Slow Computer

sak46

Hello, Im sak46's son.
I just got back from uni and im trying to speed up my mums Pc abit for her.
I remember when my computer was really slow that my friend cleaned up something on there, which made it turn on faster and generally run smoother, but i cant for the life of me remember what he did.

Can someone give me so tips on how to speed it up?

So far i have done a disk clean up, im now removing un used programs and iv taken a look at processes but that baffled me so i stopped (haha), in processes there are 51 processes running.


Thanks in advance


Alex

gremlin666_2

The easy way to speed it up is to upgrade RAM.

bigtel_2

Go to Start then Run.

Type on msconfig and press enter. If will bring up a small screen. Click the tab on the far right called Start Up. You might find lots of programs are starting when your computer starts up which you don't need to be running from the start. De-select these and it will help.

Just make sure all you anti-virus and spyware protection are selected.

sak46

Thats the one! thanks mate!

quick question, if i deselect them then realise i actually need that on start-up will it still be on the list to recheck?

bigtel_2

Yes just do what I said again and it will be there to select. When ever you install new software they sometimes and most often all the time start up at the start without you knowing so over time it will start to build back up so just keep an eye on it.

http://ccleaner.com/ is also good for getting rid of the temp internet files etc if you haven't already got it.

mascherano

The only way I could speed up my computer (short of buying RAM) was to disable about 30 services- the ones that are useless and/or a security risk like remote access and the like. there are loads of guides on the net for how to do it. Also, dont have any progs automatically loaded up on start up.
I also, like a lot of people are doing, got rid of virus protection. Norton McaFee, AVG, Avast, Kasperksy etc all claim to be 'light' but they are absolutely not. The virus software is a performance killer on older machines with low RAM.
Havent had a virus since I got rid 2 years ago, it seems to me you have to be extremely careless to get one.
My rubbish PC boots up quicker, and is generally faster than it did when i bought it

superscaper

mascherano wrote: »

Havent had a virus since I got rid 2 years ago, it seems to me you have to be extremely careless to get one.

If you don't have virus protection then how can you be sure you haven't got a virus?

mascherano

use an online scanner

tankard_2

bigtel wrote: »

http://ccleaner.com/ is also good for getting rid of the temp internet files etc if you haven't already got it.

Yeah. I agree with bigtel, I use CCleaner a lot

tankgirl1

bigtel wrote: »

Go to Start then Run.

Type on msconfig and press enter. If will bring up a small screen. Click the tab on the far right called Start Up. You might find lots of programs are starting when your computer starts up which you don't need to be running from the start. De-select these and it will help.

Just make sure all you anti-virus and spyware protection are selected.

Thanks so much for this post- was just browsing, and thought Id give it a go as my pc is supposed to be fast, but is always mega slow- lol

There was so much carp on there that was coming on at start up!! Running much faster now

Thanks a million :beer: :beer: :T

tg x