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thunder77 · Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 5:15 am Post subject: sluggish PC

good morning -

my PC is slow and i am 98% sure that there is no issue involving Spyware, Adware, Viruses, etc...i have done every scan possible and have worked with your technicians on numerous occasions in the past.

i just had an appt. with the cable guy on this issue. he claims, and i trust him because he is my friends brother, that the signal is fine. he ran a couple tests that were pretty standard and then a couple more that were above and beyond the call of duty, as far ads the cable guy goes:

one of which involved the "command prompt" and send out a "ping" to a random web site such as Google. after that, he lost me, but assured me that the outcome of the test was good.

the second was done at [url]testrun.net

anyhoo, he suggested that it is very likely a problem which a piece of software. i tend to agree since the sluggishness seems to happen even when, for example, i click on:

"Start > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs"

there are many other example of sluggish behavior that do NOT involve the Internet. when i was living in Swaziland, Africa, there was a 6 month period that i had no Internet and the PC was still sluggish.

i did not post a HiJack log...don't believe that this is the place for it.

if this is not the proper forum to deal with this issue. please advise me where to repost. if this is the proper forum, PLEASE SEND HELP.

regards,

dan
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Nightmaretony · Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 7:52 am Post subject:

1. Clear out computer caches
2. Run a hard drive scan for bad sectors.
3. Defragment your hard drive.

simple steps that may help out.
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nx42qr7 · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 6:43 am Post subject: Adjust Performance Options

"Both WinXP and Vista have a Performance Options menu that helps you shake your PC free of its sluggish behavior.You can boost your PC's performance by disabling some of the appearance settings.To access the menu in WinXP,click Start,open the Control Panel,and then double-click system.When the System Properties Window appears,click the Advanced Tab and then click the Settings button in the Performance Section.Click the visual effects tab when the Performance Options window appears." By Joshua Gulick Page 60-January 2008-www.smartcomputing.com.Subtitled," Time for a PC Tune Up".There is quite a bit of How to Optimize Your Operating System starting on pg. 58 of said Magazine.