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| Thread ID: 101834 | 2009-07-29 08:42:00 | Parents pc very slow | nedkelly (9059) | Press F1 |
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| 796170 | 2009-07-29 08:42:00 | Hey my parents have been bugging me for a long time saying that their pc downstairs is going very slow, so I just thought that they were comparing it to their pcs at work which get get replaced every 3 years, so I went down stairs to see my self how slow it was and it was slower than I would have thought it would be. Specs are Pentium 4 2.8 cpu with HT 1 Gb of ddr1 ram in 2x256 and 1x512. 80gb IDE HDD Running Xp Home SP 2 Any ideas? |
nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 796171 | 2009-07-29 08:43:00 | CCleaner or glary to start with. Tried defragging? | the_bogan (9949) | ||
| 796172 | 2009-07-29 08:44:00 | Has it been scanned for malware etc? Defragged? Post a HJT log | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 796173 | 2009-07-29 08:55:00 | My Checklist for speeding up computers: Chkdsk /r HD Defrag Registry Defrag Remove unneccesary startup programs(HJT) Registry Clean up Remove Temp files Make sure System drive has at least 6-10gb free Malware Scan Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 796174 | 2009-07-29 10:10:00 | yeah done a defrag with windows defragger and also Ashampoo Winoptimzer Defrag. Have been running Spybot regularly and has about 11 gb free. But noticed there is a folder in windows that is taking up 19 gb!!!. Will try to find out what it is an post here when I do |
nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 796175 | 2009-07-29 10:13:00 | so ccleaner for reg? | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 796176 | 2009-07-29 10:15:00 | yep, although glary utilities reg cleaner does a more thorough scan | GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 796177 | 2009-07-29 10:18:00 | That machine should definitely run well. Under specced machines really struggle when running too many unnecessary startups. This one should handle this OK but there is no virtue in running them so check and delete as required. Do they run Nortons per chance? If so, get rid. Also check in Device Manager that the HDD is not running in PIO mode. That sure as hell will slow it down. Just peeped and saw you found a 19GB folder!! That sounds a bit excessive! Good luck. |
linw (53) | ||
| 796178 | 2009-07-29 10:24:00 | Is glary free? cause it sounds like it is awesome. How about Spotmau? ,Yeah they are running Norton Internet Security and wont get rid of it cause it has about 270 days of subscription left. Hmm have never heard of PIO mode and im a qualified PC tech. Yeah thought that I had made a thread about the folder but cant seem to find it. | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 796179 | 2009-07-29 10:25:00 | glary is free, there is a pay version but the free one is just fine | GameJunkie (72) | ||
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