I know this should go in the 'technical' bit but no-one reads that do they?!

anyways, my PC is running dead slooooow
I've done the virus thing,ad aware, search + destroy thing
de-fragged

add or remove programs



how do you know what processes are running and how do you stop em?

is it wise to remove IE if you never ever use it?!


any suggestions pretty please?!

ta

Use this gets rid of all sorts of crap.

http://filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/

go to start/run and type msconfig, go to startup and work your way down the list turning stuff off you don't need (if you're unsure of what something is type it into google, there's a few sites devoted to doing this and give descriptions of what processes do)

Click OK and restart, you'll get a pop up telling you you made changes with msconfig and do you want to keep them, keep the changes and tick/untick the box for it not to show you again, should speed up your startup and general pc by loads.

Windows defender if you haven't already got it is worth downloading.

cheers dougie!



sounds complicated that Mr Loop....is it?!!

any other tips?

what about getting shot of IE?!

what s that do like Rob?

I've got the same problem at home Mr Salt.

I've been told that it may be to do with having 256 DDR and new stuff needing more.

But I don't really know what that means or an easy way to fix it.

Basically it's just unticking some boxes, do a google search for "msconfig startup guide" and it'll guide you through step by step.

Windows defender is a good program, get it free from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... g_id=10134

you need a real copy of windows to use it though, basically it gets rid of any spyware/malware (bad stuff) from your pc and guards against it in the future

I wouldn't recommend uninstalling internet explorer, if you don't use it just leave it.

Ripper - This means you need more RAM (memory), you'd need to open the pc and fit extra stuff in. You'd have to check if it was compatible etc, get someone to have a look at it, it's cheap enough to do but can break your full pc if you don't know what you're doing


Anyone has any other questions just ask, it's my day job to run a team doing this stuff anyway so I can get any info you need.

Cheers

Oi, You! doug

how long does this file cleaner take to scan and can i use my pc while its running?

Yeah can use it with your PC running depends on how much crap you have on your computer but doesn’t usually take to long we use it at work so don’t get caught on the.

cheers yloop, seems to be a bit better....

I don't have a proper version of windows so is that defender no good [much like robbie elliot! ]??

Yeah sadly you won't be able to use it, there may be versions kicking about the interweb that may work but i'm not sure mate.

This might help.
on your browser go to tools/options on the temp files section click settings. view files.
now there will probably be a zillion files come up, select all and delete all (this is all shite and cookies stored on your comp)

Clearing Cache

Click on the "Tools" drop down menu
Click on "internet Options"
Click on “delete cookies”
Click on “delete files”
Tick box “delete all offline content”

To set your browser to refresh every visit:

Click on the "Tools" drop down menu
Click on "internet Options"
Click on the "settings" button this will bring up a box and you can select "every visit to the page"
Select this and click "OK"

thats what i was trying to say, but you put it much better

haha yeah we use it at work all the time.

doesn't seem to do that on firefox, still deleted cookies an that anyways on it

start
accessories
system tools
disc clean up

delete all crap in there mate
make a cuppa/open gin whilst it does it

doing that now.....gin that is

Firefox is tools, clear private data then tick all the boxes.

thats what I did


its working much betterer now, thanks amigo's

Or you could just turn it off and turn it on again.
I'm no expert like.