Board Logo

slooow computer
type82e - September 3rd, 2002 at 12:30 PM

of late my computer has become very slow sometimes I push the mouse and nothing happens for 10 seconds its getting very annoying
makes navigating through sites very slow it seems to take longer when its been on for a while?
any ideas anyone? a bug maybe
marcel


KOM123 - September 3rd, 2002 at 01:39 PM

Hi Marcel,

Is this only happening during web surfing or general computer use? If it's during web surfing, check through Start->Settings->Control Panel->Add/Remove Programs AND also down where the icons are on th right hand side of your Task Bar to see if some insidious program like Gator has been inadvertantly installed. These web tracking programs that populate you screen with ads and take you to sites that you don't want to go to can really really slow down the general performance of your web-surfing.

Cheers...KOM123


Tazzielittle - September 3rd, 2002 at 02:36 PM

defrag, defrag, defrag.........
You may have to do a scan disk first.
Computers have alot of junk on them so it needs to be sorted...
Start>Programs>Accessories>Systemtools>Disk Defregmenter
I recomend it once a week ....
Depending on the usage....