computer acting up

okay well i know this may be hard to understand but i'm runnning win XP Sp3 and idk my computer just seems to be acting out like it will just go trough like lagg spikes and i have diskeep 2007 pro running always, i use ccleaner often umm spybot although never really and spywear problems idk what to say just any advice of programs that could help my start up programs arent to bluged up... registry perhaps?

Wolf

 

by having diskkeeper pro running always does that mean that you're constantly rearranging/altering the contents of your hard drive? That might be the source of your slowness. You can also use the task manager to help you determine what programs are eating up your resources. Press ctrl+alt+del and bring up the task manager and then click on the processes tab. There, you can see how much cpu time is being dedicated to a particular program. Also, you can do the same for RAM as well. Another thing you can do is click on the performances tab and see how much RAM you have currently available. After you look at that, take a note of what programs are using the most RAM/CPU time and that should give you a good indication of what is slowing down your computer.

 

i know all about that and generally its pretty good its not so much the slowness of the comp more just... likke okay perfect example i use my ipod touch on my comp all the time i plug it in and it goes to itunes and just now i plugged it in and its like new device recognized i;m like wtf now i dont need help on how to fix it that isint a problem just saying it like acts up you know

Wolf

 

can you describe this acting up? It's normal to say new device recognized when you plug something in

 

ues but i'm not trying to stress on that problem exactally ............. *sigh* i'm just wondering if theres a tool i should be running to keep my computer lets call it "sane" in humman terms

some sort of program that i should be running as it seems big bazza hads discontinued his list


Wolf

 

Here's a good list. Just follow the instructions here and install CCleaner for drive cleaning and get a third party defragmenter because it usually works better than the default windows one. e.g. diskeeper which you already have. Also, I have another little tool called SpaceMonger that shows me how much space everything is taking up. It's a good program to help determine what to delete when your hard drive gets full.

http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=107991
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=106650

 

You may find this useful. http://www.processlibrary.com/ then select the "process scanner" tab. Its free and works well. Will give you a run down of what is running with your computer and if its ok or not. Also may I suggest this software as well, http://www.windowsstartup.com/ . This will give you more control of things starting with your computer that may be causing the slowdown.

Also crapcleaner http://www.ccleaner.com/ works great. Use to to scan for registry errors to. Last but not least I would suggest not letting the defragger run in the back ground. Just once every month or so defrag if you need to.

I use crap cleaner, the registry cleaner that comes with crap cleaner, Do the process scan, defrag about once a month, and keep start up programs to a minum. WIth startup inspector, just hit the consult button, will provide you with a google link if the program can not tell you if its good or not. My computer just hums right along. Hope that was what you were wanting to know.