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whats slowing my computer down and how can i speed it up?

I work at a hotel and there are 2 front desk computers. the one that is used the most has, recently, slowed down a lot. loading anything takes 3 to 5 mins. And thats not good to make our guests wait.

These computers have a filter on them so I wouldnt think things like instant messanger, porn sites, many downloads, etc. could be the problem because we cant do anything like that on them.

The antivirus software we have is Sophos (which I hate because it does absolutely nothing, and theres nothing i can do about it)

In the past week I've ran the antivirus check 3 times (each time takes HOURS!!), I've defraged the system, and done a 'disk cleanup', and I've also tried deleting some of the programs we not need or use.

Yet my computer is still Turtle Slow. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Watch this video on cleaning up your startup menu?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbSwtNiBx5A&feature...

    (Directions)

    Go to Start> Run> type msconfig> ok> Startup tab>(uncheck)all programs(not)needed at startup."Lesser is better in this case".

    Check here for info on startup programs http://www.techspot.com/startup/

  • 1 decade ago

    1. Is your pc a laptop? They are slower as a rule. Mine is, and it's highly annoying.

    2. Sometimes having too many shortcuts on the desktop and on the toolbars, can slow things down far more than you could imagine..

    Seriously - delete some shortcuts, and it will improve.

    3. It could be a worm, sypware, or virus?

    4. It may just need a defrag, or delete some unnecessary stuff.

    5. A memory upgrade would speed things up if not of the above works.

    Good luck.....

  • 1 decade ago

    Most computers actually run slow because of a hidden part of your system, which is constantly being used by Windows. This part of your PC is called the "registry" and is the central database for Windows, which stores everything from your latest emails to your desktop wallpaper. It's one of the most important parts of Windows and can easily make your PC run slow.The more corrupt registry files your computer has, the more it struggles to read them.The files which makes it run slower and slower. To fix this, you simply need to use a registry cleaner http://computer-e-book-money.com/ . These are small software tools which actually work by scanning through the registry and fixing any bad files that are in there. This then allows Windows to read as many files as it wants, when it wants to.

  • 1 decade ago

    Download TuneUp Utilities 30 Day Free Trial.

    www.tuneup.com

    Good Luck

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    You can use a registry cleaner to 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://speed-up-my-computer.com/

    You can download and scan your computer for free.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Go to http://pc-optimizer-pro-download.com/

    With pc optimizer pro you can safely clean, repair and optimize your computer.

    It will help improve your system performance without expensive hardware upgrades.

  • 1 decade ago

    To help you we need more info regarding your PC, but better if we connect to it to check it out.

  • 1 decade ago

    google Defraggler

    its free forEVER USE

    not a trial..

    it bosted my cpu lots and cleared lyk 3 gigs of garbaage

    trust me im asian

  • 1 decade ago

    Try running this program it will get rid of spyware.

    http://www.emsisoft.com/

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