Dead slow.....stop!

[Nessie]

My PC is soooooooo slow i can make a cup of tea when opening up a new tab on the web, and moving between tabs takes an eternity - i'm not asking much - no more than 3 tabs open at any one time - but it is definately getting worse. Sometimes it just freezes!

 

Its a Dell Optiplex 170L

Intel Pentium 4CPU

2.8ghz

1 gb ram

 

Its about 4 years old I think

Any suggestions?:mad:

[Starbuck]

Hi Nessie,

 

I've moved your thread here because i can't see that it's a processor problem.

Let's give the system a good clean out and see if things improve.

 

Step 1

 

Download TFC by OldTimer to your desktop

• Please double-click TFC.exe to run it. (Note: If you are running on Vista, right-click on the file and choose Run As Administrator).
  
• It will close all programs when run, so make sure you have saved all your work before you begin.
  
• Click the Start button to begin the process. Depending on how often you clean temp files, execution time should be anywhere from a few seconds to a minute or two. Let it run uninterrupted to completion.
  
• Once it's finished it should reboot your machine. If it does not, please manually reboot the machine yourself to ensure a complete clean.

 

Step 2

 

Download Puran Disc Defragmenter

Save it to your 'Desktop'.

Run the program.

From the main 'Puran Defrag' screen, click on the 'C' drive to highlight it. (normally your main drive)

Then click on 'Defrag'.

 

This program is faster than the built in Windows Defrag and is more efficient.

Try not to use the m/c while the defrag is running.

 

Let me know if the system runs any faster afterward these 2 steps.

We'll take it from there then.

[Starbuck]

Hi Nessie,

 

How are things now?

Do you still require help?