Well, let’s get it to the point, no spammage crap please.
Dell Latitude C610
processor is a Mobile Intel(R) Pentium(R) III CPI – M 1000MHz
512 mb of ram
windows xp professional
i have tried anti virus, disk cleanup, cleaning registry, and my laptop still runs slow, it’s pretty old.
what should i do?
i use my laptop to play games such as "GunZ:The Duel" should i just end up selling the laptop and buy a newer one, or get more RAM for my current laptop?
you probably have the most RAM the laptop can handle but you may be able to put in another 512mb. you should look up your model and see cause if you add more ram, it might not even recognize it.
The best thing to do would be to just reformat and reinstall windows. I do it about once a year even though i avoid viruses, my pc always seems to get slower by the week.
you need more ram!!! 512mb is definitely not enough. I processor is not fast enough. You can disk clean up all day, and it is not going to make a difference
As you will appreciate there are many reasons why your computer is running slow:
I have listed the most obvious, some of which you may have already tried but for completeness they are mentioned here.
First of all make sure you do not have any malware in the form of viruses or spyware. Run your anti virus and anti spyware programs in order to clear out any beasts.
If you do not have any protection these are exceptional and available for free:
Anti virus I suggest:
http://www.avira.com
Anti spyware I suggest:
http://www.superantispyware.com/
Remove junk & temporary Internet files by running Ccleaner – free for download from:
http://filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/
Your hard disk(s) may be fragmented. Windows has a built in defragmentation program but you can download a third party program for free:
http://www.auslogics.com/en/software
Your registry may be cluttered or corrupt. Ccleaner mentioned above also has a registry cleaner but how about downloading another very good free registry cleaner:
http://www.eusing.com
You may have too many programs kicking off at start up. These free downloads allow you to control what applications run at start up:
http://www.glarysoft.com/quick-startup
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
Your hard disk may be getting full. You need at least 15% of free space for it to operate efficiently. Go to Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs & remove any applications you no longer use. How about removing all those pictures & music that is filling up your hard drive?
How about overheating? Clean all the vents on your computer with an air duster (can of compressed air). If a laptop, operate it on a hard surface so that air can flow freely around it. For a desktop, open it up and clean inside with the air duster.
Finally, after you have done all the above may need to upgrade your RAM. So that you get the right type of RAM for your system do a free scan at Crucial to determine your RAM.
http://www.crucial.com/ for USA
http://www.crucial.com/uk/ for UK
Good luck with your quest and I hope these suggestions improve your system.
wdw
Depending on how old your laptop is, if it’s over three years old. I would even go and buy more RAM for it. I would however suggest running a scan with your spyware program, if you haven’t already. And no, that would not be your virus program.
Every computer should have one virus program installed, along with at least two spyware programs. If you have none, then I suggest you download two of these
spybot
super anti spyware
adware se
yea i would say get more ram. best buy has 1 gb sticks on sale for $32 at the moment, which is a really good deal. then i suggest you use the program tune-up!