Laptop running slow

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 [...]

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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 [...]

Have you been wondering – “Why is my computer suddenly slow?” This probably happens to most of us at some point. What was once a very fast computer can suddenly become bogged down and act sluggish. Well my first recommendation when asking “why my system is slow”, is to not automatically assume you need to [...]

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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 [...]

Hi, any help would be much appreciated. I’m running a Dell Inspiron E1705 laptop with Windows XP SP2, Intel 2 GHz processor, and 1 GB RAM–usually clips along well with multiple tasks. But a couple days ago, the system began slowing dramatically (I’d have to wait 10 or 15 seconds for each letter to appear [...]

I have just solved an issue on my Dell inspiron 1520 (C2D T7300 Vista) which had me going for a couple of weeks. I was about to ask for advice on this forum but now find myself in a position to offer some instead. Reading discussions on Speed Step allowed me to at least find [...]

Hello again, PC-EMT, XPUser4Real, and any others who have taken the time to read this. Sorry I took a few days to come back but I go home on Thursdays and head back here on Sunday nights. I’ve finally downloaded all the programs you’ve suggested and run them. First, I already had Adaware, Spybot and [...]

Hi, my computer has suddenly become very slow despite recently having a memory upgrade. I installed norton antivirus recently but it seemed to be ok for a little while after that. i am also running webroot spysweeper, so would hope that i don’t have too much of a spyware/malware problem. i have followed the instructions [...]