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Bob
I am running 512mb of RAM, so that's not a problem. All
of the things you mentioned are running or taken care of
on my computer, including Adaware, spyware removal, and
anti-virus. I have also run defrag, disk cleanup, and
scandisk. The main two things I am still noticing is
that the audio is choppy and my cd and dvd burners are
still running at about 25% of their normal burning speeds.
Any other ideas?
Thanks,
Bob
previous post....
When a computer suddenly starts running slow it can often
be a result a few
things. First, how much RAM do you have on your system?
If you only have
128mb you are already starting out at a great
disadvantage and as you add
more software it can get increasingly slower. 256mb is a
good number but
512mb is even much better.
You can also experience slow performance as a result of a
virus and/or
spyware. You do have a current antivirus program don't
you? If not, run,
don't walk and get one now. As far as spyware is
concerned, you can
download a free spyware scanning program at
www.lavasoftusa.com. Click on
Ad-Aware on the left-hand side and download software on
the following page.
After you install the program, be sure and click "Check
for updates" before
scanning your system. After the scan completes and you
get to the results
screen, right-click on any check box and choose "Select
all objects". Click
next or finish and it will quarantine all the spyware and
adware items it
detects. You should repeat the scan process multiple
times until it finds
zero items. Some spyware can be tricky to delete and
requires these
multiple scans to be removed. If you get to a point that
you have a
stubborn few that still will not remove, post a notice at
the help forum at
www.lavasoftsupport.com and someone will gladly help you.
You can also hit Ctrl-Alt-Del, hit the Processes tab and
look under the CPU
column for any programs running that are grabbing alot of
CPU resources.
Look at the program name and see if it is something you
recognize so you can
work in that direction. If you don't recognize the
program, you can do a
Google search for more information on it which you will
lkely find. You can
also come back here and add it to this post.
Good Luck
..
of the things you mentioned are running or taken care of
on my computer, including Adaware, spyware removal, and
anti-virus. I have also run defrag, disk cleanup, and
scandisk. The main two things I am still noticing is
that the audio is choppy and my cd and dvd burners are
still running at about 25% of their normal burning speeds.
Any other ideas?
Thanks,
Bob
previous post....
When a computer suddenly starts running slow it can often
be a result a few
things. First, how much RAM do you have on your system?
If you only have
128mb you are already starting out at a great
disadvantage and as you add
more software it can get increasingly slower. 256mb is a
good number but
512mb is even much better.
You can also experience slow performance as a result of a
virus and/or
spyware. You do have a current antivirus program don't
you? If not, run,
don't walk and get one now. As far as spyware is
concerned, you can
download a free spyware scanning program at
www.lavasoftusa.com. Click on
Ad-Aware on the left-hand side and download software on
the following page.
After you install the program, be sure and click "Check
for updates" before
scanning your system. After the scan completes and you
get to the results
screen, right-click on any check box and choose "Select
all objects". Click
next or finish and it will quarantine all the spyware and
adware items it
detects. You should repeat the scan process multiple
times until it finds
zero items. Some spyware can be tricky to delete and
requires these
multiple scans to be removed. If you get to a point that
you have a
stubborn few that still will not remove, post a notice at
the help forum at
www.lavasoftsupport.com and someone will gladly help you.
You can also hit Ctrl-Alt-Del, hit the Processes tab and
look under the CPU
column for any programs running that are grabbing alot of
CPU resources.
Look at the program name and see if it is something you
recognize so you can
work in that direction. If you don't recognize the
program, you can do a
Google search for more information on it which you will
lkely find. You can
also come back here and add it to this post.
Good Luck
..