Need PC Oil Change

My Desk | 8/7/06

[pabianice]

I have a two-year-old eMachine T3092 running Windows XP Home Edition. Over the past six months it has become progressively slower until it now takes 30-60 seconds to open a new screen or start an application. I use Norton Antivirus, Spy Sweeper, and BlackIce Firewall. I suspect the problem is simply too much extraneous crap in it.

Is there a product that can clean-up Windows and my files to get it up to speed again? Thanks.

[Paradox]

My usual response to this is to save all my data to CDROM, then doing a total reformat/install of Windows XP. The reinstall your programs.

[MikefromOhio]

I can give you my answer.....



I'll ping others and maybe they can give you a better one :)

[Perdogg]

You could delete your restore points, that would free up about 1 Gb.

What for others to respond.

[GaltMeister]

Try uninstalling Norton. I have seen it slow systems down to the point they become unuseable.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Speed and performance generally won't be affected by the amount of data you have stored on your hard drive. What slows things down is the number of programs that are actually loaded into memory, taking up memory space and processor time. This is what you need to clean up in order to get better performance from your system.

[Republicain]

Buy a Mac...

[Izzy Dunne]

Take it to one of those places that have the "Computer Spin Balance" sign out front.

Take it in and ask them to spin balance it for you.

[AbeKrieger]

Some simple things to check:

Are you exceeding 85% of disk utilization?

Have you recently defragmented your disk?

[MAD-AS-HELL]

save yourself the trouble by buying a new copy of Win XP service pack 2 edition and reinstalling windows. You probably have so much junk on your pc that stand alone programs most likely won't fix it. A fresh install will take care of any problems you have now.

[ECM]

Degragment your hard drive:

Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools/Disk Defragmenter

Then get back to us.

[newgeezer]

I suspect the problem is simply too much extraneous crap in it.

Not unlike the News/Activism forum, eh? ;O)

[TommyDale]

My laptop did the same thing. The problem cleared up when I dropped it and bought a new one. LOL!

[frogjerk]

How much memory do you have and what is it's utilization? You probably have a ton of processes running that are competing for available memory.

[domenad]

I recommend the free utility RegClean, which will clean out your registry of old and unused registry entries. Norton Tools has an even better utility, but it costs money and RegClean works pretty well. You can get it at Cnet.com and going to their downloads section.

[N3WBI3]

There is a list of things you can do, defrag, install some of the crap that comes up, clean up the registry but the easiest thing to do is save off all the data and reinstall..

[observer5]

I've been using Macs for 12 years, never had a serious problem!

[Liberty Valance]

[capt. norm]

There is a set of utility programs called "Tuneup Utilities" that have done wonders for me.

It has a special one-click tuneup that identifies problems. Some of the programs in the set address the registry, spyware, and a series of optimizations. My problem was very similar to yours before I found this utility set.

[don-o]

YOu have cleared yer cache and defragged?

Run Spybot and AdAware (updated)?

http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=26

YOu can go here and get some help. They will have you un a "Hijack This" and take a look at what is going on. Good luck!