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Thread ID: 39096 2003-10-27 06:56:00 Slow Computer .....I really need some help !!! PCcoNZ (4786) Press F1
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187007 2003-10-27 06:56:00 hi ....i'm 17 yrs old and i used the computer very frequently .......i used intenet explorer and real one playe and also msn.... the problem is my computer speec and power depletes rapidly ... i always think the cache memory is full or there are too many programs on the task bar on the right hand side. i have only 6 programs that are on the task bar .
please tell me a way to clear my computer or make in fast as it was new . hope all that info is of any help.

Thanx
PCcoNZ (4786)
187008 2003-10-27 07:10:00 Hi and Welcome to PressF1

What operating system does your computer run? What are the other specifications of your PC, such as RAM and processor speed eg 933 MHz. Do you run disk cleanup and disk defragmenter regularly?
Jen C (20)
187009 2003-10-27 07:27:00 Have you tried a reformat? You'll get a big hit in performance from doing that. MAKE SURE YOU BACKUP if you are to do it!!! Check in the faq for more information on that


Michael Y
michael y (1623)
187010 2003-10-27 07:50:00 What you really need to do (as stated) is let us know what specs your system is, OS,what the six programs are, (that sounds way to many) and what you are doing when the machine slows down.
Also can you run antivirus, spyware detection, scan and defrag just as a preliminary
Rod ger (316)
187011 2003-10-27 08:48:00 well i have a :
Pentuim 4 processor
1.8 GHZ
Xp and Windows 98 operating systems
512 mb Ram
40 Gb of memory divide into 2 drives C: and D:
64 mb Radeon 7000 AGP
direct x 9

hope this helps !!!

thnx !!
PCcoNZ (4786)
187012 2003-10-27 08:54:00 Take the above advice,Download and run spybot and ad-awere6,then do a scan-disc and a defrag.

After doing so list in here what your start-up programs are(and look a little deeper then just the icons on the taskbar,they are normally just the tip of the iceburg).
metla (154)
187013 2003-10-27 10:53:00 Would I be correct in thinking that you have a dual boot system?

Win98 and WinXP from what I can see.

Do you have a dual boot system because you can't find drivers for some hardware like a Mustek scanner for XP?
Elephant (599)
187014 2003-10-27 18:04:00 real one sucks up resources I use the older real player 8 witout the extras also run washandgo spybot then do a defrag I also prefer Opera or mozilla Firebird much better browsers than IE kiwibeat (304)
187015 2003-10-27 18:08:00 I also use cacheman on my 98 PC a good site to visit is
www.irvings-info-page.cityslide.com
kiwibeat (304)
187016 2003-10-27 18:10:00 http://www.spychecker.com/ kiwibeat (304)
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