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| Chuck in E. TN:
I beg to differ, Sparky. I work as a computer tech and use these programs daily. Cleaning the junk off and defragging are the second and third best things you can do to keep all flavors of Windoz running smoothly. First being to increase memory to max usable. Chuck in E. TN |
| AndyB:
I am not a guru either but I used to have Windows 98 so had to learn about getting the bloody thing going when it had a brainfart (every other day). :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: It sounds like there is a program running that is corrupted...a bit of line missing from the run cycle. :doh: I would set the system back to an earlier time before the problems started or, if you are connected to the internet (do not do this if you do not have an antivirus installed!!!!! AVG Free is what we use at home) then update all the programs you run. To reset your time go to: Start - Accessories - System Tools - System Restore and choose a date earlier than your problems. The computer will then reset itself to the format that was going on that day. You will not lose any documents or pictures but you WILL lose any programs installed since then. You will also get back any programs that you have uninstalled since too... I also run IOBIT Advanced System Care and run that every so often. It defrags, checks for runtime errors and all sorts of stuff that makes the computer behave itself, all the stuff Chuck recommends...and it's free too! I run 512MB of ram and it works fine on XP. My wife has got Vista and what a load of crap that is! That is where you need huge RAM. :poke: XP will always ask you to confirm that you want to do something, Vista goes off on its own and tries to do it without telling you then doesn't tell you when it can't manage it so leaves you with a very slow computer. They told us that XP was not going to be maintained by updates anymore...3 years ago! And look, updates are all back. :clap: Hope that helps...it has done so for me many times. Andy PS If you are an eccentric millionare financed by her indoors, get her to buy you a new one :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: |
| sparky961:
I agree that junk is one of the biggest causes for computer slow down, and often the (mistaken) reason that people replace computers. However, it would seem we have to agree to disagree in some respects as I don't believe the symptoms that John describes would be the best fit for a computer that's "junked up". I have also used many of the free and not so free programs that have caused much more harm than good. There are some good computer techs out there, and thus I make no judgements about you personally. However, I know of many "techs" who make it very difficult for the guys who actually know what they're doing to be trusted so I hope you can appreciate my natural skepticism and take what I have to say with a grain of salt. -Sparky |
| Chuck in E. TN:
LOL, no problem Sparky, I feel the same way about a lot of "Machinists" :lol: Chuck in E. TN |
| daz:
does it stall on start up or once windoze is running? once into windoze does it stall quicker each time you reboot? Click START, then RUN and type MSCONFIG into the box and hit enter, you will then see "System Configuration Utillity" Click on STARTUP, you will see a whole load of stuff that loads on start up. Uncheck as many boxes as you can, read what everything is first before unticking. If you see anything related to printers, microsoft office, adobe, picture viewers etc then untick them. Leave anything to do with your chosen firewalls, antivirus etc. If you dont know what it is then type it into google to find out, disabling some things can stop your pc from responding. If you know how to do a screen shot then take one of your start up and post back. Your problem could also be related to missing or corrupt dll's, another very common problem. Have you installed or deleted any software recently? The list for this type of problem is almost endless and could be caused by any one of a million things, think about anything you have done lately on your pc, new programs, antivirus,, cd/dvd burning software. These types of things dont like running with others and can cause easilly fixed problems. As Brass Machine says, if you can then try ALT CRL DEL together to open task manager, click on processes then click on CPU twice, you will then see what is hoggin all your resources, you can then also click on mem usage to see what is stealing memory, dont be surprised to see your chosen antivirus program!!! Need anymore help then just shout back, I have 3 mates that do this for a living and I'm sure between them and the guys on here your issue can be resolved daz |
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