problem

[Michael]

my computer has strangely been going slower every day I know my computer is
old but it went just fine when I first installed windows xp I have not
really installed much of anything that made it run slow. is there any
utilities to help speed up my computer or is there anything that i should
know to help or make my computer run faster?

 

[Malvern]

my computer has strangely been going slower every day I know my computer is
old but it went just fine when I first installed windows xp I have not
really installed much of anything that made it run slow. is there any
utilities to help speed up my computer or is there anything that i should
know to help or make my computer run faster?

When was the last time you:
-Deleted temp files (there's more than one folder of them).
-Deleted Temporary Internet Files (IE>Tools>Internet options...>General
tab).
-Deleted no-longer used documents.
-Ran Disk Cleanup.
-Ran Disk Defragmenter.

Do the first four before defragmenting. Should speed things up a bit.

Malv