Laptop running slow

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computer keeps freezing, and is running very slowly. help? by A Zen-like Chill – 5/27/05 5:09 PM i am running (or attempting to, now) a self-built computer with the following specs: asus a7v880 motherboard athlon xp 3200 processor 1 gig ram onboard lan soundblaster audigy platinum pro 2zs ati radeon 9800 xt video 120 gig [...]

Here are a few questions I’ve received recently from people like you, and my answers. I have edited and restated the questions a bit, for readability. My Dell PC, which is an older model running Windows XP, is very slow to boot up and I have a lot of icons on my desktop. Does the [...]

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My computer kept freezing! When I was working, it suddenly froze up. Then the screen and mouse stopped moving. Sometimes it would restore after few seconds. But most of the time I could not even use Task Manager by pressing Ctrl+ Alt+ Delete. I had to shut it down by cutting the power. This problem [...]

There are two issues that could cause your computer to run slowly that are related to security issues. The two issues are spyware/adware or a computer virus. Slow running computer and Spyware or Adware You may not realize it but your computer could have adware or spyware running in the background. This would cause your [...]

One of the most frustrating problems for computer users nowadays is the way in which many PCs can actually run slower overnight. This is a problem which can affect even the newest computers and is affecting millions of people around the World every day. Fortunately, there’s a trick to fix this problem for good. The [...]

All computers slow down over time. Adding and removing programs, downloading updates, changing system files and editing data files over the course of years all cause small corruptions and inefficiencies that can knee-walk your computer all by themselves. This is especially true with Windows Vista. Most people don’t realize it, but it takes anywhere from [...]