My computer's running s-s-slow-er than usual

Yeah I'm contented and happy with the speed of my computer but plan to do some more upgrades to increase further it's performance as I want to utilize the maximum performance of my computer. I always clean the registry of my PC and run a system maintenance. I usually do not go for automatic updates but prefer to update them manually so that it will be easier for me to manage it's settings and preferences. I would also suggest that you try to defrag your computer at least once every month.

Hi Beingwell, it is pity to hear your computer is running slow. After you do the cleans-up, have you clean away the items in your garbage bin? I ever forgotten to delete away those items and it still remains slow. Hope after the Microsoft update, your computer able to run fast. Have you check the internet connection? Hope everything is fine soon, so you can go online like usual...So, waiting to see you active in here, Beingwell...

My laptop is still running on windows xp and it has been around since the year 2007. But I am happy with the speed. I do not need to wait long. The storage was nearing the limit though so I am thinking of getting myself an external hard drives. The one I had was not returned by my friend.

If it is running slower than it normally does then you probably just need to tune it up. There is a great program called "Tune Up Utilities" that I use and I find it to be very helpful. Of course there are plenty of others that are good too, I was just giving you one example. If you have installed more software programs that use up your computer's resources then you might want to consider adding some RAM memory which will always speed up your computer. I don't know how much you have at the moment but if it is 2 gig or less the another gig or two would greatly improve your computers speed and performance. Another thing is that you could have several programs running in the background using your computer's resources slowing it down. The program I listed above has an option in it that allows you to see all the programs that start when you boot your computer and describes the importance and function of each program and allows you to set whether or not it starts when the computer boots up or not. You can clean up unwanted programs and old data to give you more space on your hard drive and give it a tune up and this fixes the problem most of the time. If you ever have need of virus removal software or free advice on cleaning up and tuning up your computer the you might want to try the forums at http://www.techspot.com/vb/ They are free to join and use and give really good advice on computer issues. They also have a 6 step virus/spyware malware removal tool that is always good to run to make sure your system is problem free. You can find that post at: http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic58138.html Anyway I hope that I have helped you in some small way and good luck with your computer.

Right now my notebook runs fast enough even when it has Windows 7 and a lot of programs altogether. Of course it has some moments where I would like a bit more of speed, but it's still manageable. I would suggest that you may improve first by disabling the Windows updates, as they add nothing important really and just install even more things. Look also for free hard disk space, you should have plenty of it for Windows to run smoothly (say, 4-8 GB for example). Uninstalling programs often doesn't has any effect, but keep running programs to a minimum helps to free memory and speeds up something. Was the slow down just a single day? Or permanent? Maybe it happens to be running some update or an automatic process just that day.

I am happy with the speed of my PC now. I have a new computer and unfortunately I didn't install my virus protection right way which I should have. It wasn't even a month before my computer started crashing and freezing. Now that I have the virus protection its faster than ever. So now I am happy.

Hi I am using w-7 at home and vista in office. Both are working fine. Few things to be noted that your computer speed (Processor, RAM) etc will decide the overall speed of the computer. As you said, the unwanted or non usable programs if any, can be uninstalled which also help to speed increase. Also, check the speed of your internet service provider. Again, if you are already opened various other software like word, excel, PPT, different internet browser, also may case low performance of the PC. However, you can download a free program called ‘CCleaner’ and install it. Which will help you to clear major back up files and temp files from your computer. Also, clean the temp files regularly. Thank-s

Of course, you have choice to say no or yes to updates but I would recommend using updates. I would highly recommend getting and external hsrd drive (USB) to store your important files!

Hi being, I understand you are running Win Vista OS. It received some down votes from users due to its demanding attitude to computers. Needless to say, I didn't bother installing it on my PC. I don't know your system environments but I'm sure it could do better with Win XP or Windows 7. I recommend using Windows XP or the newer Windows 7. Some say Win 7 is the way of saying "I'm Sorry for Vista, here's the best alternative."

Well my pc was also slower before but after I re installed my OS it is working good. Before I use to have lots of software installed and also lots of start up programs which would have made my computer slower. But now i installed only required software and also I did not keep any start up program of my own. I also do disk clean up and defragmentation in every two weeks. I have also updated microsoft security essential which protects my system from any dangerous codes and software.

beingwell: the speed of computer may increase after your cleaning temporary data. You can also delete history from the browsers u are using. That will also help improve speed of browsing.

Well, yeah. So far I'm happy with the running speed of my laptop pc. It's running on Windows 7 Ultimate, and so far there're no bugs that have affected its speed. I use TuneUp Utilities to maintain the performance of my OS.

I'm using Windows 7 and it's still running smoothly :D Most of the time, I would just run a scheduled disk clean-up and defrag and everything will be back on it's original order :D Try downloading CCleaner. For me it's one of the best disk cleaning tool since it looks for files until the registry entries :) I do use quite a lot of external hard drives since I DL quite a lot of stuffs. 500GB of external hard drive's not enough for me :P Good luck on your updates. Hope that your PC will run faster ;)

To make it work as usual ,backup files and reinstall the OS - it will be even better to instal win7. Am i happy with my laptop(pc) ? For shure , it is a quad-core beast.

hi beingwell just a word of warning if you have your virus protection running all the time it really slows down your computer no matter what windows you are using . I have mine set to do a thorough check just once a week and at a time when I am at lunch so I will not being using it and getting upset over its slow running. I have a modern windows xp professional which I love and cable jack rabbit express internet super fast so slowness is not bothering me with my virus protection not doing a scan all day long ev ry day. Of course if theres any virus popping up it grabs it then planks it in jail or deletes it asking you which you prefer.so check your virus protection.

My computer is running very smoothly right when I bought it 6 years ago.. and now its really not that good anymore. The motherboard, Video Card and the Processors all been replaced... and my cpu heats even faster than before so I have to limit myself from using the computer. only 15 mins of using = Blazing hot CPU already.

There is a program that really helps with computer speed and finding errors. It is free and hubby and I have been using it awhile now. It is called 360 Amigo. To find it, just go to http://www.download.com and type 360 Amigo in the search box when you install it, you can either choose 15 days of the pro version for free or the totally free version. This program makes a lot of difference on computers and I have had others thank me for letting them know about it. I found it by accident. It does quite a few things that will speed up your computer and make it safer.

I bought my pc several years ago,and now i becomes slowly than before,so i uninstall some files so as to make it run quickly.It's a confused thing that i always watching movies on the internet ,but i still need to buffering,i need to check my pc again.

I'm very happy with my computer's speed. There are some tricks that I do to keep it that way, first is the security. I use Avira and Malwarebytes combo, both are really strong protection and very low on eating your resources, you're protected with no latency! I perform a full scan twice a month to avoid malwares as they slow down your computer and then I disk check all my drives at least once a month. I use Auslogic defrag for fast defragmentation, I literally defrag it every end of my computer use the Defrag and optimize at least once a month. My computer now is low on disk space but it still works like a charm. I will get a new Hard Drive by the end of the month for my files.

if you are using Microsoft vista than you must have at least 1GB RAM to run smoothly. Do you have it. Until now i didnt face such thing.