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Computer extremely slow!!!
Thanks. I ran he combofix. Here is the content of the ComboFix.txt file:
ComboFix 09-11-24.02 – IBM 11/25/2009 8:56.1.1 – x86 Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.1.2600.2.1255.1.1033.18.1022.560 [GMT 2:00] Running from: c:\documents and settings\IBM\Desktop\ComboFix.exe AV: Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition *On-access scanning enabled* (Updated) {FB06448E-52B8-493A-90F3-E43226D3305C} .
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Is your Computer Extremely Slow? Here Are Some Tips To Improve Its Performance
So is your computer extremely slow? Are you wasting more time waiting then you are actually working? This can be completely frustrating and at one time or another all computer users will experience their computer being extremely slow. Fortunately there are some things that you can do to fix a slow computer.
When you first purchase your computer it runs fantastic, you can open and close programs quickly, you can browse the Internet with speed, going from website to website, opening and closing pages without a problem, but after awhile you begin to notice a change. Your computer isn’t running with the same type of performance it had when you first purchased it and you spend more time waiting because your computer is extremely slow. Well if your now slow computer has you wanting to throw it out the window lets see what we can do to remedy the problem.
One of the many causes of a computer running extremely slow is that you have very low available disk space on your hard drive. Your hard drive needs to have an adequate amount of free space to allow for temporary files and it must also be able to accommodate your swap file. If your swap file cannot accept temporary files it will result in a slow computer. A swap file is just a file that is stored on your hard drive and it is used to store information that is not being used by your computers RAM (random access memory) at any particular moment. If your computer is extremely slow, your hard drive could be lacking the room for your swap file to grow, keeping it from storing more temporary files which in turns frees up more of your memory.
Computer EXTREMELY Slow [RESOLVED]
Back Again
Tried the On-Line scan again after doing the Disk Clean Up.
The scan got to 20% then the computer screen locked up, then the computer restarted.
Is Your Computer Extremely Slow, Then Give it a Turbo Charge
In contrast to the old adage, computers are definitely built for speed and not comfort or any other semblance of luxury that you can think of. Most computer users want their computer to do the task asked of it as quickly as possible without “sparing the horses”. So it comes with a growing sense of frustration and maybe a few choice expletives, when the computer begins to slow down. Indeed, an extremely slow computer can turn a simple 5 minute job into a 30 minute ordeal. If this compounds onto the next job, the productivity of the individual concerned can take a severe nose dive. So what can be done about your extremely slow computer?
In most cases, the reason why a computer is slow is because it is overweight (digitally speaking). Out of the box, a computer has nothing but the operating system and a few other pre-installed programs to fill up it’s hard drive and tax the processor and operating memory. So it runs fast. Just like the search dog, it is back at you with it’s tail wagging asking for something else to do in next to no time.
Improve Its Performance
So is your computer extremely slow? Are you wasting more time waiting then you are actually working? This can be completely frustrating and at one time or another all computer users will experience their computer being extremely slow. Fortunately there are some things that you can do to fix a slow computer.
When you first purchase your computer it runs fantastic, you can open and close programs quickly, you can browse the Internet with speed, going from website to website, opening and closing pages without a problem, but after awhile you begin to notice a change. Your computer isn’t running with the same type of performance it had when you first purchased it and you spend more time waiting because your computer is extremely slow. Well if your now slow computer has you wanting to throw it out the window lets see what we can do to remedy the problem.
One of the many causes of a computer running extremely slow is that you have very low available disk space on your hard drive. Your hard drive needs to have an adequate amount of free space to allow for temporary files and it must also be able to accommodate your swap file. If your swap file cannot accept temporary files it will result in a slow computer. A swap file is just a file that is stored on your hard drive and it is used to store information that is not being used by your computers RAM (random access memory) at any particular moment. If your computer is extremely slow, your hard drive could be lacking the room for your swap file to grow, keeping it from storing more temporary files which in turns frees up more of your memory.
Computer extremely slow
Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 8:21:25 AM, on 6/11/2010
Platform: Windows Vista SP1 (WinNT 6.00.1905)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6001.18444)
Boot mode: Normal
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