Click Advanced, go to the click boxes and click both Program boxes, go down to Virtual Memory and click Change.
Set both numbers to 4000.
All Set, enjoy!
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Answer 9

if you are using windows: windows has a registry that sort of "accumulates dust" with every installation and uninstallation and this "dust" slows down your pc. this can not be totally remedied but it can help very much to get a registry cleaner. also, hard disk information gets fragmented through constant use thereby slowing your read/write times which noticeably slow down your pc. defragment your drive regularly to reduce the impact of this problem.

Answer 10

Using a registry cleaner can clean up 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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