PC running really slowly - any advice?
 

Hi guys and gals :wavey:

The PC's been running hugely slowly recently. I've run a defrag and cleared a load of old files, but I can't seem to get it running any quicker.

We're on BT internet (Option 3) with the home hub and running IE 8.0 (I think). Has anyone got any suggestions on how to speed it up a little?

Cheers in advance :)

Re: PC running really slowly - any advice?
 

have you run msconfig and stopped all but your av and security from starting at boot? click ctrl alt and del and look in processes to see whats hogging resources

Re: PC running really slowly - any advice?
 

Have you tried Ctrl + Alt + Del

see what your cpu usage is, I had 100% on boot up, was a dodgy file and had to do a complete system reinstall

Re: PC running really slowly - any advice?
 

Post a HijackThis log.

Re: PC running really slowly - any advice?
 

Absolutely no idea :erm::dunce::D

Hmmm, depends on how you define 'hogging' - iexplore is using 41,900k, skype's on 22,648, CCAP's on 14,204 and svchost is 11,944). Everything else is below 10,000. CPU usage is anywhere from 2 to 11%. Not that I understood a word of that, but there you go :disturbd:

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Which is what, exactly :dunce:

Re: PC running really slowly - any advice?
 

start run and type msconfig . Stop everything from running except antivirus and reboot pc see if you still have problems. How much ram do you have?

Re: PC running really slowly - any advice?
 

You mean its running slower than you?? Has it STOPPED ;)

Re: PC running really slowly - any advice?
 

I blame Nemmy myself...

Re: PC running really slowly - any advice?
 

Who mentioned slower than me? That'd require a re-definition of space-time :D

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Hmmm, that seems to have sped it up a bit.

Right, how do I find out how much ram I have :erm:

Re: PC running really slowly - any advice?
 

"Properties" in "My Computer".

Re: PC running really slowly - any advice?
 

Hmm, according to that, 448MB...

Re: PC running really slowly - any advice?
 

see how it runs for a bit. It wouldnt hurt to have more ram but its not essential at this moment (I take it your running xp?)

Re: PC running really slowly - any advice?
 

Also, check that your IDE controllers haven't fallen out with DMA:

In Device Manager

Expand IDE/ATAPI controllers tree

Check properties of instances for Primary and Secondary IDE channels

Advanced Settings Tab

"Current Transfer Mode" should be detecting "Ultra DMA Mode x" for each connected device.

Re: PC running really slowly - any advice?
 

Yup, XP it is :)

I've uninstalled a few odds and sods for the time being, so I'll see what happens.

Thanks for the help guys :)

Re: PC running really slowly - any advice?
 

Nugget, are you running any Adobe softwares in the background?