Computer Help

[Jana]

I have gone through and defrag'd my computer, went through the disk cleanup, deleted a ton of music files I no longer needed and my computer still works pretty slow.

Pulling up my email in Outlook Express now takes over 5 minuetes sometimes. Starting my computer can take just as long.

What could be the problem? Do I need to add more RAM or whatever it's called? I have 65% of my hard drive free, so I know it's not that.

Any help would be appreciated!! Thx!

[1ViciousGSX]

Which OS?

[Jana]

XP

[1ViciousGSX]

Go HERE (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318378) and follow the instructions on how to repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express using the XP disk. I had to do it recently to my PC and it fixed it. vThis will force XP to overwrite any corrupted system files.

[Jana]

Thanks! I'll try that and see if it helps me too :D

[Jana]

Ok, I scanned that page quickly, and I don't want to have to reinstall XP (cuz I'd have to back up everything again, huh?). Were you able to do a repair and not lose any information?

[1ViciousGSX]

Originally posted by DSMChick@Jan 7 2004, 06:51 PM
Ok, I scanned that page quickly, and I don't want to have to reinstall XP (cuz I'd have to back up everything again, huh?).  Were you able to do a repair and not lose any information?
I did not back up anything. What it does is check the system files on your PC against what's on the install disc and over-writes any thing that has been changed. You may have to re-install some driver's after (video, audio, etc.). I had to re-install my video drivers after. All my files and settings were un-touched.

[Jana]

ok, i'll give it a shot

[BuildADSM]

More RAM might also help but this is also comming from a guy that has asked for computer help on the board many times before. lol

[LightningGSX]

You usually have a lot of processes running that you don't need(adware, media agents, etc).From the task manager find out what processes you need(windows shell, system processes, video/audio drivers) and the ones you don't.They all consume resources, and usually don't all need to be running.Also remove apps from the startup folder that don't need to be ran on bootup.Try a program called MaxMem from www.AnalogX.com , this will flush the mem at certain intervals and helps alot, also various XP tweaks from downloads.com will help a ton.Adding extra ram wouldn't hurt , but I don't think it will help with apps such as Outlook.