Why is my computer so slow al of a sudden? How do i fix this?

7 thoughts on “Why is my computer so slow al of a sudden? How do i fix this?”

1. jordan says:

   April 2, 2011 at 11:21 pm

   Do you have enough RAM, if not upgrade.
   Make sure there are no viruses
   examine the HDD, most often the reason for freezes and lags can be the fragmentation of the drive, if its very high, almost every operation you mentioned gets slow. Its like when you are affected by some sickness, it takes longer to complete any task efficiently, the same happens to a heavily fragmented drive. It has to work extra hard to read fragmented files. Also make sure there is free space on the drive, else delete junk, clear temp files, uninstall unwanted programs and run disk cleanup.

2. Table says:

   April 2, 2011 at 11:21 pm

   Check out http://www.pcoptimizerprodownload.info
   With pc optimizer pro you can safely clean, repair and optimize your computer.
   It will help improve your system performance.
   Good luck!

3. Hot says:

   April 2, 2011 at 11:21 pm

   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!
   There are some comparison and review of TOP 5 registry cleaners.
   http://www.make-pc-fast.com/
   You can download and scan your computer for free.

4. baggypants505 says:

   April 2, 2011 at 11:21 pm

   Try doing some computer maintance like Disk cleanup, then Defragger, then go into control panel and under your Intnernet Options then go under Browsing History like for the settings then look for Settings that is where all of your internet cookies are then close it out and then click delete. You will delete all of your cookies. Then it should be a bit faster. I have found a defragger that is FASTER than windows go to http://www.auslogics.com/disk-defrag. It does it so fast that you would not think there is something that could clean your system so fast

5. Rosy Rosales says:

   April 2, 2011 at 11:21 pm

   that and /or defragment it
   (it packs all your programs together and leaves more space on your harddrive)

6. TheosDragon says:

   April 2, 2011 at 11:21 pm

   run a anit-virus and anti-spyware software. get free software on download.com

7. Who Dares Wins says:

   April 2, 2011 at 11:21 pm

   As you will appreciate there are many reasons why your computer is running slow:

   I have listed the most obvious, some of which you may have already tried but for completeness they are mentioned here.

   First of all make sure you do not have any malware in the form of viruses or spyware. Run your anti virus and anti spyware programs in order to clear out any beasts. Spyware is becoming more and more of a problem because some spyware is extremely difficult to identify and even more difficult to remove.
   If you do not have any protection both of these are exceptional and available for free:
   Anti spyware I suggest:
   http://www.superantispyware.com/
   Anti virus I suggest:
   http://www.avira.com

   Remove junk & temporary Internet files that may be cluttering your system by running Ccleaner – free for download from:
   http://filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/

   You may have too many programs kicking off at start up. These two free downloads allow you to take control what applications run at start up:
   http://www.glarysoft.com/quick-startup
   http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

   Your hard disk may be getting full. You need at least 15% of free space for it to operate efficiently. Go to Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs & remove any applications you no longer use. How about removing all those pictures & music that is filling up your hard drive?

   Your hard disk(s) may be fragmented. Windows has a built in defragmentation program but you can download a quicker third party program for free:
   http://www.auslogics.com/en/software

   Your registry may be cluttered or corrupt. Ccleaner mentioned above also has a registry cleaner but how about downloading another very good free registry cleaner:
   http://www.eusing.com

   How about overheating? Clean all the vents on your computer with an air duster (can of compressed air). If a laptop, operate it on a hard surface so that air can flow freely around it. For a desktop, open it up and clean inside with the air duster.

   Finally, after you have done all the above may need to upgrade your RAM. So that you get the right type of RAM for your system do a free scan at Crucial to determine your RAM.
   http://www.crucial.com/ for USA
   http://www.crucial.com/uk/ for UK

   Good luck with your quest and I hope these suggestions improve your system.

   wdw

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