Why is my Intel core 2 duo 2.4 Ghz processor, 2 GB Ram, Sata disk, computer so slow?

There are lots of problems which make your pc slow.

Microsoft Registry Problems = Slow Computer!

Spyware/Adware

RAM

De-Fragmenting

Etc.

Below can help you speed up your pc:

I. De-Fragmenting

1. Right click of C Disk.

2. Click properties.

3. Click tools tab.

4. Click "Defragment now".

5. Click Defragment.

II. You can search which process full use you cpu, and end the process.

Under steps:

1. Right click on the TaskBar.

2. Click the Task Manager.

3. Click the processes tab.

4. Double click the CPU.

5. Find if the "System Idle Process" is max.

6. If not right click and click end process.

III. Manage your startups. Your excess CPU usage is due to too many programs running in the background. You can cut these to barebones by alter your msconfig. Here is how:

1. Open your Start menu.

2. Click Run

3. In the command screen type "msconfig.exe"

4. In the "system configuration utility". Click either "service" or "startup" tab

5. Uncheck all programs that you are no longer using.

6. Click "OK"

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Restart the computer in safe mode with networking by tapping the f8 key continuously if the computer is running as expected then most likely there are programs or malware or viruses running in the background. If you have Norton or Mcafee they could be dogging your system. Remove them and install AVG or Avira both free and are the least resource hogs. Then download and run Malwarebytes: http://www.malwarebytes.org/ You can shut off all but the essential programs to make XP boot faster go to start, run then type msconfig go to the startup tab and untick all unnecessary startup progs, if unsure google them, after a restart go to start, run then type services.msc and look for all running services again google if unsure and double click each one and choose disable. A great defrag tool is Defraggler by piriform :http://www.defraggler.com/ although defragging is good maintenance I doubt that you will see any great improvement if any of the above is present.

You can download Ccleaner here : http://bit.ly/1t3jm44

To start with open Ccleaner

To make this concise, beneath is my suggested setup:

Under web pilgrim check provisional web documents, treats, and last download area. Most clients don't generally require this stuff. keep history and bookmarks unchecked, history is a possibly, however you would prefer not to lose bookmarked locales.

Run Ccleaner and it will begin erasing documents.

a while later it will give you an arrangement of the documents erased, you truly don't have to experience it as it will be a few pages long.

The registry cleaner is proposed for marginally more praiseworthy clients. Use it in the wake of uninstalling projects as they will regularly abandon erroneous registry sections.

In the event that you choose to run Registry cleaner then audit the things identified and constantly move down the registry (I keep an envelope aside for this)

The Tools tab gives you a chance to uninstall projects and set startup programs. Why do you require this if Windows has these peculiarities? Particularly with Vista Home Ed. The windows safeguard programming wayfarer( startup programs) doesn't get a few sections (however programming adventurer is less demanding to utilize).

Utilizing Ccleaner to uninstall projects and after that check for remaining registry passages takes less time.

Under Options you can decide how Ccleaner cleans your records. I allow this to sit unbothered.

Have you run Defrag yet, If the data is all over the HD it takes time to get to it. If after Defragging and it's still here the other thing.

Could be the beginning of a HD problem. Symptoms of a HD's going bad is slowing down.

As the others have said, try running a defrag and download some sort of anti spyware software like Ad-aware or Spybot. Both applications are free and very effective, you can get them at www.download.com

Using a registry cleaner can clean up your computer and then make your computer faster,Why?the reason is that there may be some registry errors and remnant,corrupt files and temp files in your computer to cause "computer slow".

Every time you install and uninstall software on your computer and surfing online you create junk in the computer registry.over time, the registry can grow to enormous proportions, especially if the various programs you've installed do not do a good job of deleting and/or updating it's Registry entries.You need to scan and clean your computer with registry cleaner to make it fast.Good Registry Cleaner will improve your computer and Internet performance dramatically!

There are some comparison and review of TOP 5 registry cleaners.

http://www.make-pc-fast.com/

You can download and scan your computer for free.

Try Defragment it, uninstall software you don't need, delete unneccery file, take good care of your PC Google On How To Maintain Your PC

Go and get this program: Tune up Utilities 2007. You can download it off the web. It's the best out there. I suspect you might have a lot of regestry errors.

I have had the same problem on my new laptop last month....I called technician and he said I have done something wrong in system files.....He formated c: on my computer & it was back to normal......I had also tried everything like u {i removed all softwares , even the ones i needed and defragmented also}.......So I suggest U to format ur pc....

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