Laptop Help

MagicMummy_2

Hi

My laptop is running ridiculously slow and I was wondering if there was anything I could do to speed it up a bit.

I am very un techie so please be gentle

exup

first things first before downloading any cleaner and malware removal programs . try running the system cleanup .

this should clear out unneeded files - then use disk defragmenter.

what operating system are you using - I would guess at either XP or Vista

MagicMummy_2

Hi

I am on XP

How do I find system clean up?

thanks

AirCooledHeaven

MagicMummy wrote: »

Hi

I am on XP

How do I find system clean up?

thanks

Hi, double click the 'My Computer' Icon and this will open to show your disk drives. Right click on the drive marked 'C:' a menu will pop up, left click 'properties' on this menu. Now you'll see a 'disk cleanup' button, click on this and wait a while while it sorts out the necessary files. Then click 'OK' and confirm 'yes'. Now repeat the above but on the box where you clicked 'disk cleanup' click on the 'tools' tab, then click on 'defragment now' then when the next box pops up click 'defragment'. This should help a lot. Post back if you still have problems.

aliEnRIK

Download HIJACK THIS (Make sure you click 'DOWNLOAD LATEST VERSION')
http://www.filehippo.com/download_hijackthis/
Click DO A SCAN AND SAVE A LOGFILE (Takes seconds) then post the log so we can see whats running
(do NOT do anything else with Hijack but scan and post the FULL log)