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 Windows XP performing too Slow
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Dear Sir,
I am using Dell GX-280 whose processor speed is 3.2GHZ and the Ram is 512MB.My question is that my system working too slow i have apply all the things like Defregmentation, Disk cleanup, Deleted trmporary internet file,deletd files in Temp and prefetched Folder but it is still working slow. There is any mehtod to increase my System Speed.
Regadrs
Furqan Ahmed
ASKED: May 24, 2008  6:47 AM GMT
UPDATED: June 24, 2010  7:39:47 PM GMT
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ITWise
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Hello Furqan,
your system's slowness may be related to a lot of things, that's to say:

    User's profile
    Registry
    Running programs
    Running services
    ...many other things


To perform the below mentioned tasks what you need is to improve your PC's Run-Time performance: right click on 'My Computer' then click on 'Properties' & now on these Tab Pages click on 'Advanced', now on this page under Performance click on 'Settings' button. now under Visual Effects tab select the radio button "Adjust for best performance" and press 'Apply' and then 'OK' button. Now your are ready to perform rest of the tips given.

ITWise

Just to understand what may cause this problem first try and open the task manager (CTRL+ALT+DEL) and che whic process if using CPU and/or memory, once you find it check if this is not a system critical or needed program, then try and close this program.
Another try you may do is to start with a "clean" situation, that's to say you can disable all services/autoruns that may slow your system. To do this clicl START select RUN, type MSCONFIG and press enter, this will giev you the opportunity to check/uncheck unwatned processes or simply restart your PC with the less "loaded" configuration.

Please pay attention to services and programs to disable before doing it because this could bring unstability to the system; before stopping/disabling a service or program first search on google the process name (example lsass.exe), this will give you an idea on what you are stopping/disabling.

I hope this helps.


One of the first things that you should do is to thoroughly scan your system for malware. Malware is notorious for slowing down a system. If a malware scan doesn't get you anywhere, then I would suggest adding additional RAM to the system. Adding memory is usually the single most effective thing that you can do to increase system performance. Just make sure that the pagefile is set to either adjust its size dynamically or to be a minimum of 1.5 times the size of your memory (presently it needs to be at least 1.5 GB).
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Suggest that before you do any thing else if you do not have anti virus and anti walware apps you install a good AV and anti malware app set. There are some good free ones available and there are some good ones that you have to pay for.
If you have AV software is it up to date? Have you run a scan lately? the Malware and virii will certainly slow down your computer.

Ysrd
 430 pts.
 

I would suggest a full malware scan and removal procedure, such as this one avalible from majorgeeks.com

Gimpster123
 30 pts.
 

512MB of RAM? I’d suggest upgrading that to at least 1GB. Even if you find other issues, I’d still upgrade the RAM.

Technochic
 56,930 pts.
 

A RAM upgrade is definitely in order. You pretty much can’t get a machine with less than 1 Gig of RAM installed these days. 2 is the current standard with high end machines coming with 3 or 4.

A virus and malware scan would be a good idea as well.

Mrdenny
 63,630 pts.
 

Clear your temporary internet files, and cookies.

Here are some programs you might want to look at:

CCleaner (cleans up a bunch of junk on your system you’ll never see as well as in the registry)
Wise Registry Cleaner (similar story as CCleaner)
AVG Free
Spybot Search and Destroy

Then run a full disc defrag.

Also, definitely upgrade your RAM.

Schmidtw
 11,205 pts.
 

If you have antivirus software already installed, that could be also the reason.
Some antiviruses uses a lot of resources of the machine, making it run very slow.
Pay attention to the RAM increase recommendations.

Carlosdl
 60,265 pts.
 

In addition to the above, have you tried any of the suggestions here:

http://www.microdevsys.com/WordPress/?p=54

Also, do you have any router firewalls, software firewalls antivirus software?

BWD
 10 pts.
 

It might be possibility that your computer has virus infection.

You should have full scan your computer with good antivirs like AVG, Norton and McAfee etc.

And you can also optimiz your computer.

For Optimization you can delete temporary files, perfrom disk defragmentation and disk cleanup.

if you are still facing problem and want more help. I would suggest you just go through this web link:
http://www.iyogi.net

Lusy
 825 pts.
 

if any of this suggestion is still not working the best way for that is to format your hard drive…but first you will need to backup your important file after doing that.

Admin89
 85 pts.
 

i mean before doing that….hehehe

Admin89
 85 pts.