computer speed

rblass · 07-07-2006, 02:56 AM

HP model 6735. Get this one. The computer was gradually slowing down. Tried many things to speed it up but couldn't find out why. Accidently, i found that while playing spider solitare(which had slowed down considerably) if i opened an internet window and then hid it while playing solitare the game speed increased back to the full speed it used to run at. So, i tried it while surfing the net and it also improved the speed. Why does having an internet window open and hidden improve the speed of my game and surfing the web?

**The_Other_One** · 07-07-2006, 12:17 PM

That's weird... My first thought was spyware and such, but it doesn't sound like the case. Still, if you haven't scanned for any recently, try it out. Adaware and Spybot S&D are two great, free scanners.

Once you mentioned that things sped up when you opened IE, I thought perhaps it's a power saver feature... I could be totally wrong, but I'm wondering if it's clocking your processor down when you're not doing so much. Perhaps for some reason it's not clocking it back up when it's suppose to. I can't recall if Intel's have this feature too, but if you have an AMD processor, search for a program called SpeedSwitchXP. It's really for laptops, but it'll work just fine on your machine. When you run it, set the "AC" performace to Max Performace and it should lock your processor at full speed...

rblass · 07-07-2006, 07:18 PM

have tried adaware and spybot plus virus scans no difference. i will look into speedswitch xp later today.

rblass · 07-10-2006, 03:06 AM

speedswitch doesn't work with windows ME does it?

tagerrung · 07-10-2006, 03:30 AM

get with the XP buddy!

bptba93 · 07-10-2006, 03:53 PM

that might be the reason that your computer is slowing down... you're running Windows ME. Trying going up to at least Win 2000 pro if possible...close to the same system requirements but a lot more stable.

07-07-2006, 02:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
rblass New Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 8	computer speed HP model 6735. Get this one. The computer was gradually slowing down. Tried many things to speed it up but couldn't find out why. Accidently, i found that while playing spider solitare(which had slowed down considerably) if i opened an internet window and then hid it while playing solitare the game speed increased back to the full speed it used to run at. So, i tried it while surfing the net and it also improved the speed. Why does having an internet window open and hidden improve the speed of my game and surfing the web?

07-07-2006, 12:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,191	That's weird... My first thought was spyware and such, but it doesn't sound like the case. Still, if you haven't scanned for any recently, try it out. Adaware and Spybot S&D are two great, free scanners. Once you mentioned that things sped up when you opened IE, I thought perhaps it's a power saver feature... I could be totally wrong, but I'm wondering if it's clocking your processor down when you're not doing so much. Perhaps for some reason it's not clocking it back up when it's suppose to. I can't recall if Intel's have this feature too, but if you have an AMD processor, search for a program called SpeedSwitchXP. It's really for laptops, but it'll work just fine on your machine. When you run it, set the "AC" performace to Max Performace and it should lock your processor at full speed... __________________ Urban De-Development * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2048M RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT * C2D T5250 \| 2048M RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100 * G4 1.33GHz \| 512M RAM \| 40G HD \| Radeon 9200

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07-07-2006, 07:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
rblass New Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 8	have tried adaware and spybot plus virus scans no difference. i will look into speedswitch xp later today.

07-10-2006, 03:06 AM	#4 (permalink)
rblass New Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 8	speedswitch doesn't work with windows ME does it?

07-10-2006, 03:30 AM	#5 (permalink)
tagerrung Bronze Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 73	get with the XP buddy!

07-10-2006, 03:53 PM	#6 (permalink)
bptba93 Bronze Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 35	that might be the reason that your computer is slowing down... you're running Windows ME. Trying going up to at least Win 2000 pro if possible...close to the same system requirements but a lot more stable.