Computer running very slow.?

If you dont want to upgrade hardware,There are some softwares you can download to speed up your computer.

First,You should Fix Corruption and Errors within your registry.The registry is a main part of your computer's Operating System. With time, as you use Windows and install and uninstall programs, your registry will get congested and full of errors. So your computer could slow down. So, if you can clean it up this problem can be solved.Sometimes you can speed computer up by 300%. To clean up registry,You can download a software called regsitry cleaner---Clean registry,remnant,corrupt files and temp files,history,cookies,etc.. This site:

http://speeduppc.info/

lists top 5 registry cleaner,you can download and scan for free.

Second,Get rid of spyware/adware in your computer.spyware/adware hamper your computer's performance.It use system resources and slow your computer down.

So, to speed up your slow computer, use a registry cleaner software and clean your registry files first. It will make all the difference, and provide you with the immediate fix you need for your slow computer.Then,download a good anti-spyware to get rid of spyware/adware in your computer.

Your registry may have some problems, so you can buy a registry cleaner that really will make your computer run faster, or go to http://freeregistrycleaner.com/ to have a free trial for one, but it wont fix as many errors.

You can also add more RAM to your computer, use disk cleanup, or disk defragmenter. (start> programs> accessories> system tools, and they should be there)

And you can adjust the mouse speed at the control panel ^_^ (start>control panel and click mouse options and pointer tab)

You can also click start>run and type in msconfig and uncheck all the options and only click on the important things to run at startup, like antiviruses or things like that.

Good luck! My computer used to be extremely slow too, and it is a lot better now.

Have you looked at the task manager. The process list will show you what is taking all the time. Also the graphical representation will do that. If your disk is very fragmented that will slow you down, too. As will a small memory footprint - like Mb is the minimum you want in your PC.

it probably is running way more than 2 programs(That is normal). Adding more ram will speed it up.