Why is my Acer 5720 laptop so slow?

Question

Everything is so slow and im not even playing games, going to control panel takes ages to load and internet is slow
here are the specs:
Intel Core 2 Duo (1.5 Ghz, 667 MHz FsB, 2MB L2 cache)
Up to 252mb Mobile Intel Graphics
1gb DDR2 Ram
120GB HDD

thanks in advance

Answer 1

There are lots of problems which make your pc slow.

Microsoft Registry Problems = Slow Computer!

Spyware/Adware

RAM

De-Fragmenting

Etc.



Below can help you speed up your pc:



I. De-Fragmenting

1. Right click of C Disk.

2. Click properties.

3. Click tools tab.

4. Click "Defragment now".

5. Click Defragment.



II. You can search which process full use you cpu, and end the process.



Under steps:

1. Right click on the TaskBar.

2. Click the Task Manager.

3. Click the processes tab.

4. Double click the CPU.

5. Find if the "System Idle Process" is max.

6. If not right click and click end process.



III. Manage your startups. Your excess CPU usage is due to too many programs running in the background. You can cut these to barebones by alter your msconfig. Here is how:



1. Open your Start menu.

2. Click Run

3. In the command screen type "msconfig.exe"

4. In the "system configuration utility". Click either "service" or "startup" tab

5. Uncheck all programs that you are no longer using.

6. Click "OK"



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Answer 2

Do some regular maintenance...



Delete any unused or unnecessary programs and files. These may be taking up space, memory and resources, thus slowing your computer. Also delete your cashe/ temp files, empty your recycle bin, clear your internet browsing history, etc.



Clean your registry. Your registry holds all the information regarding updates, installs, uninstalls etc. so this needs to be cleaned. This will optimize and remove redundant or unwanted items.



Defrag your hard drive. This will greatly increase the speed and reliability of your operating system. I would use a third party tool for this. Try Diskeeper, it considered the best. You can download free trial-ware at www.diskeeper.com

Answer 3

Running those specs on Windows Vista isn't good but Xp shouldn't be too bad.



I had a friend with slower computer as well, and everything pretty good but his RAM. He had 412mb RAM. I told him, that's terrible. Sad as it is, is family is going through a budget crisis, and it's hard to get RAM. I told him to Remove the current RAM stick and put two 1GB RAM (2GB Total) sticks in his computer. He saw a great improvement on absolutely everything. Even the internet was faster.



1GB RAM is "fair" but getting 2GB for Xp is much better. For Vista I would get 3GB minimum. I have 6GB RAM for Vista 64-bit and it's not good enough, getting another 2GB.



I recommend getting more RAM (1GB or more).

Answer 4

I suspect your computer has a virus, i had a computer that was five years old and we thought it was slow just because it was that old, and had many files on it. but we brought it into a tech store, and they found a virus on it, and removed it for $90. now it runs fast, like new. 1 gb of ram should be enough for a reasonably fast computer. either you've got way too many programs and files on it, or there is a trojan virus slowing down your computer.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

FIRST your main ram is being used to feed your video card

SECOND Vista should have minimum 2Gigs memory

THIRD you probably have a compromised pc (virus/malware/spyware/trojan/etc etc)

FOUR your system hard drive is full or full of CRUFT

FIVE your drive needs to be defragged if you add./remove programs alot

SIX 120 GIG hard drive is very small and due to the lack of memory your hard drive is being used as virtual ram which is on your hard drive space

SEVEN i can go on and on buy why you get the idea

Answer 7

OH MY

where should we start

ok go to run bar type %temp%

click ok then clean them out

go to system tools

and clean out what you dont need with disk cleaner

clean out java cashe in control panel

remove most or all of your music file and put them on disk

remove and or burn videos from computer clean out cookies in

internet options in control panel

if you use fire fox clean out cookies there too.

then run disk defrag 2 or even 3x if needed

use reg cleaner

turn off start programs you don't use if you don't use every day you don't need it running. scanner drivers things like that.

that should take care of most of the issues

OH lastly open WE windows explorer go to local c:\program files

take the folder out of programs you have removed but are still there

yes windows does not remove the folders or files when you install then remove the files in case you choose later to reinstall the programs.





then you can go see my video for windows self repair yes it will put some things ON your hard drive but will also help you

HELP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcMIJvwNugI

self repair MS Xp os

also check for viruses



look in TM task manager to see what your processes are running at

should be 12 % with nothing runing if its higher time to get more drastic.

Answer 8

slow computer



ok, increase your RAM if possible (this will need to be purchased)



goto start - run /msconfig ... startup tab deselect all but your antivirus and restart.



1) clean temp files

ccleaner - http://www.ccleaner.com/download

atf cleaner - http://www.atribune.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=25



2) virus scans - AVAST Home 100% completey free (once installed select YES for Boot scan)

http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html



3) Spyware Scan - download & install Malwarebytes (this is free software) and update then run a full scan and follow instruction once finished

http://www.malwarebytes.org/



4) clean out the registry

http://www.snapfiles.com/download/dleusingregistry.html

http://www.download.com/Abexo-Free-Registry-Cleaner/3000-2094_4-10434887.html



5) Defrag Harddrive

http://www.download.com/Auslogics-Disk-Defrag/3000-2094_4-10567503.html



now restart



or

http://askbobrankin.com/make_windows_xp_run_faster.html

Answer 9

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