Computer is too slow

[kisa_l]

Could anyone please advise me on what should I do, what are the first steps, my computer got really slow. And I have no idea where to begin. Thanks!!!

 

[dave597]

1) slowdown is caused by virus, trojan, files cluttering hd, broken software/hardware, and about anything you can think of.
2) download or get someone to download for you microsoft anti-spyware, and an anti-virus program, eg. symantec antivirus, and check for problems
3) run disk degfragmenter on start>>control panel>>system tools
4) run checkdisk, scan drive for errors.
5) plenty more, am sure people can add to this....

 

[brotherstan1k4]

well first of all we need to no ur system specs and as seeing as u dont really know how to make ur comp faster (no offense) just go to ur device manager, control panel-->system-->hardware tab-->device manager and there should be a list of all ur specs just give us the basic hardrive space, video card, processor speed, ram amount, and usually the cheap easy solution is getting more ram and a video card (a vid card sorta acts as a new cpu but it only works with "video" stuff

 

[kobaj]

Do you use IE.(internet explorer) Well if you do theres your first problem, get firefox or something. Then get adawer(SP?) se, to check for spyware. Then get norton or ave, and scan for viruses. then like they said disk defragment and such. And have you considered more ram, new vid card, and even overclocking.

 

[PC Technology INC.]

Use also disk defrag and check the drives at least once a week

 

[Praetor]

IE and defragging is all nice and all but they dont constitute that big of a problem. As noted, we're gonna need more info first

 

[jman15]

download spybot search and destroy, and adaware personal se from www.majorgeeks.com

99% chance you have lots of spyware on your computer. That is the biggest thing to slow computers down nowadays.

 

[kisa_l]

Here is some more info on my comp. And i run Norton SW and ad awear, defrag the hard drive last night, and i think this is all i tried. Thanks for all your help

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name WS-4
System Manufacturer IBM
System Model 6269M2U
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 3 GenuineIntel ~668 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date IBM PTKT15AUS, 9/19/2000
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale Russia
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name WS-4\Anna
Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 256.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 49.18 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 625.46 MB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys


Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.0
Scan saved at 11:02:21 AM, on 2/4/2005
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Norton SystemWorks\Norton AntiVirus\navapsvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Norton SystemWorks\Norton Utilities\NPROTECT.EXE
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\Security Center\SymWSC.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\Microsoft IntelliType Pro\type32.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft IntelliPoint\point32.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
C:\PVSW\Bin\W3dbsmgr.exe
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\WINWORD.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\WISPTIS.EXE
C:\hjt\HijackThis.exe

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://www.google.ca
O2 - BHO: CNavExtBho Class - {BDF3E430-B101-42AD-A544-FADC6B084872} - C:\Program Files\Norton SystemWorks\Norton AntiVirus\NavShExt.dll
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [type32] "C:\Program Files\Microsoft IntelliType Pro\type32.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [IntelliPoint] "C:\Program Files\Microsoft IntelliPoint\point32.exe"
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [ccRegVfy] C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccRegVfy.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [SSC_UserPrompt] C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\Security Center\UsrPrmpt.exe
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NeroCheck] C:\WINDOWS\system32\NeroCheck.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [ctfmon.exe] C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe
O4 - Global Startup: BusinessVision Workgroup Setup.lnk = C:\WINDOWS\Bvwgset.exe
O4 - Global Startup: Pervasive.SQL Workgroup Engine.lnk = C:\PVSW\Bin\W3dbsmgr.exe
O8 - Extra context menu item: E&xport to Microsoft Excel - res://C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~4\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE/3000
O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~4\OFFICE11\REFIEBAR.DLL
O16 - DPF: {2253F320-AB68-4A07-917D-4F12D8884A06} (ChainCast VMR Client Proxy) - http://www.streamaudio.com/download/ccpm_0237.cab
O23 - Service: Symantec Event Manager - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccEvtMgr.exe
O23 - Service: Symantec Password Validation Service - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccPwdSvc.exe
O23 - Service: Norton AntiVirus Auto Protect Service - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Norton SystemWorks\Norton AntiVirus\navapsvc.exe
O23 - Service: Norton Unerase Protection - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Norton SystemWorks\Norton Utilities\NPROTECT.EXE
O23 - Service: ScriptBlocking Service - Symantec Corporation - C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\SYMANT~1\SCRIPT~1\SBServ.exe
O23 - Service: Speed Disk service - Symantec Corporation - C:\PROGRA~1\NORTON~1\SPEEDD~1\nopdb.exe
O23 - Service: SymWMI Service - Symantec Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\Security Center\SymWSC.exe

 

[Praetor]

You can prolly kill
C:\PVSW\Bin\W3dbsmgr.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe


As for the original problem, you said it "got really slow", are you doing the same things as before (i.e., it is a 600MHz proc afterall)

 

[brotherstan1k4]

and ya maybe that .668 ghz is bottleneckin so if u want maybe try to OC it a lil and see if it does anything but prob not much since its a 668 althought i heard some guy on thsi forum said that he raised his 2800 amd to a 3200 speed so u never no and if u do decide to OC get a good fan to help from fryin ur cpu

 

[robina_80]

delete your o/s and start again from fresh