Laptop slowing down

[Golfaholic]

My laptop has become noticeably slower. It takes a long time to boot up and to have my outlook open. Also, sometimes when I close a screen, it slowly disappears from the top down to the bottom. Is it the hard drive or the motherboard that is failing? I am using Windows XP Pro as my os.
I clean and defrag my laptop frequently. I run antivirus and malaware programs. This is not a virus. Can someone help me?

 

[bratsos]

Fisrt see here:

http://www.computerforum.com/205442-playing-any-game-computer-restart-need-help.html#post1715699

If that no help, maybe is another reasons...

Windows systems is not like linux, after some add and remove programs, registry become unstable. Try to find a program to fix your registry. Try registry mechanic

If either no help, try to disable programms running from boot ...

If the laptop have few memory, then remove and antivirus (is risky if you surface internet often, high rate to obtain virusess).

 

[wolfeking]

Don't mess with the registry at all. That is never the answer.

First, try running malewarebytes and removing any infections found.
Then, Download and run Ccleaner. it will remove any junk on your system.

If that doesn't help, then download memtest and run it for a couple of hours. It will detect any errors with your RAM. If it finds any, you will need to replace your RAM. It might help to upgrade your RAM anyway.

 

[Golfaholic]

I downloaded memtest, and I extracted files, but there is no way to run the program. How do I do it.

 

[elobire]

Run malwarebytes and Ccleaner. That usually speeds any system up considerably. You can also try running a defrag program (theres one already on windows).

 

[johnb35]

I downloaded memtest, and I extracted files, but there is no way to run the program. How do I do it.

You need to download the cd iso file and then use a cd burning program to write the iso file to a cd and then boot to the cd. You can use IMGburn if you don't have any burning software.

http://www.imgburn.com/

 

[wolfeking]

I downloaded memtest, and I extracted files, but there is no way to run the program. How do I do it.

As John said, or you can use YUMI to make a bootable flash drive to run it. Thats what I have done.
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/

 

[Golfaholic]

Thank you all. I was able to run the memtest. I found a program that booted up even before windows and I removed it and everything is much better now.

 

[GaryCantley]

Thank you all. I was able to run the memtest. I found a program that booted up even before windows and I removed it and everything is much better now.

and MEMTest showed that programme? Wow!!

 

[bratsos]

mem test

Thank you all. I was able to run the memtest. I found a program that booted up even before windows and I removed it and everything is much better now.

im no know mem test has, such featues

Im so noob

 

[wolfeking]

it doesn't have such features.