Hey Everyone
There seens to be a problem with my pc and i cant find any reason for it, it was working fine just the day before and now it has slowed to a point where i cant even watch vids WMP take a long time to load up and then the vids cant run smoothly at all.
I have ran registry checks, spyware and antivirus checks, but i have not defrag the machine yet something which i am about to do. However i am just wondering where anyone knows why or where the problem is coming from.
If anyone can please tell me what you need to know to help

Specs
AMD Athlon 64 x2 4800+
2GB ram
Geforce 7600GT
320 GB hard drive
all drive up to date

thanks

are the videos on your HDD of from the internet.

What have you installed that starts up when you windows logons and what video and audio plugins and codecs have you placed?

the vids are all on the hard drive and didnt have a problem, on the start up there are the usual anti virus, and spyware programs... Deamon tool msn messenger so on.... i have the K-lite mega codec pack from free-codec.com
the problem isnt just on the wmp... other program and even windows is sluggish and somethings the screen freezes for a few seconds.. startup is take a long time, well longer then it use to be the whole pc is just slow

your codec might be corrupted. i had a similar issue recently i had great videos and they started playing choppy and horrible sound, i removed all the codec i had installed, then down load new ones and installed them ....BAM and it's good give that a try. and you might want to not run a lot of things if you are going to watch videos.

I am certain the problem is not with the codecs, but i tried anyway and nothing changed the problem is with the windows itself it took a long time to start up windows, something that should only take moments and did only take moments just 2 days ago. loading anyway app take a long time and even copy files or moving file take at least 5 times as long as before. for example a 700Mb file that took no more than 5 min to copy or cut and paste, now takes more 30 min to copy.
Please help me, if not fixing the problem then please tell whats wrong and whats happened to my pc. I dont know understand where the problem came from, i have only had this machine for 5-6 months and it worked fine apart from a few minor problems

Hey,
Download CCLEANER I use this and RegSupreme and it always speeds up my computer

I suggest going to the security section and posting a hijackthis log .
http://www.daniweb.com/forums/forum64.html

i have used CClearer and advanced windowscare V2, but it doesnt seem to help even though the programs say that all the problems have been solved. And every time the machine is restarted a few problem is contantly on the problem list. I have also posted a hijackthis log on the virus forum but no one have replied yet, so i will get post the foundings when i hear anything from that thread.

I know this may sound really stupid but a lot of experience in the field has taught me that not all problems are software!!
I have had to physically clean out more computer than reformatting hard disks.
If anyof th fans and especially the video card fans are blocked up or if there are layers of dust actually nside the machine then this can and (in manycases has) caused the swhole machine to suddenly slow down as the thermal cut out is cutting in to prevent it overheating;

Have a look insde the box and if it hs ot been cleaned out physically n the last 6 months then it is possible this is the reason.

Best of luck

M