i neeed a mallet

redbull08

my computer is running so slow i detest it
i have over 75% memory left
i dont download much
i defragment, clean up files, etc, regularly
i have window xp, i have BT broadband
i use Avast free anti virus
it takes ages to even get into my photos, also when i switch it on it has
stuff running away in background ive no idea what?
its 2 & half years old but well maintained
i want to put a brick through it
even on this site it takes yonks when i click on a page :mad::mad::mad:
any ideas pleeeeeeease!

redbull08

also can anyone advise
i want to put my photos on a cd or dvd?
to store them in case i lose them foever
how do i do that?
will i need a lot of discs ?

4743hudsonj

redbull08 wrote: »

also can anyone advise
i want to put my photos on a cd or dvd?
to store them in case i lose them foever
how do i do that?
will i need a lot of discs ?

depends how many photos you have but i find imgburn to be the fastest and easiest program for most general burning tasks

as for your speed, if you download ccleaner, run its cleaner and regestry cleaner, it should help things along, also go to its tool tab and then click on start up

here you will see a list of things that start up along with windows, turn anything you know you dont need on startup off, if your not sure, leave it or post a screen shot or something of whats there and we can tell you what to turn off.

as for the net

consider using safari 4, chrome 3 or chrome 4

the 3 fastest browsers on the net

chrome 4 being my favourite and the fastest (42x faster than IE in some tests)

davester

Also what are your computers Hardware specs, memory and CPU type and speed?

In the Which Computer solutions, Advertised on TV there is instructions on How to defrag your boot sector, my father did it and his computer now boots faster.

Other reasons might be you need to upgrade, I have noticed for many years that Windows updates slowly make a computer slower and slower. a clean install then update leaves you with a similarly slow machine

As for your Pics question what Hudsonj said depends how many you have?

aliEnRIK

Download MALWAREBYTES (Make sure you click 'DOWNLOAD LATEST VERSION')
http://www.filehippo.com/download_malwarebytes_anti_malware/
UPDATE and FULL SCAN
Post the log here AFTER youve deleted everything it finds


reboot

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)

GunJack

one other thing to do is go into avast and turn off the memory test on startup (right-click on avast icon, program settings and it's the first option on the Common tab that'll be open). makes a big difference to boot times

DCFC79

What browser and firewall do you use as i cant see a mention of it in the post, if not running firefox then id suggest download and install the latest version and get the no script add on as well as the adblock add on. It could be slow as there might be some programs that are due to start on start up, to find out if there are any then left start >> All programs >> hover over start up and if theres any that start then they will be listed, do you keep avast up to date and regulary scan

macman

How much RAM do you have installed?

elvch01

I have also found that a dying hard disk slows things down because after a few hard errors, the OS will switch talking to the disk in DMA mode and continue using PIO mode (which is v slow). AND IT DOESN'T SWITCH BACK

redbull08

elvch01 wrote: »

I have also found that a dying hard disk slows things down because after a few hard errors, the OS will switch talking to the disk in DMA mode and continue using PIO mode (which is v slow). AND IT DOESN'T SWITCH BACK

double dutch to me but thanks

redbull08

oh im worse now this is double dutch to me but thanks
thanks to all,
but im no good with all the fancy computer words... dma pio ram
& Gun Jack I cant see .....program settings or a Common tab that'll be open).
when i open avast
where do i find out how much ram i have
i hav bt firewall with the hub i think??
why do i need something called imgburn to put photos on a disk?
do i put them on a CD or a dvd?
i may have apprx 1,200 photos
i need easy speak as i am dumb with all this
im not going to download stuff from internet am i
& poss make this even sloewr
sorry but i thought there may be a wee easy peasy solution
i am just going to smash this up as stated :mad:
but thanks