hi there my system is getting extremely slow god knows what's wrong
with it
it has XP installed over it though it used to take commands very fast
but now days its the other way round kindly help
thanks in anticipation

Urvashi

Do you suppose it might have some kind of virus?

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Leonard Grey
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ur_happy@rediffmail.com wrote:

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:31:25 -0800 (PST), ur_happy@rediffmail.com
wrote:

Well, since you've provided no details, it's not possible for anyone
to do any more than take a wild guess as to what the problem might be.

So here's my guess. These days one of the most common cause for
performance issues is malware infestation. The first thing to do is
always to be sure you are free of malware. I recommend that you begin
troubleshooting by going to Malke's Malware Removal site at
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware and
following the instructions there.

ur_happy wrote:

Time to learn to properly maintain it and do a little cleanup.

A lot of a computer's speed comes down to perception really. It can be
helped with faster hardware - but sooner or later - you might get used to
the new speed as well. Perhaps if you added more memory? Freed up some HDD
space?

For the future - you and your friend may want to print and review this. It
may take some initial time to do - but if your friend had read and followed
it a year ago (or less) - they would likely not be in the situation they are
now. :-(

Microsoft has these suggestions for Protecting your computer from the
various things that could happen to you/it:

Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/

could be adware and spyware infected..
u need spybot and lava soft
download and try cleaning
have a nice day

blackeagle

It may be a virus, or you may use the cmputers Disk Defragmenter to move
your files around to make your computer more responsive....

Shenan --You have given probably the best and most comprehensive collection
of optimising tips along with some very helpful links. This goes in my
archive for future reference. Thanks very much.

Costas

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