Guest The Pete Posted July 13, 2007 Posted July 13, 2007 My computer is approximately 2 months old and now has just recently started to slow down after 3-4 hrs of use after each bootup. I have scanned for viruses, malware/spyware, uninstalled unecessary programs, defragmentized the hard drive, run diskcheck and cleared cookies and temporary files from Internet Explorer. After a few hrs the system slows down substantially thus making it difficult to browse the net and switch inbetween programs. I am currently running: Windows XP SP2 (with all updates), Pentium Core Duo 2.4ghz, 2 Gigs of Ram, Norton Internet Security. Any thoughts?
Guest Emrys Davies Posted July 13, 2007 Posted July 13, 2007 Re: Computer Starting to Slowdown!!!? "The Pete" <peter_neidhardt@rogers.com> wrote in message news:1184319400.625166.247420@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com... > My computer is approximately 2 months old and now has just recently > started to slow down after 3-4 hrs of use after each bootup. I have > scanned for viruses, malware/spyware, uninstalled unecessary programs, > defragmentized the hard drive, run diskcheck and cleared cookies and > temporary files from Internet Explorer. After a few hrs the system > slows down substantially thus making it difficult to browse the net > and switch inbetween programs. > > I am currently running: Windows XP SP2 (with all updates), Pentium > Core Duo 2.4ghz, 2 Gigs of Ram, Norton Internet Security. > > Any thoughts? Have you tried shutting the computer down for a minute or so when it is running slowly so that your resources have a chance to recover? I have my resource meter in the systray and it tells me if it is overwhelmed due to me having too many programmes running at the same time. Regards, Emrys Davies.
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted July 13, 2007 Posted July 13, 2007 Re: Computer Starting to Slowdown!!!? Your Norton products are likely sources of this drain on Resources. I suggest uninstalling Norton, using the Norton Removal Tool from Symantec and running it, then installing some other AV, like Avast! (free for home use.) For Norton Removal Tool, see here http://tinyurl.com/3bcz68 -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "The Pete" <peter_neidhardt@rogers.com> wrote in message news:1184319400.625166.247420@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com... > My computer is approximately 2 months old and now has just recently > started to slow down after 3-4 hrs of use after each bootup. I have > scanned for viruses, malware/spyware, uninstalled unecessary programs, > defragmentized the hard drive, run diskcheck and cleared cookies and > temporary files from Internet Explorer. After a few hrs the system > slows down substantially thus making it difficult to browse the net > and switch inbetween programs. > > I am currently running: Windows XP SP2 (with all updates), Pentium > Core Duo 2.4ghz, 2 Gigs of Ram, Norton Internet Security. > > Any thoughts? >
Guest Buffalo Posted July 14, 2007 Posted July 14, 2007 Re: Computer Starting to Slowdown!!!? The Pete wrote: > My computer is approximately 2 months old and now has just recently > started to slow down after 3-4 hrs of use after each bootup. I have > scanned for viruses, malware/spyware, uninstalled unecessary programs, > defragmentized the hard drive, run diskcheck and cleared cookies and > temporary files from Internet Explorer. After a few hrs the system > slows down substantially thus making it difficult to browse the net > and switch inbetween programs. > > I am currently running: Windows XP SP2 (with all updates), Pentium > Core Duo 2.4ghz, 2 Gigs of Ram, Norton Internet Security. > > Any thoughts? Perhaps there is an overheating problem. When a Pentium cpu gets too hot, it slows way down to protect itself.
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