help, slow PC (7 Viewers)

[Gill_juve]

can anyone help me, my Pc seems to run so slow for its age, its quite new, a year old and its running slow. is there any way that i could clean it up? much appreciated thanks.

and i have scanned my pc for virus' etc. but nothing is wrong

 

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[Il Re]

i have the same problem

 

[Gill_juve]

i think maybe defragmenting may help but that takes ages

 

[Il Re]

i think maybe defragmenting may help but that takes ages

how long roughly?

 

[Cuti]

defragment it and then every week disk clean. If its still slow format

 

[Cuti]

how long roughly?

i took me between 4.5-6 hours not sure. But i had loads of shit and hadnt defragged for like a year

 

[sateeh]

well ppl here will tell u to dump windows and get Linux and i would recommend that too

however (if just love windows) then u could defragment it.Cuz the other solution would be reformatting it and the first option is better imo.

Just hope its not a hardware problem

 

[Falafel]

what's the ram of the computer?

 

[Gill_juve]

i think its 2gb ram, but i havent really checked, where can i? thanks

 

[Falafel]

right click on my computer
click on properties
it should be written on the pop up dialog

 

[V]

Ad-aware
Spy-bot
Easy cleaner

download and install these 3 softwares, they are all free. than scan your whole computer with ad-aware and clean all the junk it files. than do the same thing with spybot to clean everything ad-aware missed. then run the easy cleaner which will remove some false/bad entries from your registry. do those 3 steps in those order and you should get some performance boost. if it doesn't please you, do a re-install of winodws.

 

[AngelaL]

I have the same problem & my computer is less than a year. Last time I defragmented, I found there was little to defragment. I have Ad-aware on a CD & I've downloaded easycleaner, so I'll try that. Thanks Vlatko! int:

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

also, u might wanna remove any Norton applications. they slow down the comp like hell!

also, get this program called CCleaner from www.filehippo.com. it's pretty good too!

try to keep very less icons on ur desktop and also not many tray icons.

 

[JCK]

is there any way that i could clean it up? much appreciated thanks.

Remove all microsoft products off it.

 

[AngelaL]

how long roughly?

I defragmented mine today; - it took about an hour. It has taken longer on a previous computer, but then I did not clear my online toolbar history, cookies folder, shred my website history, temporary internet files, & clean my disk every day I use my ISP as I do now.

 

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Solutions:

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b)Great performance, user friendly, access to loads of apps:
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whaat..? You expected any less of me?

 

[sateeh]

nothing less that

 

[/usr/bin]

glad I didn't disappoint

 

[ReBeL]

This file has good info, I guess:

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&batch_id=25ktWc42z4M=

 

[Alfio_87]

Blow it up!