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Hi everybody. SO this is my problem. I just got a new computer so i stopped using my old computer for anything but business. Suddenly my computer stops going at its previous speed. So I take through spybot, ad aware, norton, housecall, and a bunch other things but it is still slow and each scan shows few if any malware. Internet is slow and all programs are slow. I went on msconfig and i disabled all start-up stuff and some un-needed services but computer is still slow. I am only running 19 processes. I also tried to fix the problem my adding more ram to make it 512 MB but to no avail. PLZ HELP ME. I AM OUT OF IDEAS.
I Am Alone And Afraid In This Scary Dark Computer World. Plz Help.
Corrupt drivers? Norton, Zonealarm? Somthing must be hogging resources.
Avast is best i say when it comes to low resource antivirus.
Maybe a past virus or spyware has eaten away at windows, so backing up and doing a fresh install should help. Also, check all your connections are ok inside your computer AFTER PULLING THE PLUG.
Is your registry clogged?
I can only give you limited help with what you have told me. Can you tell us anything else? maybe a hijackthis log?
Good luck,
Shadow
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I just reformatted the computer 2.5 months ago and i am running 19 processes at 102MB.
I Am Alone And Afraid In This Scary Dark Computer World. Plz Help.
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you may want to try http://www.majorgeeks.com/download....
to clean out your registry.
Also try this free On-line Spyware Scan
and remove all it finds
Open your task manager and see what is using up all your resources like shadow mentioned.Hopefully my advice will help you...Please post back with your results....thanks
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yeah it started working after i did a disk defragment. I found out that other people had been downloading, installing, then deleting programs from my computer.
I Am Alone And Afraid In This Scary Dark Computer World. Plz Help.
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did you open task manager to see what is using up all your resources?
Hopefully my advice will help you...Please post back with your results....thanks
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all the above advice is great...
Also
download the free and excellent RegSupreme
http://www.macecraft.com/regsupreme/
Clean up corrupt registry settings.
Then, try to further analyze what is going on:
RUN> Perfmon
Add counters to diagnose the problem.For instance:
Memory > pages input per second
...tells you if too many things are loading at startup and thus loading into virtual memory rather than RAM.
Also disk queue length consistently above 5 tells you your hard drive is failing or is overtaxed by virtual memory requirements.
post back with details....
"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure." - BILL CLINTON
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Hey pilot check this out: http://computing.net/windowsxp/wwwb...
Thats a really great guide to keeping your computer nice thnx to mattie.
Try here to: http://www.computing.net/windowsxp/...
I got some pretty good avice to the people in that thread. Thnx again to everybody who had some input there!
Good luck Pilot!
Shadow
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