Slow Computer

[Minus]

lol, is under scrutiny...

Yup, that link should show up in a day or too.

 

[EveWasFramed]

lol, is under scrutiny...

Yup, that link should show up in a day or too.

Minus got skillz...

 

[jenyroger]

If your computer can be slow then there are several reasons to slow your computer some time it depends on RAM or some time it also depends on virus problem while these your computer might be slow . The other reason is if your hard disk can be full or it can have lot of virus then your computer speed can be slow .

 

[VanillaCreme]

Spam again.

 

[Zak]

Botgirl again

 

[Badjedidude]

Anger at personal SPAAAAAM-huntin' slowness again.

 

[Minus]

lol, is under scrutiny...

He finally did it.
He really likes this thread.

 

[Badjedidude]

I am justified.

My SPAAAAAAAAM huntin' skills have NOT died after all.

 

[Lost Soul]

What are some reasons that a computer powered by Windows Vista would be slow?

I have Sophos Antivirus (which I'm running a scan on now)

I dont know how to run my ad-aware...though I think I have it installed.

I wish I had spybot but I dont know where to download that from.

Can anyone help me?

Windows Vista is naturally slow...

Here are a few things to keep your computer running fast and secure:

Defrag your computer about once a month. I recommend JKDefrag, all you have to do is open it and it'll automatically defrag, only takes about 20 minutes. I will add the file save it too

Windows folder in your local C drive. You may want to make a shortcut and post it on your desktop or wherever so you don't have to looking for it.

I will upload uncomp.bat, run this first before you defrag. What that does it it uncompresses any files that have been compressed, so they can be defragged.

Recommended Anti-virus: Avast, there is a free version which you can register. AVAST anti-virus is fast and always scans everything and updates itself. It won't slow down your computer unlike AVG and doesn't take up that much space. It also scans things that other anti-viruses don't like bit torrent, instant messengers etc. It is what I use. If you have any other anti-virus programs installed, uninstall them as if you have more then one anti-virus running they will interfere with one and other.

Use the latest version of Mozilla Firefox if you don't already. Also recommend and add-on called IE Tab which will allow you to visit IE Only sites using Firefox such as Windows updates.

If you use an external email client like Outlook Express, I recommend Mozilla Thunderbird. Like Firefox, it's is a lot more secure and and you can download addons and themes.

If you would like me to list you some add-ons I recommend, email me and send me a PM.

When you download Windows Updates, be sure to download only the security updates.

One more thing, you may also want to download CC Cleaner, what that does is delete temp file, prefetch file and also can clean you registry if you have registry problems. I run this one ever week or so.

That should should do it. I wish you luck.

 

[jameserics]

I think there is a problem of the RAM. So I suggest you to increase the RAM. Or if there is no issue of the RAM than there is a problem of the virus. So I suggest you to install the Genuine Antivirus software and scan the computer. Or format the computer.

 

[PurpleDays]

Spam (d)

 

[aldousbailey]

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[AncientBard]

WTF DIE THREAD DIE!

PS windows vista is broken and can't be fixed without buying windows 7 which is the fixed version of vista. Well..... It makes sense in a Microsoft world 0.o

 

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[VanillaCreme]

While Iobit worked well, I found it messed up my computer. For instance, while I had it, I had to restart my computer daily. But since I've removed it, I rarely restart my computer at all, except for Windows updates and such.

Which by the way, I plan to get Windows 7 soon.

Maybe.

 

[SophiaGrace]

Nilla what Operating System do you have now? Vista? XP?

 

[MavChat]

While Iobit worked well, I found it messed up my computer. For instance, while I had it, I had to restart my computer daily. But since I've removed it, I rarely restart my computer at all, except for Windows updates and such.

Which by the way, I plan to get Windows 7 soon.

Maybe.

The older versions were buggy. The new version works well. I use it once a week just to clean my system.

The thing I like most about ASC is the feature that allows you to manage what starts when my computer starts, there is allot of crap that tend to add itself to your startup sequence, that doesn't show icons in the notification area like adobe update service etc. Once removed windows does start faster.

See attached screenshot of Startup Manager.

 

[AncientBard]

While Iobit worked well, I found it messed up my computer. For instance, while I had it, I had to restart my computer daily. But since I've removed it, I rarely restart my computer at all, except for Windows updates and such.

Which by the way, I plan to get Windows 7 soon.

Maybe.

The older versions were buggy. The new version works well. I use it once a week just to clean my system.

The thing I like most about ASC is the feature that allows you to manage what starts when my computer starts, there is allot of crap that tend to add itself to your startup sequence, that doesn't show icons in the notification area like adobe update service etc. Once removed windows does start faster.

See attached screenshot of Startup Manager.

All it's doing is using the msconfig.exe program that already comes with windows. Type in msconfig into the search box after you click the start globe, same thing. That functionality is already built into windows and has been since windows 95.

 

[Badjedidude]

........

or you could just switch to linux, which can run on a computer with 1/4 (or even 1/8) the specs of what Windows requires... and FASTER, too. With more user control.

/shameless plug

 

[VanillaCreme]

Nilla what Operating System do you have now? Vista? XP?

Vista.