slow computer

[james1946]

What is the best free tool for a slow computer?Cheers.James.

[Cod3waX]

What is the best free tool for a slow computer?Cheers.James.

install this Download CCleaner 3.21.1767 - FileHippo.com

run the cleaner & the registry cleaner and should de-clutter ur system making it run abit smother

other than that tell us ur spec : ram cpu motherboard gfx

andwe can tell u what can be ugraded to make ur computer run faster

is it a pc or a laptop?

[james1946]

slow computer

Cheers Cod.Windows xp pro
computer
intel(R)
pentium(R)
4 cpu 2.66hz
2.67ghz
760mb of ram.Many thanks.James.
p.s How do i find the motherboard?

[Cod3waX]

this program will tell u every detail about ur system
in here u will find the make and model of ur board under HARDWARE motherboard
also under HARDWARE will be memory. this is ur ram and will tell u how much u have installed and how much more u can install (full capacity)

[baharchyuk]

Hi there

You can also download a software called speccy this will tell you inside and out on your current computer system

[mtv1]

type msconfig into search go to startup disable all then services you will see tick disable all microsoft tic it reboot your machine will run 30-40 % faster also use cccleaner once a month and avast do a boot scan every month

[Curious123]

Check how much HDD space is free on your pc, you could do with at least a third spare. Your RAM of 760mb does not seem a lot. If you go to crucial.com and run the scan they will tell you what type of RAM your pc has currently and what it can be upgraded to and the cost.

[abewalter]

clean install ?

[Curious123]

clean install ?

Formatting or deleting the hard drive and re-installing Windows.

[ron292001]

Or just buy more memory as that is the reason why most computers run slow..

1G = XP
2G = WIN 7

That is the minimum memory for windows. If you can aforard it get 6G

[novilik]

hijack

firts choise - hijackthis, but be carefull you do not want to delete things you need...

run antivirus. clean all temp files (many are hidden). uninstall all programs you dont need...

or install again

[36DDJuicer]

Go to control panel, open mouse properties, go to the pointer options tab, then drag the pointer speed bar all the way to the right. Hit apply then ok. That'll speed things up.

Just kidding...
+1 for CCleaner

[dios]

Tune up utilities is a good software for these kind of stuffs

[Hoppy01]

It could be a number of things mate but usually after a few years XP will degrade to such a level that all the cleaning in the world wont help.
All versions of Windows suffer from this although from Vista onwards Microsoft have produced methods to slow it down but not stop it..
XP was terrible for degradation and if you have changed programs often or its poorly maintained then a pc can be crippled in just over a year..

The only proper solution is a clean install, this means getting a good copy of your OS, backing up drivers and data, nuking your hard drive and starting from scratch..
I done a pc with very similar spec to yours yesterday for a customer with a old HP laptop, it was crippled but had no Malware on it..
Opening MS Word took 2min and to open Outlook was near impossible, after a clean install it ran sweet as a nut...

[kalimanrey]

Me i can recommend the use of the spybot search and destroy to check if there are no spyware present on the pc