Why is my computer so slow, and how can i fix it??

9 thoughts on “Why is my computer so slow, and how can i fix it??”

1. Mickey L says:

   October 30, 2010 at 11:21 pm

   If your virus/spyware free, there are a couple things you can do get your computer working faster. If you using your computer for normal stuff and not gaming. You don’t always need more RAM you just need to perform a few maintenance task.

   First, if you haven’t cleaned your registry in a while. This is necessary. Your registry holds all the information regarding updates, installs, un-installs etc. Each one of those events produces a key. That key needs your PC’s resources and free space. So, if you clean your registry, you make more resources available for speed. Do a registry scan if you got more than 20 errors you should clean it.
   http://www.delete-computer-history.com/what-is-the-best-registry-cleaner.html

   2. Clear your Windows cache files, this is your temporary file. It can grow up to a large volume and stop your computer from using RAM properly. In a sense slow it down by preventing it from using free space.Here is how:

   1. Quit Internet Explorer, Firefox, or any other web browser
   2. Click Start, click "Control Panel", and then double-click "Internet Options".
   3. On the General tab, click "Delete Files" under Temporary Internet Files.
   4. In the Delete Files dialog box, click to select the "Delete all offline content" check box , and then click OK.
   5. Click OK.

   3. Manage your startups. Your excess CPU usage is due to too many programs running in the background. You can cut these to barebones by alter your msconfig. Here is how:

   1. Open your Start menu.
   2. Click Run
   3. In the command screen type "msconfig.exe"
   4. In the "system configuration utility",click either "service" or "startup" tab
   5. Uncheck all programs that your are no longer using.
   6. Click "OK"

   Other great tip is increasing your virtual memory to simulate more RAM. This will give you a bit more resources for multiple program use or CPU heavy programs.
   Hope this link helps. Shows you how to do everything step by step. You should get a least 60-120% more resources and speed
   if you follow the tips.

2. drunkenchicken55 says:

   October 30, 2010 at 11:21 pm

   2 things you can do. Run a virus scan like Adaware and spybot.

   Or do a complete system restore, NOTE: back up first as this will wipe your HDD and send your PC back to its factory defaults.

   IMO the only way to really make a PC run well is to do a system restore every month. NO JOKE

   also, download Peer guardian 2 (great firewall) and ad aware and spybot. Those will keep your computer running. well for free.

3. flickad says:

   October 30, 2010 at 11:21 pm

   your computer is full of browsers running in the back ground it has a lot of cluter and parisights down load the free tril of system mechanic6 30 day free that will clean your whole computer and give you antiviroes as well good luck

4. Edvin K says:

   October 30, 2010 at 11:21 pm

   First of all, go to your control panel and open Add/Remove programs. Then uninstall anything that you don’t use, if you don’t know what something is, google it and find out if you need it or not.

   Next after that, from what I can tell you have some programs running that you don’t know about, so, do CTRL+ALT+DELETE and go to proccesses, you shouldn’t have anything more then 35 things running. Go through this and just start ending tasks, if you end something important, windows will just restart and you can know that is one that needs to be running. Most likely your gonna end up ending something that will free your computer.

   Once you hit your target, remember the name and go to run and type in "msconfig", and go to the "startup" tab, and turn off anything that you don’t need. Most likely Limewire or any p2p is gonna be there, plus a bunch of unneeded softwares.
   Once your done with that and press ok, it will ask you to restart, once you’ve restarted a message will pop up saying that you’ve modified the startup process, check the box in this message so that it won’t pop up everything you restart your computer, and press ok.

   YOUR DONE

5. sodagod says:

   October 30, 2010 at 11:21 pm

   same with my brothers u have to uptade it go to windows update it helps and also try to clean the computer

6. luffysan3 says:

   October 30, 2010 at 11:21 pm

   It could be because of a virus. It could also be because of files not being uninstalled properly. Also if u have a firewall/anti-virus, it takes time to load the programs such as McAfree, Norton, etc

7. greg m says:

   October 30, 2010 at 11:21 pm

   Maybe you have a virus?

8. Mikey says:

   October 30, 2010 at 11:21 pm

   computers get clogged up with spyware and registry errors.

   Go to http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/default.htm and run a full scan. It will take a while but will turn up any registry errors, viruses or spyware. Alternatively, just customise the scan to just look for registry errors if you are confident you dont have any viruses.

   I would recommend booting in safemode and running a virus scan using your AV software, as some viruses wont let themselves be scanned in normal windows.

   Also, type "msconfig" in the run box on the start menu. Go to the startup tab on the box that appears and remove anything you dont need that may be eating up resources. Make sure you know what stuff is before you untick it. Stuff like google toolbar notifier, msn messenger and adobe updater are not needed. Re-enable anything that causes your computer to behave strangely when disabled.

9. WReX says:

   October 30, 2010 at 11:21 pm

   Your RAM (memory) is the culprit of slowness…especially in laptops or desktops made by top brands such as Toshiba, HP, Sony, etc.
   Those companies tend to pre-install alot of junk software and applications that you really don’t need. Thus hogging up your memory resources.

   If you’re not very computer techy (literate)…the easiest thing to do to boost speed is to add RAM. At least 1GB is enough.

   If you’re good with computers, you can configure the msconfig settings to disable all those extra junk applications. (reply back if you want to know how to do this)

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