Computer Slow

[Matt Willand]

Hello, I have some serious problems going on with my
computer. I have Dell computer, it is 2 years old. I have
Windows XP, home edition. I have Norton Antivirus, and
have a great spy bot that searches and destroyes spyware,
and adware. The problem is that my computer is really
slow right now. It takes forever to get internet explorer
to come up, or even any program. I have high speed
internet and that is fine, but I hear my computer
really "crunching, you know that noise I am talking
about", well here is the problem, I start my masters
program tonight, and I have to have use of my outlook
express, but everything is working at the pace of a
turtle. Please HELP! I have ran everything on my computer
when it comes to viruses and spyware, and nothing. What
is the problem?

Thanks,
Matt Willand

 

[Fast Freddie From Fresno]

-----Original Message-----
Hello, I have some serious problems going on with my
computer. I have Dell computer, it is 2 years old. I have
Windows XP, home edition. I have Norton Antivirus, and
have a great spy bot that searches and destroyes spyware,
and adware. The problem is that my computer is really
slow right now. It takes forever to get internet explorer
to come up, or even any program. I have high speed
internet and that is fine, but I hear my computer
really "crunching, you know that noise I am talking
about", well here is the problem, I start my masters
program tonight, and I have to have use of my outlook
express, but everything is working at the pace of a
turtle. Please HELP! I have ran everything on my computer
when it comes to viruses and spyware, and nothing. What
is the problem?

Thanks,
Matt Willand
.
To many programs running,do this (start---run---type in

msconfig---startup tab---uncheck everything---apply---ok--
-restart--->when it restarts check the box in the
msconfig utility don't show again---then open your norton
from all programs---look in options and select run at
startup....This is all you need running in the background
anyway.Your programs will run faster.Try that,if you like
it great if not go back and recheck everything back.If
you do like it and would like to remove the unchecked
entries in msconfig,you can go to this site and get the
tool to remove them
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line 148 on the right side,get it and run it thru.Make
sure you have your Norton to come on at startup
though,you can go into it(or any program for that matter)
and turn it back on,and it will put a new listing in your
msconfig.You'll really be suprised how much faster it
runs.

 

[null]

Hello, I have some serious problems going on with my
computer. I have Dell computer, it is 2 years old. I have
Windows XP, home edition. I have Norton Antivirus, and
have a great spy bot that searches and destroyes spyware,
and adware. The problem is that my computer is really
slow right now. It takes forever to get internet explorer
to come up, or even any program. I have high speed
internet and that is fine, but I hear my computer
really "crunching, you know that noise I am talking
about", well here is the problem, I start my masters
program tonight, and I have to have use of my outlook
express, but everything is working at the pace of a
turtle. Please HELP! I have ran everything on my computer
when it comes to viruses and spyware, and nothing. What
is the problem?

Thanks,
Matt Willand

Also delete the temporary internet cache files on your PC, and check the
amount of free space on the hard drive. If you have less than 20% of the
space on the hard drive free, consider uninstalling some applications
and deleting (or archiving to a backup medium) some data files. After
doing all that, defragging the hard drive wouldn't hurt, either.

--
The reader should exercise normal caution and backup the Registry and
data files regularly, and especially before making any changes to their
PC, as well as performing regular virus and spyware scans. I am not
liable for problems or mishaps that occur from the reader using advice
posted here.

 

[Matt Willand]

I have about 65% free space on my hard drive. I have
removed alot of programs that I don't use, so that hasn't
helped either. This has just happened to me in the last
two days. I have also, had alot of my programs shut down
on me and take forever for the computer to reboot my icons
on the desktop. Any other suggestions. I am not on my
computer right now, but on my work computer. I am writing
down all the suggestions and am going to try them at home.

Thanks,
Matt Willand

 

[ANON]

Matt,try turning off you spybot search and destroy
immunize or disable it.It may be tring to update and the
operator is moving to finish his schooling,and has posted
to his site that it may be down for a while
(spybot,cwshreeder,others he runs)I've run into others
that use it and have had problems in the past week.Turn
off the immunize,or delete it all together for now and
redownload it in a month when he gets all set back up.If
you don't have it you may won't to try ad-aware(sure
you've heard of it)it's free also, www.download.com has
it,and spybot(if you choose to delete it)for free.Get ad
aware,check for updates and run it thru.The other
suggestions are also good, defrag ,msconfig(this will
load programs faster at start-up also),delete the
temporary internet cache,I'ld also run disc cleanup from
my computer right click on the drive probably
C: ,properties then select disc cleanup.Check everything
EXCEPT compress old file,and run it.Good luck.

 

[Guest]

Have you tryed to the ol ctrl-alt-del buttons and looked
at the windows task manager to see whats eating up the
CPU %,if something is using a lot of CPU and you don't
have anything running then highlite it and end process on
it and see if it runs faster,if you mess up all you'll
need to do is reboot and try again.

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Matt


Poor system performance can be the result of a single problem or a
combination of factors. Listed
below are issues, which you may wish to examine if you are experiencing poor
performance after
the boot process has completed. Some items may help with slow starting of
Windows XP but the
list has not been prepared for tackling that problem. Work through the list
until you achieve an
acceptable result.
Regular and effective housekeeping is essential. What you do and how often
you do it will depend
on how you use your computer. A suggested routine may include:
1. In Outlook Express empty your Deleted Items folder.
2. In Outlook Express run File, Folder, Compact All whilst OFFLINE.
3. Run Disk Cleanup. Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk
Cleanup with
Temporary Internet Files, Offline Web Pages (optional), System Restore (
more Options tab )
and Recycle Bin selected for deletion. If you have more than one drive /
partition you may
need to do this operation for each drive / partition.
4. Remove Cookies. Start, Control Panel, Internet Options, General, Delete
Cookies.
5. Run Disk Defragmenter.

Check whether you could reduce the number of days the History of sites
visited is retained. Start,
Control Panel, Internet Options, General, History.
Spyware causes many problems. If not installed download Adaware and / or
update Reference file
from http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/ and use it to remove
parasites. If Spyware
persists as a problem try a Hosts file.
http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/what_is_hosts.html
Slow performance resulting from insufficient memory, causing over reliance
on virtual memory,
may be especially noticed by those upgrading to Windows XP from an earlier
version of Windows.
Windows XP will run with 64 MB of RAM memory. However, a minimum of 256 MB
is
recommended and many users will recommend 512 MB. You may check on pagefile
(virtual
memory) usage with Page File Monitor for XP:
http://www.dougknox.com/

Check how much free space you have on the hard drive / partition where your
pagefile is located.
You need a minimum of 15% but 20% or more is better.

Check your setting for the Indexing Service. Start, Administrative Tools,
Services, Indexing
Service. The default setting is Manual. Check that it is not running. More
information here:
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/service411.htm#Indexing_Service
You can have too many programmes running in the background. Close
programmes/windows after
use. Check whether all the programmes loading when Windows is started are
really necessary.
http://aumha.org/a/loads.htm
Check whether you can identify slow performance with a particular programme.
Look in Google to
see whether others have encountered the same problem and found a solution.
http://groups.google.com/
Are there any error messages in Event Viewer? You can access Event Viewer by
selecting Start,
Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning of the
error, information
regarding Event ID: and Source Description is important.
HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308427&Product=winxp

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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