Re: slow running computer

"Brandon McCombs" wrote:

> nina wrote:
> > what can i do to speed up my computer... i have windows xp.. and i have the
> > following ckleanup software on my computer registry mechanic adaware
> > history eraser advanced windows care and dustbuster and i also frequently
> > defrag my computer and disk cleanup
>
> well, if you put enough of that crap on it that will slow it down if
> they end up installing services that constantly run in the background.
>
> Reinstalling XP will definitely speed the PC up because it will clean
> out the registry which has gotten bloated over the period of time since
> XP was last installed.
>
> Depending on your reason for slowness, adding more RAM may help. Without
> knowing your CPU and RAM specifications I can only guess but adding RAM
> always helps unless you are a gamer and already have a lot of RAM.
>

"guzarva" wrote:

>
>
> "Brandon McCombs" wrote:
>
> > nina wrote:
> > > what can i do to speed up my computer... i have windows xp.. and i have the
> > > following ckleanup software on my computer registry mechanic adaware
> > > history eraser advanced windows care and dustbuster and i also frequently
> > > defrag my computer and disk cleanup
> >
> > well, if you put enough of that crap on it that will slow it down if
> > they end up installing services that constantly run in the background.
> >
> > Reinstalling XP will definitely speed the PC up because it will clean
> > out the registry which has gotten bloated over the period of time since
> > XP was last installed.
> >
> > Depending on your reason for slowness, adding more RAM may help. Without
> > knowing your CPU and RAM specifications I can only guess but adding RAM
> > always helps unless you are a gamer and already have a lot of RAM.
> >