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Why is my computer acting like this?

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4 Responses to “Why is my computer acting like this?”

1. sillyrabbitblog Says:
   October 14th, 2009 at 04:03

   I’m going to be quick to blame your operating system. Windows is notorious for becoming ridiculously slow and sluggish with nothing wrong. The problem lies in the way the windows registry is formatted and poorly maintained. I blame windows rot, but you could always consult your taskmanager (ctrl + alt + del) and check to see if any processes are consuming a high percentage of your memory. If they are google the process to find out more about it and then maybe consider disabling it from startup by going to Start, Run and typing msconfig. From this window you will be able to go to the startup tab and uncheck the process.

   Good luck.

2. A.Hayek Says:
   October 16th, 2009 at 12:23

   start>run>temp (delete files)
   start>run>%temp% (delete files)
   start>run>msconfig>startup programs (unmark the useless programs)
   restart…

3. wildhorseracelover Says:
   October 16th, 2009 at 17:52

   In addition to removing as many programs as possible from start menu, run a registry cleaner ccleaner is freeware I use and recommend. It may have a version for Windows HP Pavilion but not sure. Do you routinely do all the obvious maintenance such as defrag and disc clean up (If your OS has it). Sometimes the Internet is just slow at busy times of day. I have Road Runner Turbo and still feel it’s too slow sometimes. I also wonder if you ever get the “low on virtual memory” message. This is your RAM as opposed to hard disc space available.

4. cyber_toltec_cat Says:
   October 17th, 2009 at 18:20

   Here is my technique on how to do a cleanup, a few tricks (and associated free programs) I use when helping friends with slow computers:

   1) The Java Runtime Environment causes issues, you should use a free program I use myself called JavaRa to get the latest JRE and remove older versions. This will ensure the security of your computer and extra space on your hard disk. Find more information here: and the download link here: ( Currently, JavaRa supports Windows Vista without UAC so if you have Vista and are not comfortable temporarily disabling it, don’t use JavaRa )

   2) Flush every single possible accumulated junk in ALL browsers. As you browse the web, browsers stores information about the websites you visit. You should delete that information from time to time.

   Here are methods for the two browsers (IE 7 and Firefox 3):

   Method One (now): In Internet Explorer, click the Tools menu, then Delete Browsing History and in the box, click the Delete all button (bottom left) and Yes.

   In Firefox, go to tools, clear private data, make sure all boxes are checked and then click on the clear private data now button.

   Method Two (in the future - about every two weeks for normal use of the internet - every week for heavy use):

   In Internet Explorer, click the Tools menu, then click Delete Browsing History and in the box that opens, do the following steps (in order)
   1) click the button near Temporary Internet Files, click Yes and wait for the box that opens to close.
   2) click the button near History, click Yes and wait for the box that opens to close.
   Finally, click the close button (bottom right) to finish.

   In Firefox, Go to tools, clear private data and uncheck all except Browsing History, Cache and Authenticated Sessions boxes and then click on the clear private data now button.

   Note: You should close your browser ( This is good for Internet Explorer and Firefox ) when you’re done to clear cookies that are still in memory from your current browsing session.

   For older versions of the same programs or for other browsers, check their help files for guidance on doing the cleanup.

   3) Turn off the restore point utility.

   Here is a guide for XP: and an article for Vista:

   4) Install a free cleaner called Glary Utilities ( ) to remove junk files and/or remnants of installs (there is always some) and use it in Windows “safe mode” (for a better cleanup job).

   Do not use Ccleaner ( In my long time at helping others, I have found it more destructive than helpful and I had to rebuild systems nuked by it in the past ).

   5) Defragment your drive with your choice of defragmenter (built-in, freeware or open source).

   6) Turn system restore back on. ( the same guide and article given in part 3 )

   ( A word of caution, with programs this powerful, be sure to read all instructions and help files completely so that you apply fixes correctly the first time ! )

   NOTE: Make sure to download and install the very latest stable drivers for EVERYTHING and that they are for the correct OS (Don’t use XP drivers on Vista and Vice versa - one exception would be if they are indicated for both OS) for a better overall computing experience.

   So here we have it, I hope this will help guide you to a better working machine

   QD1956

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