My Laptop So Slow, What To Do!

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29/10/2011 05:18
My Laptop So Slow, What To Do!
My Laptop So Slow, What To Do!
Laptop Computer is Slow - Causes and
Troubleshooting Steps
For reasons unknown, sometimes I just cannot fi-
gure out exactly why is my laptop so slow all of
Computer Virus
a sudden. The speed turns me off big time, and it
happens oftentimes. But think again, if you believe
One of the most common causes of the laptop
you're the only dupe of a dawdling laptop.
slowing down in its functional speed is a computer
virus. A PC virus is an unidentified and unfamiliar
It didn't take me
program that gets into our computer and fiddles
long enough to
with the operating system and other software. It
realize that tech-
can leave computer applications dysfunctional or
nology isn't my
even shut down the PC. Computer viruses, malware,
oyster. I was gif-
or spyware can do serious damage to the system, if
ted a laptop com-
they are not dealt with at priority.
puter on my bir-
thday,
and
If your laptop is slow, you need to have an antivi-
needless to say, I
rus program installed on your system. Purchase a
was exhilarated.
good antivirus software from your nearby computer
Incognizant of
repair shop and install it on your computer. It is
the bits and
recommended to periodically scan for viruses on
nuances that the
your laptop, to protect it from virus attacks. Along
processing of these intricate devices holds, I soaked
with scanning the hard drive for viruses, it is also
up all the goodness of my laptop - I downloaded
suggested to run a default scan of the drives. In Win-
every file I loved, I jam-packed every hard-drive
dows operating system, you can do so by clicking
that existed in my laptop with countless files and
on `My Computer'; right-clicking on any drive you
folders, and not to forget, invited computer virus
want to check for errors; and selecting `Properties',
with arms wide open. I deteriorated the quality
`Tools', and the `Check Now' option. By doing so, the
myself, and ended up marveling how in the hell
system will scan the selected drive for errors and
and why, is my laptop so slow in its performance?
fix the errors.
You know, I may not be a professional technician
dishing out necessary advice on a laptop running
slow as a sloth. But I can tell you, if you don't stop
flooding it with unnecessary files now, it wouldn't
be too late for you to witness your darling notebook
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My Laptop So Slow, What To Do!
Computer Registry
ries', `System Tools', and then `Disk Cleanup'. For
arranging the data in order on the hard drive, you
would need to defragment the hard disk at perio-
dic intervals. Both the `disk cleanup' and the `disk
defragmenter' tools are very important for clearing
unnecessary data and sorting out the data properly.
Keeping a lot of short-cuts on your desktop will also
make the laptop operation slow.
Less RAM
If the hard disk is full with programs that require
a considerable amount of memory, your RAM is
what needs to be upgraded. Upgrading the RAM is
probably the best step that can be taken in speeding
The Windows Registry is one of the most important
up the laptop computer performance. Adding RAM
sections in the laptop computer. It is responsible for
to the computer is a very simple process. You just
storing all the related data of the operating system,
have to remove the cover of the cabinet, remove
as well as other crucial programs. Moreover, it also
the old RAMs from their slots, and put in the new
stores the changes made to the system. If the registry
higher-memory RAMs.
becomes overly full, it can substantially make the
computer slow in operations. Cleaning the registry
Other Causes and Troubleshooting Steps
and sorting the data is the appropriate solution. Use
a good registry cleaning software to sort out the
If there are many programs that are set to run
data in order and remove the errors in the registry.
automatically when the computer boots up, your
laptop can be slow at startup. For faster booting of
Full Hard Drive
the operating system, you need to limit the startup
applications. If you are using Windows Vista, you
The hard drive being full with data is another reason
can do so by clicking on `Start', typing in `msconfig'
why the laptop computer might be running slow.
in the `Start Search' portion, selecting `Startup', and
There is no need to immediately upgrade the hard
unchecking the unnecessary files that run when the
drive to one with more memory. You first need to
PC boots. Other alternative to make the computer
clear up space in the hard drive, and there will auto-
run faster is to clear off the temporary files from
matically be sufficient space. Uninstall all programs
the `Temp' folder in the `C' drive.
that you do not use very often or do not use at all.
Make sure that you do not delete the folders of the
See Also:
programs from the `C' drive. This will just delete
the folder, but will not uninstall the complete pac-

kage of the software. Therefore, it is always better
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