Question PC is working very slow ( PCMech Forums General Hardware )
Updated: 2009-06-04 05:20:12 (8) |
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PC is working very slow
Hi,
I have a PC dated 2004.
My system configuration is
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.26GHz
RAM - 248 MB
HDD - 40 GB
mercury 845GL mother board
Sofware:
Windows XP SP3.
I am having all required softwares installed in my system.
Symantec antivirus, firefox browser, java, nero, vlc, google earth, web cam.....
Problem:
System take so much time for initial refresh.... For loading of pages. I am not having any problem with my internet connect it is a broadband 100MBps connection.
even if I click right button of mouse also it is taking so much time to give me the options.
I have tried all the below things.
1. Full computer scan for viruses.
2. spyware malware scan.
3. Disk defragmentation.
4. deletion of temp files.
Did find any solution after doing also....
Can any please help me reagarding my issue....
Your help is highly appreciated...
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PC is working very slow
How much free space on the hard drive?
And get more ram. 1gb minimum.
Also, do you have a lot of things starting up with windows?
shadowpr
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PC is working very slow
248mb of RAM is no where near what you need to run that system, you should consider using at least 1gig of RAM.
Do you know how to access the startup list via MSCONFIG?
rjfvillarosa
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PC is working very slow
Thanks rjfvillarosa and shadowpr.
Ok i will upgrade my ram to 1GB.
Dont know how to access the startup list via MSConfig.Please let me know how to access and what to do.
aparicitudu
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PC is working very slow
Click on start, go to run and type: msconfig
From there, choose the tab that says startup.
If there aren't that many, or you have time, you can list the ones that have checks next to them. The more that have checks, the more programs that are trying to run on start up.
shadowpr
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PC is working very slow
Hi
I went to run and given msconfig command. I got a pop up window and i went to the starup tab.
Please find the screenshots in the attached staruplist.doc in the attachments.
Thanks,
aparicitudu
aparicitudu
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PC is working very slow
let me know what are the primary ones that need to be there in the startup list.
aparicitudu
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PC is working very slow
You don't need anything running on startup. You can uncheck them all.
Your worst enemy on that computer is Symantc anti-crapius it takes over your machine and leaves very few resources for you to use even with 1GB of memory. I would just dump it and get Avast or Calamwin.
Good luck
Khalil
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PC is working very slow
thanks all . Your suggestions really help me in getting my system to normal state .
I uninstalled the symantec antivirus and installed avast home edition and also unchecked all the startup list.
Thanks,
Aparicitudu.
aparicitudu
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