Hi Mel,
Disk Cleanup might help.
Start Menu > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > then press the
letter D until Disk Cleanup is highlighted, and then press ENTER, to
begin the process. Let it delete all that it finds checked. It will
delete all temporary files, including temporary Windows files. It could
take up to, or slightly more than, a quarter of an hour to commplete. You
might be surprised how much is stilll in the Recycle Bin, if you haven't
emptied it lately. Likewise the Windows Temp folder. Then you could do a
ScanDisk, and a defrag (as has beeen suggested)
-----Original Message-----
From: Melanie Pelka
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 4:18 PM
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Increasing the memory on my computer
Hi Ronan and all.
The computer is 8 years old and still runs with Windows XP. There is no
anti-virus software on it at the moment. I know this is really a silly
thing
to do and it is only a question of time until it will no longer work, but
at
the moment it is all I have got so I would like to keep it going as long
as
I can. I just thought there might be a tool I could use temporarily to
increase the memory or something like that.
Th
e download folder is empty and I got rid of all the software I don't
need.
It is still very slow, though.
Mel.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ronan McGuirk" <ronan.p.mcguirk@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 11:23 AM
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Increasing the memory on my computer
Hi Melanie,
How old is your PC and what version of Windows are you running?
How much memory do you have?
Is your anti-virus software up to date?
Just a few thoughts...
If you have a large number of files in your downloads folder, some
anti-virus programs scan all these files every time you open your
browser and this can slow down browsing. Clearing out the downloads
folder might help if you haven't done this already.
If you have more than one anti-virus program running at the same time,
this can slow down the system also.
Ronan
On 18/12/2014, Melanie Pelka <melanie.pelka4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all.
My computer has recently become very slow. I can't even play files from
Youtube or other sources on the internet.
What I have done so far is I have deleted those programmes I don't ever
use
from my computer. Also, I have deleted all temporary internet files and
those files in "my documents" I do no longer need.
I have a feeling this has improved the situation a little, but it's
still
not goo enough.
Is there something else I could try to make the system faster again?
Mel.
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