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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.
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Furqan Ahmed
ASKED: May 24 2008  6:47 AM GMT
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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


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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Ysrd   430 pts.  |   May 25 2008  1:19AM GMT

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.

 

Gimpster123   30 pts.  |   May 25 2008  4:28PM GMT

I would suggest a full malware scan and removal procedure, such as this one avalible from <a href="http://majorgeeks.com" title="http://majorgeeks. " target="_blank">majorgeeks.com</a>

 

Technochic   40185 pts.  |   May 28 2008  9:11PM GMT

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

 

Mrdenny   47070 pts.  |   May 29 2008  1:28AM GMT

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.

 

Schmidtw   10590 pts.  |   Jul 17 2008  3:56AM GMT

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.

 

Carlosdl   29340 pts.  |   Sep 11 2008  2:28PM GMT

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.

 

BWD   10 pts.  |   Nov 14 2008  6:34AM GMT

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

 <a href="http://www.microdevsys.com/WordPress/?p=54" title="http://www.microdevsys.com/WordPress/?p=54" target="_blank">http://www.microdevsys.com/WordPress/?p=…</a>

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

 

Lusy   825 pts.  |   Jun 23 2009  5:45AM GMT

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:
 <a href="http://www.iyogi.net" title="http://www.iyogi.net" target="_blank">http://www.iyogi.net</a>

 

Admin89   85 pts.  |   Jun 24 2009  3:23AM GMT

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.  |   Jun 24 2009  3:24AM GMT

i mean before doing that….hehehe

 
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