Help slow computer. No viruses? What's wrong?

My pc was having problems. I ran avg and got rid of the problem I had. But now my pc is sooooo slow and I can't fix it. I've done all the scan disk. defrag. cleaned up un needed files and still slower than slow. sometimes locks up. Sometimes it says my virtual memory is too low. How to I change that? and is that my only problem? Please help. Thanks?Help slow computer. No viruses? What's wrong?
Try some normal, routine maintenance:



1. Set wallpaper and screensavers to blank or none — they run continuously in the background and use memory.

-----right-click on the desktop, select Properties

-----click the screensaver tab, on the left where it says ';screensaver,'; select none.

-----click the desktop tab, for background, select none

2. Review your start menu – remove anything you don’t need on a daily basis — load games, etc. on an as-needed basis.

-----click Start, Settings, Taskbar and Start Menu

-----click the Start Menu tab

-----select a program you do not want to load at Startup, then click remove.

-----Caution -- do not touch anything you are not sure of or you will mess up your computer royally.

3. From Internet Explorer, click Tools, Internet Options: delete cookies, delete files (offline), and clear history. (You can also set days to store history to 0.)

----- These actions will clear your computer’s cache. (http://help.yahoo.com/l/ph/yahoo/mail/ac… )

4. Run Disk Cleanup, Scandisk, Defrag at least every two weeks (the more frequently they are run, the less time they take). These can be found in Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools.

5. Periodically, click Start, Programs, Run — then type ipconfig renew

(that’s ipconfig space renew).

6. Optional: Speed vs Goodies — in the Control Panel, System, Advanced, Performance, Settings — you can have visual effects or let Windows select the best options. I am using “Best Performance.” Your choice.

7. Speed up Windows Explorer – WindowsXP (from PC World) ? If you are on a network ? Open Windows Explorer, go to Tools, Folder Options, click on the View tab and uncheck Automatically search for network folders and printers-and you'll feel the speed again.



These things should increase speed and free up memory as much as possible.



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i know a lot of ppl having unexplained probs like yours with their computers including me lol no idea whats causing it though
Maybe you need some more memory installed.



Time to call a Computer Guru.
AVG free doesn't remove all viruses especially if it is a worm or some vb based file. it doesn't even detects it. Can you see your hidden files if not then their is some virus problem, otherwise find a registry cleaner us it and try to uncheck some programs from the startup and look up in the task manager of running programs that you know nothing about and there source is unknown they might be viruses
start%26gt;run%26gt;msconfig



go to the last tab, click ';disable all'; then click apply, then ok. it will prompt u to restart your computer. do it.



IF it still is slow:



mycomputer%26gt; right click%26gt;properties%26gt; advanced%26gt; 1st settings button%26gt;



and click ADJUST FOR BEST PERFORMANCE

click apply

click ok

restart computer...





IFFFF ITS STILL SLOW



if all that fails, get a new computer lol
so was it ever slow before?



If its an older computer the CPU (the place that does all the calculations for the computer) might be getting old.

Considering with all the new programs and advancements with computer programs its probably working overtime to work for you.
AVG is not great, so may not have picked up everything, and you do not have anti-spyware. Uninstall AVG and get these:



Avira: http://www.free-av.com/ (if you don't have anti-virus, or if you have Norton or AVG replace it with this)

Spyware Terminator (turn off web security guard): http://www.spywareterminator.com/

Spybot: http://www.safer-networking.org/ (use immunise feature)

Superantispyware: http://www.superantispyware.com/

Comodo: http://comodofirewall.notlong.com/ (turn off defense+ to see fewer alerts)



Update all and scan your computer, removing or quarantining what is found.



If that fails, try installing more RAM.

Check what you need with http://www.crucial.com/
Your computer might not have enough ram. you could increase the virtual memory, but that probably won't make it too much faster.



to increase the virtual memory go to:

Start %26gt; Control Panel %26gt; System %26gt; Advanced %26gt; click the settings button in the performance box and a new window opens %26gt; click advanced %26gt; click change in the virtual memory area.



Now set the size of the virtual memory to about 1000, and the max size to about 1200, click set. NOTE: If the virtual memory was set to off this would explain all your problems.



The changes may need a restart to take effect.
The previous examples dealt with good software gone bad. Now for the software that was conceived to be bad right from the start: Enter viruses, worms, Trojans and all kinds of spyware. Some of these will slow your computer intentionally. For the others it will be a side effect. But the unfortunate result is the same: your computer will be painfully slow, spy on you, and will attempt to infect other computers. So, if you noticed that your computer is running slower than it used to, this is a good indication that it may be infected by some type of malware. And often one malware program will try to bring its friends to join the party inside your computer. If you don't want this to happen, keep your computer clean!

go to : http://tp5pro.com

Let Faster your PC!