Comp running slow

[Guest]

My computer is running really slow and I have checked for spyware and viruses
and found nothing. Some programs I click on just won't start up.

 

[d01178]

My computer is running really slow and I have checked for spyware and viruses
and found nothing. Some programs I click on just won't start up.

It could be other reasons such as-
Heavy start up list - remove the ones which are really not necessary from the loading at startup. Low HD space- run a disk cleanup, clean the temp files etc, its possible your drive needs to be defragmented, if its severly fragmentd, programs may respond slow and system will also slowdown. start>accessories>system tools>disk defragmenter. Check your drive for errors bfore that. some useful links on troubleshooting a slow system
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/slowcom.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/AtWork/getstarted/speed.mspx/

 

[Iceman]

My computer is running really slow and I have checked for spyware and viruses
and found nothing. Some programs I click on just won't start up.

There are a number of things you can try: defrag your hard drive, clean out
your C:\WINDOWS\Temp file, trim your startup list (or close down running
programs you don't immediately need), update your drivers, even uninstall
some programs to free up disk space.

Here is a good maintenance page. It's for Win95/98/ME, but it should apply
to XP as well:
http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/house.html