slow comp

[connor]

my comp is slow as **** and gettin worse over the yrs... and randomly crashes at times

how can i speed it up? also will leavin it turned on and on the net 24/7 break it? as its been like this for yrs now



ps. how can i sort out my avatar?

[dougie06n]

simple ways to speed up pc is

1.defrag
2.get rid of programs not being used, and stop ones running if not needed, you can tell if they are running as there is usauly an icon on the bottom right of your screen.
3. more ram, you will have to find out what type you have and if your motherbord can take any more.
4. faster processor again you need to see if your motherboard can take it and you will probably have to flash the bios, and maybe get a better fan, i have afew processors lyig about, if its quite old you might find some peeps have upgraded and may have what you need.
5. sometimes just refortmatting gets ride of all the rubbish and takes its back to what you had at start but remember to save all your data to disk or portabol hard drive.
6. there are other programs on the market that will speed it up a bit by cleaning your registery etc but really you are better doing 1 and 2 first.
7. if its a laptop then its slightly harder as they do seem to slow down over time and formatting seems to be the only solution.
8. oh also get rid of temp files and history etc. in internet options general,

hope this helps and there is a school of thought that leaving a pc on permenant is better for it apart from the envoromental thing.

[connor]

**** the envioment if i cared bout that i wouldnt have a scooby lol


ideal cheers for that i will try the temp files and that defrag thing see it that helps

[dougie06n]

one last thing mate, norton anti virus is heavy on the processor power, its good but eats up speed and power, so sometimes better to go with a free one in old pcs

[Broxi]

dougie has it all covered...

I have my PC on 247/365 they are built for it, laptops are not though.

[connor]

oh i have norton as well