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Slo Running Pc

Can anyone help. My pc seems to take a while to load up and I can hear things "running in the background" but not sure what they are or how to stop them.

Any help would be appreciated.

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  • vyseyboy
    vyseyboy Posts: 624 Forumite
    If you post your current PC specs. and operating system, and any antivirus software / anything else that visibly runs in the system tray, I'm sure someone will be able to suggest some tips.
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  • Anthillmob
    Anthillmob Posts: 11,780 Forumite
    A good place to start is to do a disk clean up and delete EVERYTHING in your temp folder, cookies and prefetch folder then defrag your hard drive.

    Don't delete the folders, just empty them.. make a note of any login/passwords you need before you do it.. in case you forget them
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