Why is my computer running slow?

I use the internet for all types of things -- as many of us do. I watch video's, email and some data processing from time-to-time. I would tell you though, for the most part, I use the internet to watch television shows that I have missed and sometimes...

I am not running many programs on my system, I have a firewall which is supposed to block stuff that slows pcs down. I only really use computer for email and maybe watching stuff on Youtube. Last time it started to run really slow (about 6 months ago...

My computer always runs pretty fast, but all of a sudden it is running really slow. And it hasn't been gradually getting slow, it ran really well and then yesterday it began to run extremely slow. I've been running spyware and stuff, but my computer...

I have not recently done anything that would have taken up a significant amount of memory. I am always running AVG and no viruses have been found on my computer. I have not made any recent changes to my browser or to my internet provider. The only thing...

I scan my computer weekly for spyware, adware, malware, trojans, worms, parasites and viruses. I go directly to the controls panel of my computer in the system and security section to check for issues very frequently. I disable all unused addons and...

My computer is lagging and the internet is slow and skips when I play videos. I'm the main computer hooked up to the cable modem and the wireless computers in my house are faster. I have updated my virus definitions and scanned. I have scanned with Anti...

Why is my computer running so slow and how do I fix this? Over the last two days, I have noticed that my computer/internet is running very slow. It takes much more time to load a web page and it often freezes for around a minute. I have tried defragging...

Hey my computer is very slow but I dont know why, my harddrive is 70% free and i have 2.53 Ghz so my computer should run pretty fast. I dont know why its running slow could it be a ...show more

My computer has started running really slow - Its a Vista and was bough last year - Its fast broadband and it has a 1GB Hard drive - I have put all vids, pics and other files onto memory cards to free up disk space and even deleted temporary internet...