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Slow PC

  • 16-08-2006 2:17am
    #1
    Fruit1985
    Closed Accounts Posts: 234 ✭✭


    I have a fairly recent p.c. running Windows XP.

    I've downloaded all the necessary updates after I erased my hard disk and reinstalled windows.

    I still feel it could be running faster.

    The programs like FREE-RAM-XP-PRO are ****e.

    My question I suppose is what freeware programs would ye recommend to run to stop my p.c. being so slow.

    Thank You.


Comments

  • #2
    Bob the Builder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭Bob the Builder


    get CCleaner, it will clear out all those stuffy bits that slow down your pc. www.CCleaner.com


  • #3
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    How "fairly decent" is your PC? A few system details would be good, amount of memory, cpu, motherboard, etc. Check msconfig.exe (Startup tab) for unwanted programs loading at startup for a start.


  • #4
    Fruit1985
    Closed Accounts Posts: 234 ✭✭Fruit1985


    Ruu wrote:
    Check msconfig.exe (Startup tab) for unwanted programs loading at startup for a start.

    I have that part of the operation under control, thanks.

    I want like stuff to speed it up. tweaks and programs etc.


  • #5
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    Ok how much RAM have you got?


  • #6
    Fruit1985
    Closed Accounts Posts: 234 ✭✭Fruit1985


    256mb


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  • #7
    esskay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 220 ✭✭esskay


    I do this to every PC I work on, you might have done it already.....

    Right click "My Computer"->Properties->Advanced->Performance Options->Select "adjust for best performance"

    Turns off all the fancy colours and sh1te that XP has on as default. You can manually select stuff from the list to re-enable if you need to.

    PS not 100% sure if the above is correct (but it´s close) as the PC i am using at the mo is in spanish and I don´t speak a word :-)


  • #8
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    I would consider a RAM upgrade. Stick in as much RAM as you can, Windows XP will gobble that 256 up fairly fast and no amount of software will fix that I'm afraid. You could try what esskay says.


  • #9
    daveyjoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,464 ✭✭✭daveyjoe


    Yeah upgrade that RAM, even if you only add another 256mb you will notice a huge improvement!

    Ram can be picked up for half nothing nowerdays, check out Memory-Configurator.com

    also, make sure that you've got a reasonable amount of free space, just in case you're running out of virtual memory.


  • #10
    subway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,131 ✭✭✭subway


    if you just reinstalled from a clean partition theres very little you can do to speed it up.


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