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07-27-2004, 07:24 AM
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HELP Computer running very slow
Can anyone help me plz my puter is running very very slow and I have broadband I have checked for a virus and no virus detected I have even fdisk & formated windows and reinstalled windows with no luck
 Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 1 1833 megahertz AMD Pentium III 128 kilobyte primary memory cache 256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. A7V333 REV 1.xx Bus Clock: 133 megahertz BIOS: Award Software, Inc. ASUS A7V333 ACPI BIOS Revision 1014 10/03/2002 512 Megabytes Installed Memory 512 Megabyte Module Size - 1 Installed 2 Memory Sockets are Empty |
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07-27-2004, 08:34 AM
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Try running adaware and spybot to check for resource hogging spyware.
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07-27-2004, 09:27 AM
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Shiro Usagi
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You formatted and reinstalled Windows and it's still running slow? Did it run slow right after you reinstalled Windows or after you went on the internet?
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07-27-2004, 11:24 AM
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it's when I go on the internet it takes the browser about anything from 1 to 5 mins to load and I have broadband
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07-27-2004, 11:30 AM
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Shiro Usagi
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Do you have a firewall? If you don't, you should use one.
Are you hooked directly up to the cable or DSL modem, or are you behind a router? Are you running any spyware blockers like SpywareBlaster? Cricket
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07-27-2004, 12:03 PM
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I don't have a firewall but i did have spybot installed and I am hooked directly to the cable modem
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07-27-2004, 12:26 PM
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Shiro Usagi
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With a broadband internet connection you really need a firewall to help keep the nasties from getting on your computer. Get Kerio and install it on your computer.
You should also learn more about spyware and other internet nasties by checking out some security web sites like Spyware Info, Spychecker and DoxDesk Cricket
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07-28-2004, 07:37 PM
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thanks
Hi thanks everyone for the help and advice ...finely got it back to normal so far no probs and I have intalled Noton System Works and the latest Spybot v1.3 do you think this is enough cheers guys
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