Slow Laptop..... why?

wild_eyed · 13-09-2006 9:27pm #1

hi, my laptop is a :

Targa GmbH
Mobile AMD Athlon 64
Processor 3000+
1.59 GHz, 512 MB of Ram

running XP with service pack 2

ever since i got broadband in the house my machine has become quite slow, i.e. skipping when playing mp3 files through itunes.

a random check on my task manager shows 48 processes and a cpu usage right now of 7% now its 2 nows its 13. but im sure its normal to vary like that. can anyone think of anything else thats slowing down my pc. its also taking longer to boot than it use too. and longer to shut down.

challengemaster · 13-09-2006 9:30pm

it doesnt really matter if you have 7% cpu usage, whats your RAM usage? if a system hasnt got enough ram it could cause slowdown

wild_eyed · 13-09-2006 9:32pm

right now its 379m/1246

oRlyYaRly · 13-09-2006 9:34pm

Do you use firefox?

zAbbo · 13-09-2006 9:35pm

Could be Warez?

Em, possible malware / spyware.

Check msconfig, to see what services are running, give it a fine tune and disable uneeded services.

wild_eyed · 13-09-2006 9:37pm

yes, its using the most memory, 60,000K and i've only got 3 tabs open. but i've always used firefox. its only recently that the computer has been slow.

Ruu_Old · 13-09-2006 9:42pm

Windows eats up RAM fairly quickly, no harm in getting another stick of 512mb if you can. Have you done the usual anti-virus and anti-spyware scans? As for Firefox, it does have memory issues. I used this method to limit the amount of memory that FF uses and it works far better now.

irlrobins · 13-09-2006 11:14pm

Moving to laptop forum

Slow Laptop..... why?

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