Slow System

Susan08 · Oct 30, 2008

I have been having alot of issues with our computer. It is very slow starting up. When it does finally start it takes a long time for internet explorer to start. This is a laptop that my husband purchased through work and when he left they took it to remove their information/data from memory. Since then it has been running slower and slower. Can anyone help?

Kestrel13! · Oct 30, 2008

See this Basic Maintainence thread

What Operating system do you use?

Try downloading and installing Ccleaner Slim

CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. But the best part is that it's fast (normally taking less than a second to run)
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Run the Cleaner itself and also run the registry cleaner...when asked if you want to back up before fixing issues > do so, create a folder called Ccleaner reg backups in your "My Documents" folder for instance.

Ccleaner is a good program to use daily after you finish up your surfing sessions.

Look in Add and Remove Programs/uninstall list and pinpoint any programs you know you don't use....uninstall them....

How much RAM do you have on this computer?

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