ever since we formatted the hard drive drive and installed Windows XP sp2 my computer has being running slow. i tried disk cleanup, defrag, ccleaner, some registry cleaners, took of some of the start up stuff so i can log in faster. but its still running slow especially my games
if u tell me to defrag, delete stuff or clean registry or error check and etc. don't, cause i done those before a lot of times and it does not help
also i "re-installed Windows XP sp2" to my computer, i had xp on my computer for 7 years already and its gone slow ever since re-installing last year.
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1 lucy // Jul 10, 2008
YOU!!!!
2 arouge1786 // Jul 10, 2008
To speed up your computer and free up space and memory for free:
Go to the Start Menu> Run
Type in "appwiz.cpl"
Uninstall whatever you don't need.
Next, go to Start Menu> Run again and type in "msconfig".
Go to the Startup Tab and uncheck everything you don't want to startup. If you want, you can uncheck everything, and your anti-virus will still restart itself when you log on.
Now go to My Computer> Hard Drive> Documents and Settings> [USER NAME]> Local Settings> and delete everything inside the Temp Folder. (This is a hidden folder so you will needto have "show hidden files and folders" checked in Folder Options) All the files in this folder are just temporary files that your Internet stored that for certain websites.
Then go to My Computer> Hard Drive> Windows> Prefetch and delete everything inside it. This folder is like an cache for programs and should be emptied about once a month.
You could also try installing CCleaner, it will get rid of alot of temporary files on your computer. It also has a registry repair system, which is easily the best free one available on the Internet:
http://www.ccleaner.com/download
Another option is to try defragmenting your computer.
Go to the Start Menu and go to All Programs
Go to Accessories and System Tools.
Choose Disk Defragmenter and when it loads click defragment.
Next, go to Device Manger (Start> RightClick My Computer> Properties> Hardware Tab> Device Manager) and update all drivers.
Another thing I would say is to compress your files if you already haven't.
Open My Computer and right click on your hard drive
Check the Compress Drive button and let it do it's thing.
Finally, make sure your Hard Drive doesn't have any bad sectors. Go to My Computer> Right Click Hard Drive> Properties> Tools Tab> Check Now> Check both boxes and Start. It will ask you to reboot, so reboot. This will clear out any bad sectors on your Hard Drive.
These are short-term solutions however. the easiest way is to just upgrade the RAM on your system, but at least the ways above are free.
A very good, free AV available to download is AVG 8 Anti-virus:
http://www.free.grisoft.com
And for any spyware problems, get SpyBot - Search and Destroy:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html
Both are free, as powerful as paid programs, like Norton and McAfee, and don't use up as many resources.
Just boot into Safe Mode (Press F8 when turning on the computer) and run full scans.
Good Luck.
3 dredme // Jul 10, 2008
I added an article that talks about improving windows performance. I had the same problem, I did the things wrote there and it helped me.
4 Jay // Jul 10, 2008
It could be that your pc does not have the capability of running windows xp comfortably without struggling. I have a pc on my network that would not do anything on Windows XP but is excellent on Windows ME. Not definate that this is your answer but I had the same problem now the pc is running fine, although you cannot get a lot of things that you can on XP it may be worth getting a copy of Windows ME just for better pc performance.
5 ahmed a // Jul 10, 2008
You said you've been running Xp for 7 years. Is your PC 7 years old? I guess then it is the time to consider an upgrade. See, when MS people develop a new OS they do it for the most recent available computers announced by the market. So if your computer is Pentium 3 or old PIV, this would be the why. SP2 is a heavy OS, with too many security and function upgrades. It needs a good and relatively new PC to run smoothly.
6 Tech M // Jul 10, 2008
Format the hard drive, check with only basic windows, if slow then you have hard ware problem otherwise try to install softwares one by one and isolate what makes it slow.
7 Jedi Master S I T H // Jul 10, 2008
you need more memory and a fast processor…
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