My Computer Is So Slow, Is There Any Hope For It?
There is probably nothing more bothersome than a computer that is so slow it seems like it just can’t get out of its own way! I’ve seen nice calm, normal folks just about ready to blow a cork because their computer was taking hours to do a job that should take only a few minutes.
I can see how it can make a computer owner angry because they paid for a fast computer, so they think it is reasonable to expect a fast computer. However, they find themselves sitting at their computer desk waiting and waiting and waiting for something to happen. Moreover, it is confusing. Most people who have this experience ask, “what did I do wrong?” Actually, they didn’t do anything wrong.
Is it possible to get the get-up-and-go back into this now almost useless computer? Is there anything that can be done to resurrect it now that it is acting like Radio Shack TRS-80? (That’s a really old computer with no modem, hard drive and even no floppy drive). The happy answer is yes, there is and I will now explain what you can do.
Let’s Talk About Malware
The first thing we have to do to get our slow running computer back up to speed is give it a good spyware scan. Most people I know already have a spyware cleaner installed on their computers. A spyware cleaner would be some kind of spyware/malware/adware cleaning program that you have installed on your computer or came on the computer when it was new.
Some of you will not have a spyware cleaner installed but you will have a virus scanner on your computer. This is okay as spyware cleaners and virus scanners basically perform the same function. The viruses the virus scanners get rid of and the spyware the spyware cleaners get rid of all fall under the category of malware or malicious software. Both virus scanners and spyware cleaners clean malware out of your computer. Usually, neither type of cleaner will miss any kind of parasite.
All this means that the first step in getting your computer’s speed back is making sure you have no viruses or malicious software. How do you do this? Scan your computer with a good virus and/or spyware cleaner. Don’t have one? Well in that case, you better get one quickly.
Unfortunately, you may not be able to install a new spyware cleaner on a computer that is hardly running. So, if this is the case, you may have to bring your computer to a repair shop and have it scanned from another source.
Spyware Free?
If you are able to a run a spyware or virus scan and you find you are free of these parasites, this is fine and it brings us to this conclusion. Probably, you have corruption in the registry. With a slow computer you always have to get rid of the malware first because a registry cleaner won’t. Then, after you are sure you have no parasites and your computer is still crawling along, it is time to do a registry scan. This is easy and it’s free. Just go on-line if you can and do a registry scan.
If it is operating, even really slowly, get on-line, go to the site of a top shelf registry cleaner program and take them up on their offer to give you a free scan. Every good registry cleaner I know of offers a free scan. By getting one you will be able to see if it is the fact you need your registry cleaned that is taking all the zip out of your computer.
If you do have corruption in your registry, you will have to purchase the registry cleaner’s license so you can let this program repair your registry. Don’t worry, registry cleaners are dirt cheap when you consider the great service they perform, like making your computer fast again.
Registry cleaners are tools that are necessary for keeping your computer up to speed these days. There are a lot of new things bombarding your registry now that just weren’t thought of a few years ago. Only by keeping the registry clean can you keep your computer’s speed at its normal rate. Even better is the fact that by using today’s enhanced cleaners, which include optimizers, you may find your computer will be faster than ever!
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