Computer running slow

[samdog]

Hi can someone please give me a little advice please,
I am running Windows Vista 32 bit edition and the last weeks my computer has slowed down to a snail’s pace, i have checked for viruses and it is clean. I have run CCleaner and to remove all the rubbish but it is still very slow.
I even have trouble booting from a Vista boot DVD, it take approx 5 minutes just to get the welcome screen up that’s before any OS has booted.
I have a CPU monitor on the sidebar and the CPU and the Memory usage is up and down from nothing to 100 % all the time.
And when i do get the computer to work it is very slow and i can only open one window at a time

Anybody got any ideas please

 

[richc46]

In a cmd prompt, from an administrator account type sfc /scannow. It may correct any corruption

 

[poolwizard]

you should download a program to hitmanpro. it's very useful and helped me a lot, you'd be surprised to see how much junk and possible harmful things to your computer there are in your computer!

 

[Blackhawk7188]

Is your memory reaching 100 percent. If it is then you are then your pagefile isnt large enought, or it isnt reading all of the memory correctly.

Does your System Properties say that you are at 2GB?

 

[kenny111111]

you should download a program to hitmanpro. it's very useful and helped me a lot, you'd be surprised to see how much junk and possible harmful things to your computer there are in your computer!

where did you get it from? I just tried 4 or 5 sites and there all broken!!

 

[brummyfan]

I found it here: Download Hitman Pro 3.5.4 Build 84 Free Trial - This software can help you find and remove new unknown threats. - Softpedia
Quite fast scanning, impressive. Thanks.

 

[poolwizard]

you should download a program to hitmanpro. it's very useful and helped me a lot, you'd be surprised to see how much junk and possible harmful things to your computer there are in your computer!

where did you get it from? I just tried 4 or 5 sites and there all broken!!

below someone has posted the website, it's perfect for me, however, some lame virus now has made it stop working everytime i get to 6000 files scanned LOL

 

[kenny111111]

thank you brummyfan

 

[Blackhawk7188]

Why are you trying these programs? They never fix the problems...especially if it modifies registry entries. You are better off diagnosing the problem correctly. You never answered if you were running at 100 percent of system memory or not. What anti-viruses do you have installed? They could be causing system resources to be wasted if running constantly. Microsoft Security Essentials will make you computer run fine if you use that.

 

[alspumoni]

In a cmd prompt, from an administrator account type sfc /scannow. It may correct any corruption

How do you run this as an admin? It saying I need to run as admin. Thanks.

 

[kenny111111]

right click it and choose "run as administrator" (command prompt)

good luck...

 

[alspumoni]

Thank You

 

[JamesPeter]

Optimize the system services by creating a profile with minimal no of services. Services are nothing but the background processes. There are some services which are not necessary. Such services should be stopped.


1. Press Windows Key + R.
2. Type "services.msc" in the Open textbox.
3. Click the OK button.
4. Right click a service you would like to terminate, and select Properties option.
5. Service Properties dialog will open.
6. Click the Stop button.
7. Select "Manual" from the "Startup Type" drop down box.
8. Click the OK button.
9. Do the same for all unnecessary services.


Use the Zombie Soft Fix. Select "computer runs slow" in the drop down box. Select the operating system from the subsequent drop down box. Follow the wizard.


Windows provides a way to optimize system settings for best performance. You can either customize Windows for best performance or best appearance. The former option should be selected as shown below:


1. Right click Computer desktop icon.
2. Select Properties.
3. Click "Advanced system settings" link.
4. Click the Advanced tab.
5. Click Settings under Performance frame.
6. Click the Visual Effects tab.
7. Select "Adjust for best performance" option.
8. Click OK | OK.
9. Restart your computer for the changes to take effects.