Why does my computer have 3min 20 sec boot up time, how can i make it faster?
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Look int that spot by the clock, are there a bunch of icons before the time?  These are programs that also start up when the computer starts.  Adjust them not to start up at "startup".  You can also check in your startup menu. "start>all programs>startup" These also startup when the computer turns on.  Also defrag may help.
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check for spyware, get Windows Defender free from Microsoft, Also you might want to check your CPU fan for proper cooling, if it is if it isnt running at max speed your CPU will overheat causing it to run slow
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...by doing a search for "speed up my computer" and "clean my computer"\nthere's lots of little changes you can make to speed things up.
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There is a program called Quick Startup that disables some startup programs. I used it and my computer loads a lot faster.
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u have to much up and running in ur start menue u need to go to start then click run then type in msconfig.exe then go over to the 2nd to last and disble all then it will ask for u to restart ur computer then hings will speed up
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could easily be ur PC. clean it out. if you have like 1 gig of space or less on your hard drive i noticed the computer will go into like... order or priority mode where it takes forever to do anything unless its directly related to your operating system. reformat! or clean up ur pc =/
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There are three things that cause speed issues and anyone of them can be a problem... in your case you added RAM, but your "bottleneck" could be your processor, you could also be experiencing a bottleneck at the disk level, but it's not as common.  \n\nYour computer may also not have enough video RAM if that's the case, get a better video card.  \n\nAnother thing to check is the msconfig (Start-up Tab) and see what you can disable from starting when the computer starts (if you don't know about it, google "msconfig").\n\nYou may also want to defrag your disk, which can also slow down response times.\n\nThen again, could be a combination of all of those things.
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Just get the installation CD and reinstall from scratch.  It will be a faster and healthier computer with a fresh installation.  \n\nGood luck and Happy Computing!
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Hi there\n\nIf you are looking to increase the speed of your computer there are a number of things you can do.\n\nOne simply way is to check that your hard drive is well defragmented. This process tidies up files on your hard drive and and makes it run faster. This is because your computer can access these files quicker. To defragment your hard drive, click your start menu go to Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Defragmenter. Select the dirve you wish to defragment and click on the Defragment button. The time is takes to complete this procedure varies depending on your computer's specifications.\n\nIf this doesn;t improve performance, you could try have a look and see how many programs you have starting up when your computer starts. The more programs you have running, the slower your computer may become, depending on how many RAM (memory) you have in your computer. Check the contents of your startup folder in your start menu by going to programs > Startup and looking at its contents. To delete items from here, click on them with your right mouse button and selecy delete from the menu that appears. Click on the Recycle Bin no your desktop to delete it from there too. Not all programs will place a shortcut in the startup folder so you may need to access the options menu for these programs and look for any settings relating to the program's startup.\n\nIf this doesn;t solve the problem, check your computer for viruses if you have virus scanning software installed. Also, check for spyware and adware software by using a spyware and adware remover. If you don;t have these programs, you will need to download them. Search Google for virus and anti spyware and adware programs.\n\nFinally, you may need update components inside your computer such as your memory, you may not have enough memory to run your programs efficiently. I would recommend at least 512 MB of memory if you are running windows xp. To check how much RAM you have, go to your start menu and click on control panel. If your control panel is in classic view, click on the system icon and it will show your system information, including the amount of RAM you have, for example 512 MB. If your control panel is in catagory view, click on Performance & Maintenance and then click System. This will show you the same information as explained above.\n\nHope this helps.\n\nScott
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clear your cache,cookies,and do disk clean up. Do disk fragment  too. Do all that once week. it should make it go faster.
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Go to "start".."run"....type in msconfig and check out your settings under "startup" and uncheck anything that might be slowing your computer down.\n\nHope this helps
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Trim down your start-up processes. Many applications will add entries to the system start-up so that they load up faster when first fun (such as many media players, acrobat, etc)\n\nOpen the "run" console from the start menu and type in "msconfig"\n\nUn-check anything in the "startup" section which does not need to run at boot (if you're not sure, try googling the process to find out what  it does first). You can also speed things up further by triming down the Windows services, but unless you know what you are doing I wouldn't reccomend that.\n\nA couple of other tips:\n*Clear out your prefetch folder from time to time, as this can become cluttered with no-longer required processes.\n*Refresh your paging files regularly - a number of applications available for this.\n*Defragment your drive at least once a week - you are better of using a 3rd party application for that though, as the in-built Windows defrag tool is not the most reliable or powerful
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It's your computer has a very slow processor speed, than that could be the problem.  However, it is more likely that you have a virus.
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It depends how old, and what spec. There are ways to speed up any PC, for example:\n\n* Uninstall all programs that you no longer use\n* Stop programs from opening on start up (check your system tray). Far too many programs decide they're so important they must always be open, or come with useless add-ons like calendar checkers for print studios\n* Cut back on the number of fonts you have installed - if you don't use them, remove them, or get a program which will load them only when you want them. They are always there, taking up memory whether you need them or not.\n* Don't store files on your desktop - put them somewhere else and leave a link to the folder - this should make your PC start a little faster\n* Defragment your disk - it only provides a small speedup, but it wasn't the last piece of cake, etc.\n\nThe most efficient upgrade is usually more memory - but this is isn't something where you get an effect the more you add - but quite often this is a bottleneck on older systems. It's hard to judge without knowing what your system is or how you use it, though.
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get another 256 mb of ram, you can fasten the right click speed, go to run and type in regedit, there, you have to set the time from 400 to anything arround 25 to 75, try it, but do carefully, as it may corroupt your os,
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You may need to clean it up; try:\nDeleting temp and history.\nRunning clean disk\nRunning Defrag\nClearing your recent files\nEditting the programs that run at start up.
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I would have to agree that your either have a virus and/or you have a very serious spyware or trojan that is keeping your computer busy. Run Spybot, Adaware, or other spyware programs if you can. Also Winpatrol and other programs can tell you what starts up when windows boots up. Ctrl +Alt + delete at the same time can bring up Task Manager. This will tell you what processes are running and how much CPU it is using. Maybe you could end those processes that are going crazy. It may be hard to run anti-virus and anti-spyware when it is too busy with the problem. TrendMicro has a free scanner. http://housecall.trendmicro.com/