You can follow Microsoft's recommendation on how to speed up your computer. They recommend scanning for virus and spyware, cleaning up temp files, running chkdsk/scandisk, & disk defrag.
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128 MB of memory isn't a lot these days. If you want to see a performance boost, upgrade to at least 512 MB. Like everyone said; disk cleanup and defrag will help speed up your computer's...

Have you updated the wireless usb driver yet? If you haven't, you should. Also, try to move it to another USB port.

Have you defragged your drive lately. It wouldn't be a bad idea to do a disk...

Go to Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Computer Management. Click on Disk Management and you should see your new hard drive there.

Definitely check your computer for spyware or virus infection. Have you defragged your drive lately? You might want to delete temp files, do a chkdsk and disk defrag.

Microsoft has a free Outlook Express backup software. Search Microsoft's web site.

You have to format the drive first before you can use it.

You might want to check your computer for spyware or virus infection. You can start by downloading and running adaware. Also make sure that you have the latest updates and security patches from...

They are the number one defrag software company. Thousands of companies and home users use their product.

There are a few of them out there. I ran across this press release from diskeeper.

http://www.executive.com/press/releases.aspx?F=2005062801.html

I'm glad to hear that everything is working fine now. If you defrag regularly, you might want to consider a third party defrag program. They can be scheduled to run in the background and you don't...

Download a third party defrag software and your defrag will run a lot faster and can be scheduled to run in the background. Third party defrag software will do a lot better job than the built-in...

Have you deffraged lately? You might want to try doing disk cleanup and defrag and see if that helps. Also check for spyware infection.

The problem with that is as you use your computer, it will become fragmented again. Your options are:

1. Use the built-in defrag and not worry about those fragmented files.
2. Get a third party...

I don't know if I can trust 1 program to do all of those things mentioned above. I'd rather get a program that was written for a specific function. I don't think there's even a need to defrag RAM...

Here you go: http://www.theeldergeek.com/defragmenting_a_page_file.htm

You should download a free 30 day trial of a third party defrag program. It will allow you to defrag those files before windows starts and it runs a lot faster than the built-in defrag program.

Whether you use the built-in or third party defrag, it won't hurt doing it on a regular basis.

It doesn't really matter if the hard drive wear out. Computers in general are absolete after 2-3 years. You will most likely upgrade your computer and would want a higher capacity hard drive before...

A lot of web site developers set their default resolution to 1024x768. I've just learned to adjust to them by setting mine the same.

You might want to check your computer for virus/trojans and spywares. Some trojans are in temp folders so you might want to delete those too. Do a disk cleanup and defrag too.

Agreed. Even if you don't do it everyday. Just the fact that you can schedule it and not have to worry about forgetting to run it is worth having it.

You guys might be interested in reading this article that talks about how defrag can lessen the time to backup a server.

http://itresearch.forbes.com/detail/RES/1103631551_156.html

Your computer could have been infected with a spyware. Make sure you have the lastest patch from Microsoft. Download and install Microsoft's AntiSpyware. While you're at it, might as well do a...

It probably is but I have the program so I might as well just take full advantage of it. I've had it for about a month now and my system seems to start and shutdown faster.

I defrag my home computer on a daily basis using a third party defrag software. My servers are done every month or whenever I can remember it. I know I should do the servers more often but I'm too...

I bet you that spyware and those downloads left your PC fragmented. You should run a disk cleanup and defrag on your hard drive.

I have a 110GB drive with 90GB free space and it took the built-in defrag program about 4 hours to complete. I purchased a third party program and it's been running on a daily basis for about 15...

Go to this web site and download hijack this.

http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/

You might want to run disk cleanup and defrag after you get rid of that spyware.