My pc is really mashed and i dont know what to do please help

[Guest]

hi i have had my pc for about a year now here are my basic system specs
Athlon 2600
1GB DDR RA
120 GB Driv
DVD-RO
CD-RW Driv
nvidia gforce4 ti4600 128mb graphics car

Right basically with my pc it is now really really slow and on many occasions applications wont launch when i double click them it just loads then nothing happens, my pc is not full up but it says i only have 86 GB remaining but i dont no where its all gone. Im not experience with pc's and im very concerned as this surely shouldnt be happening with a 'high spec' pc. I am considering calling out a pc engineer because my pc is crucial to me. If nayone could offer support either on here or privately through email or msn i would be very grateful

Thanks

 

[Wesley Vogel]

I would bet a dollar to a donut that your machine is loaded with
scumware and posible virus.

Update your Anti Virus software and run a full scan.

Get Your AVG for free!
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php

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First.
Right click the IE icon | Properties | Advanced tab |
Make sure both of these are NOT checked.

 Enable Install On Demand (Internet Explorer)
[[Specifies to automatically download and install Internet Explorer
components if a Web page needs them in order to display the page properly or
perform a particular task.]]
 Enable Install On Demand (Other)
[[Specifies to automatically download and install Web components if a Web
page needs them in order to display the page properly or perform a
particular task.]]

Apply | OK
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Second.
It is known as Scumware. Visit these sites. 1, 2, 3 and 4 are really good.
Download, install, run, update and run again; one or all. They are all
good, FREE utilities.
The first site gives some recommendations.
http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads.php?cat=all#s-p

1) Spybot S & D
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=download

2) SpywareBlaster
SpywareBlaster doesn't scan and clean for spyware - it prevents it from ever
being installed.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

3) HijackThis (some other stuff that may be of interest also)
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/index.html

4) CWShredder direct download:
http://216.180.233.163/~merijn/files/CWShredder.exe

4½) CWShredder
http://majorgeeks.com/download4086.html

5)Bazooka Adware and Spyware Scanner v1.13
http://www.kephyr.com/spywarescanner/index.html?source=appvisit

6) AdAware
http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/
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Additional information & instructions.
A wealth of information here, boys and girls.

THE PARASITE FIGHT QUICK FIX PROTOCOL
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm

THE PARASITE FIGHT
Finding, Removing & Protecting Yourself From Scumware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm

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COMPUTER HEALTH
http://aumha.org/a/health.htm

Online Parasite Scanner
http://aumha.org/a/noads.htm

 

[Guest]

i ahve no spyware or viruses im upto date on thsoe things, its just to sluggish and to many crashes happen for the high spec that the pc is
Any more suggestions m8
Thank
Bernwolves

 

[Wesley Vogel]

COMPUTER HEALTH
http://aumha.org/a/health.htm

Revitalize your PC
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=/directory/worldwide/en-gb/clean.asp

Cleaning out your PC
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=/directory/worldwide/en-gb/Cleaningout.asp

 

[Guest]

thanks wes those were very good links and have improved my startup times but still i think my pc is too sluggish, maybe its just a motherboard/memory problem etc , you know a hardware incompatibility that is making my pc unstable, anymore suggestions would be welcome but thanks for your help wes m
Thanks

 

[Wesley Vogel]

benwolves;

My Model A Ford is a lean, clean running machine:
450 megahertz Intel Pentium II
384MB RAM
10.19 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
DVD-ROM
CD-RW Drive
3.5" Floppy drive
NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440
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What starts at boot??
Start | Run | Type: msconfig | OK |
Startup tab |
How many?? What??
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I have three:
AVG_CC Grisoft\AVG6\avgcc32.exe
{Anti Virus}

Disk Cleaner
{Cleans out some things and quits}

ZoneAlarm
{Firewall}
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Some helpful Utilities:

Belarc Advisor - Free Personal PC Audit (version 6.1)
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

AIDA32 - system information tool
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/aida32.html

StartMan Startup Manager
http://www.pt.lu/comnet/desc/startman.html

[[StartMan is an extended 'msconfig' Startup Manager, designed to take
control of all those pesky programs and background services that load and
run at logon - most of which you probably don't need. As well as providing
the usual trouble-shooting options to enable or disable startups, StartMan
also permits the removal of startups.
Duplicate Detection and Removal, a unique feature of StartMan, can be
configured to remove all duplicates automatically, with or without
prompting.
Orphan Detection and Removal. As above, for orphaned startups.
Executable Detection and Removal. As above, for executables.
Includes a full range of sorting options to make it easier to locate a
specific startup - by name, by filename - even by command line parameter!]]
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PC Pitstop: Free PC Diagnostics and Tuneups
http://www.pcpitstop.com/

[[Our free automated tests will get your PC running faster, make it more
stable, and identify security problems. The diagnostic tests don't change
any settings on your system. The results will show you the details of your
PC's operating status, and the advice will help both experts and novices to
find and fix system problems.]]
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[Guest]

hi i tried some of those links and i have really cleaned up my pc and startup and have noticed a change but i still feel there is a problem because i always get hangs?
Thanks for all your help wes