Computer running slow

India
September 8, 2011 12:43pm CST
Friends can you tell me why my computer is running slow . What should I do to improve it functioning . How to clear cookies ? Please help .
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• India
9 Sep 11
I often get a similar problem and what i do then is simply uninstall useless programs and stop the working of programs running in background. I get satisfactorily high processing speed by doing this. Computer works slow mainly because of the usage of ram by more and more programs installed.
• India
12 Sep 11
Thanks a lot Bhawik . I just uninstalled the useless programs . Cold you please tell me how do you stop the background programs ?
• India
12 Sep 11
I didn't understand background programs. Can u plz explain so that i can tell u the procedure
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• India
12 Sep 11
I meant programs that are running in the background .
8 Sep 11
I wrote a fully detailed response to a very similar question here: http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/2522248.aspx Second response, list of 5 steps (with all free software to do the job). Hope it helps!
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• India
9 Sep 11
Thanks Spike . I will refer to it soon . God bless you !
• India
10 Sep 11
thanks sir to provide the link and I read it really good thanks for it..
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
12 Sep 11
You have to check your pc and the available hard disk memory. yOu might need to have your pc cleaned us as well. Download some registry monitor software and from time to time, you also need to de fragment it as well. Of course you know for sure not to download software that are not certified, or are not legitimate.
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• India
14 Sep 11
Thanks for all the advice and information chiosyan . Good luck friend !
• United States
15 Sep 11
Besides running antispyware and antivirus software I would use CCleaner to clear the cookies and the registry. Also, defrag your computer. It helps.
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• India
22 Sep 11
I have started using CCleaner . Can you tell me more about 'defrag' . What it is and how it helps ?
@KING23 (26)
• Philippines
10 Sep 11
First thing to do is to run a antivirus to detect if there is a malicious programs that are running to your system.Try also to run ccleaner to remove unnecessary files to your system.Also check your PC manual for what kind of RAM memory you are using and if is possible to upgrade it for better performance.
• India
12 Sep 11
Thank you so much KING . I am using Microsoft Security Essentials .I have just downloaded CCleaner from piriform.com . My RAM is of 2 GB .Will keep in mind your advice . God bless !
• Greece
9 Sep 11
Read this topic: http://www.wikihow.com/Clear-Your-Browser's-Cache#Chrome_v10_.2B .Also apply in most of the option you will see there in the menu!
• India
12 Sep 11
Thanks so much thesatvreva .
@lovedude (4447)
• India
9 Sep 11
there are many possible ways to improve your system performance.. remove usused icons on the desktop.. remove startup programs entries.. delete temp files from your %temp% location.. defragement your hard disk.. scan your system with antivirus.. etc.. all these steps take a day but its good practice to do it every month or two months..
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• India
12 Sep 11
I have done all this as per your advice but I want to know how to remove start-up prgrams.
@lampar (7584)
• United States
8 Sep 11
First you need to do some clean up in your p/c, by scanning it with anti-malware and anti-spyware software, then delect all those found, after that, you can do a disk clean, and disk partition for a more efficient disk allocation. Hopefully it can speed up your slow p/c, if not, you have to try other more technical tune-up like registry clean up and tweak, memory resource tweak, additional memory size, etc... it is quite a complicated task for me to spell all out for you here.
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• India
9 Sep 11
Thanks for your valuable comments lampar . Will try all that you suggested . Hope it helps .
• Algeria
12 Sep 11
if you are running windows clear it and setup linux, star with ubuntu it the best for beginners
• India
14 Sep 11
Will keep in mind your advice . Good luck friend :-)
• Slovenia
8 Sep 11
Depends on what you define by 'computer'. Do you mean desktop and programms running slow, you mean slow on web browsing? :) Because this are different things and there are different solutions to solve this problem.
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• India
12 Sep 11
Thanks for your response zassx ! I am working on my laptop and I meant the programs are running slow . Could you please suggest how to stop the start up programs ?