Computer has been lagging recently. HELP!?

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Well I thought it was just my flash player because youtube videos would have a minor lag where the video would stop playing for like 1/10th of a second. until i realized it was also anything video based. now i have even realized it's also text! if i'm typing online if will actually stop typing on the screen for a few moments and then catch up with what i have typed since. i think there may be something wrong with firefox if anything. i'm going to try another web browser, probably chrome, just to see if it's a mozilla issue or my computer. well if anyone knows any clues then plz help!

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

If your virus/spyware free, there are  a couple things you can do get your computer working faster. If you using your computer for normal stuff and not gaming. You don't always need more RAM you just need to perform a few maintenance task.

First, if you haven't cleaned your registry in a while. This is necessary. Your registry holds all the information regarding updates, installs, un-installs etc. Each one of those events produces a key. That key needs your PC's resources and free space. So, if you clean your registry, you make more resources available for speed. Do a registry scan if you got more than 20 errors you should clean it.
http://www.delete-computer-history.com/what-is-the-best-registry-cleaner.html

2. Clear your Windows cache files, this is your temporary file. It can grow up to a large volume and stop your computer from using RAM properly. In a sense slow it down by preventing it from using free space.Here is how:

1. Quit Internet Explorer, Firefox, or any other web browser
2. Click Start, click "Control Panel", and then double-click "Internet Options".
3. On the General tab, click "Delete Files" under Temporary Internet Files.
4. In the Delete Files dialog box, click to select the "Delete all offline content" check box , and then click OK.
5. Click OK.

3. Manage your startups. Your excess CPU usage is due to too many programs running in the background. You can cut these to barebones by altering 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 your are no longer using.
6. Click "OK"

J&#39;s Warrior · Answer

This can be the speed of your internet connection. To speed up your system, download: CCleaner (free). Use this to clean up all your internet temp files. I use CHROME & it works very well. IE is just too slow. I used FIREFOX on another Ltop & it worked OK for most of my browsing. Also, download Windows Defender for XP or VISTA be specific, this is a good malware program.

Anonymous · Answer

Download and run spybot

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