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supercoop

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my computer is running alot slower than it should be doing. It has run slow just about all the time I have had it. Even if I re-install everything so it is like how it was when I first bought it, it still runs slow. Since I bought it I have added a new hard drive and more memory. The spec is:

80gb Hard Drive
250gb Hard Drive
960mb Memory
2.8ghz Processor
P4

I also have another computer that has a lower spec and it runs faster than the one I have now. It has:

60gb Hard Drive
256mb Memory
2.2ghz Processor
P4

please can someone help me.

thanks
 
How many processes do you have running? Go to start > run > the type msconfig and hit enter. You can disable all programs that you do not need. This will speed things up bit.

Have you tried this already? If so let us know.
 
ive tried disabling all the programs and it still doesn't make any difference. I've also re-installed the system and when I first use it again it still runs slow.

anymore suggestions?
 
Do you have the lastest definitions for the antivirus/firewall program you use? Run some tests. Sypware can really slow down your PC>
 
i think there are two reasons:
1. may be ur system is affected by virus.
2. may be one of ur hardware is damage.

u said u have two hard drive in a PC, u should disconnect one of ur hard drive and try.
 
jshah41 said:
i think u should format Drive c:/ and re-install the operating system.
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I think thats a bit too dramatic. Why lose all that data when he could just take other steps to solve the problem?
Charlie7940 said:
]Do you have the lastest definitions for the antivirus/firewall program you use? Run some tests. Sypware can really slow down your PC
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Yeah, I agree. It never hurts to give the systems a good old full system (virus) scan.

You should get rid of programs you don't use. Frees up space and theres the possiblilty of less programs the run at startup
 
supercoop said:
my computer is running alot slower than it should be doing. It has run slow just about all the time I have had it. Even if I re-install everything so it is like how it was when I first bought it, it still runs slow. Since I bought it I have added a new hard drive and more memory. The spec is:
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Lets make sure the hardware running at the speed is suppose to be at first. I dont think it a virus or spyware because he says it still run slow after completly reformatting it.

download cpu-z
http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php#download
and tell us what it says you running. Lets make sure it running at the 2.8ghz it suppose to be running at.
 
Have a look at the hard drives and make sure that they run at the same speed, and that the bigger hard drive is set as a master drive, and the other as a slave.
 
do you need anymore information than this?

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CPU-Z version 1.27.2
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CPUID Output
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Number of CPUs 1
APIC ID 0
Name Intel Celeron
Code name Northwood
Specification Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.80GHz
Family/Model/Stepping F29
Extended Family/Model 0/0
Brand ID 10
Package mPGA-478
Core Stepping D1
Technology 0.13µ
Instructions Sets MMX, SSE, SSE2
Clock Speed 2788.6 MHz
Clock multiplier x28.0
Front Side Bus Frequency 99.6 MHz
Bus Speed 398.4 MHz
Stock frequency 2800 MHz
L1 Data Cache 8 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L1 Trace Cache 12 Kµops, 8-way set associative
L2 Cache 128 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size
L2 Speed 2788.6 MHz (Full)
L2 Location On Chip
L2 Data Prefetch Logic yes
L2 Bus Width 256 bits

eax ebx ecx edx
Function 00000000 00000002 756e6547 6c65746e 49656e69
Function 00000001 00000f29 0001080a 00004400 bfebfbff
Function 00000002 665b5101 00000000 00000000 003b7040
Function 80000000 80000004 00000000 00000000 00000000
Function 80000001 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Function 80000002 20202020 20202020 20202020 20202020
Function 80000003 65746e49 2952286c 6c654320 6e6f7265
Function 80000004 20295228 20555043 30382e32 007a4847

edx eax
MSR 0000002C 00000000 1C10001C
MSR 0000002A 00000000 00000000
MSR 00000017 000A0000 00000000
MSR 000001A0 00000000 000000E9
MSR 0000008B 0000000E 00000000


Chipset
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Northbridge SiS ID651 rev. 2
Southbridge SiS ID8 rev. 25
Memory Type
Memory Size 1024 MBytes
 
I dont think it a virus or spyware because he says it still run slow after completly reformatting it.
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That's not quite what they said...that may be what was meant but I'm thinking it just means everything that was installed has been uninstalled. :)
Even if I re-install everything so it is like how it was when I first bought it
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Your slower computer might actually be effectively faster if it is a P4, the 2.8GHz machine is a Celeron
 
this might be of more use

there is a really good programme called ad aware http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ it is free and this is what i used when i was having similar problems it stops dodgee programmams running that slow a computer down also if you have recently installed any hardware on your computer and the install might have gone a bit wrong this can cause slowness as this happened to me when i installed my ipod it can be really anoying but if you try and think back to when it started and if you installed any hardware e.g. Ipod, camera link , scanner or printer if you uninstall them you should notice a difference and then reinstall them following the instructions as i found, helped
well i hope this info is of any use to you :)
 
I've also re-installed the system and when I first use it again it still runs slow.anymore suggestions?
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Have you tried reformating?

I think thats a bit too dramatic. Why lose all that data when he could just take other steps to solve the problem?
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Hopefully he means this as a temporary thing ....

I dont think it a virus or spyware because he says it still run slow after completly reformatting it.
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Formatting doesnt always get rid of virii
 
Check hardware

I'm sure if you started with a new copy of windows it wouldn't run slow unless it was hardware. So check your harddrive, ram, processor, ect, ect. I really hope you solve this problem it really sucks to have a slow computer.
 
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