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computer is worse then a turtle...
« on: August 07, 2006, 04:56:41 PM »
hi,, I hope someone can help me.. My computer is REALLY, REALLY slow... no matter if I am on the net OR just working on the desktop, it takes forever to do anything..

I have run all the diognostic, restore and clean up programs I can think of, but still no improvement...

I have xp, 3ghd, 256 ram.. not sure what else is needed but thats a start..

thankyou
vicky >:( :-?
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Re: computer is worse then a turtle...
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2006, 05:11:15 PM »
Your hard disk is only 3 GB? Are you sure?  :o  Also, 256 is enough to slow a system down pretty well. What programs do you have running in the background while on the computer? Which antivirus protector do you have? Are you sure that you're virus free?

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    Re: computer is worse then a turtle...
    « Reply #2 on: August 07, 2006, 05:15:12 PM »
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    Your hard disk is only 3 GB? Are you sure?  :o  Also, 256 is enough to slow a system down pretty well. What programs do you have running in the background while on the computer? Which antivirus protector do you have? Are you sure that you're virus free?

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    Its 3Ghz.

    Has it always been slow? Try Running Ad-Aware, its the best program for getting speed back. Google or Download.com it.
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    Re: computer is worse then a turtle...
    « Reply #3 on: August 07, 2006, 05:57:15 PM »
    256 RAM is a waste of a good 300 Ghz. machine. Double the RAM and it will scoot along a lot quicker. Remove some of the XP crappola eye candy, indexing services, etc. and it will fly. Remove all of the spyware/adware, etc. and you will be very pleased.
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    Re: computer is worse then a turtle...
    « Reply #4 on: August 07, 2006, 07:33:50 PM »
    oops.. :-[ got some statistics wrong.. it is a 3.2ghz, and 512 ram.. it has only gotten slow the last couple of days... I have ad-aware, ccleaner, edwido, spybot.. all which I run regularly.. I also have AVG and NORTON.. which run everyday at least once...

    Im not sure how to find out what is running in the background, when I CTL,ALT,DELETE there is nothing running so not sure where to look..

    anymore ideas... :-?
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    Re: computer is worse then a turtle...
    « Reply #5 on: August 07, 2006, 07:51:00 PM »
    Two antiviruses is a BAD idrea. Pick one and delete the other immediately and see if that helps.
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