PC running windows XP runs VERY SLOW?
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500 MB of memory should be plenty.  When you ran your antivirus, spyware, etc., programs, did you first boot into Safe Mode?  Running especially spyware programs in Safe Mode catches more than in normal mode, as this prevents the spyware from actually loading in the first place.  If nothing works, reformat.  You didn't tell us your processor speed, though.........
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check the CPU usage. if your ranning winXP, go to the task manager.\n\nit depends also on the size of your RAM!
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That's simple.  It does more.  Windows XP with SP2 has a firewall which also slows things down.  \n\nWatch out, Windows Vista will be much slower.  Again, it does more. \n\nI prefer to pick my own anti-virus, anti-spyware and firewall solutions.  I uninstall ALL messenger thing that I do not use.  I minimize the Startup programs.   \n\nGood luck
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you are probably running out of memory.  windows xp is a huge memory hog.  when a computer runs out of RAM it starts storing information on the hard drive in what's called virtual memory.  the hard drive is several orders of magnitude slower than regular RAM and it brings your computer to a grinding halt.  if you were running xp before without any problems, and after reinstall this is going on, you probably have some features turned on by default that were off before.  go through your system control panel and turn off all the whiz-bang graphical doodads and junk like that you don't need.
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Well, do the following:\n1. Use 'ace utilities' to remove junk files and correct registries.\n\n2. Use tuneup utilities 2004 or 2006 to fine tune your windows (XP).\n\n3. Always scan for any spywares or addwares in your computer... the best for that is McAfee...(all I can say about it is, its cracked version is available...if you know were to check!)\n\n4. Then ofcourse Defragment your computer every often and try using NTFS partition for C drive, if you are using Xp 0r 2000 pro.\n\n5. Try not to load too many programs at start-up(only load your antivirus software, nothing else...)\n\n6. Always have a good ventilation for your CPU (this is very important.)\n\n7. And finally good hardwares really boost your system performance.
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That's going to be pretty tough.  ME is still tied to DOS.  XP doesn't use it at all and that is part of the reason it's fast.  If you want to speed up your machine, install more memory or install XP.
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Increase your ram asap.\n\nRunning winXP on a 64mb machine is silly.
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Copy the XP setup cd onto ur hard drive and then run the setup.. it should run fine then..
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You should probably reinstall Windows.  After a while, your registry fills up with crap that it doesn't need.  That means you computer runs slower.  You can try using a registry cleaning program, but the best thing to do is just reinstall Windows and learn to keep your computer 'clean'.
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do you have enough system Memory to go around?\n\nAs in, what Operaing system do you have, and what amount of RAM do you have\n\nIf you have Windows XP, and only have 256 MB of system RAM, yeah youre going to lag\n\nHave you tried a disk cleanup?\nStart --> Programs -- Acessories --> System Tools --> Disk Cleanup\n\nThat will delete your temp files, maybe you just have too much of that.  Perhpas you have too many programs running at once or loading on startup.\n\nBut let us know what O.S. you have and how much system RAM you have
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Deframent your computer\nChange boot up delay... In XP is in the control panel under system, advanced Start up and Recovery.\n\nRun a spwyare checker like spydoctor or Spybot Search and Destroy.
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you may find that its not man enough to handle XP, try to install 2000 instead\n\nalso you may be suffereing from a lack of memory
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You could use some tweaks that will free up memory and increase speed. A step by step guide on how to do this can be found here,\n\nhttp://www.tweakhound.com/xp/xptweaks/supertweaks1.htm
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Ok. You probably need to clean out your computer thoroughly. There are bunches of ways to do this, so let me give you a bunch of options. Keep in mind that you can get alot of this stuff for free, but if you want you can pay for some of the stuff too, I will signify that.\n\n1. You probably want to defragment the computer. There is an option for that somewhere in control panel.\n\n2.Yes, you probably want to scan disk too. To do scan disk & defragment, go into control panel, and there will be an option saying performance and maintenance (make sure your in category view, not classic view, you can tell in upper left hand corner). Then there will be a bunch of options, go through them and figure out what you want to do, a no brainer after you get into performance and maintenance.\n\n3. You might have virus's, spyware. I suggest downloading this, it's totally free. http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10399602.html?tag=lst-0-1\nand if you got to the page you will notice it got 5 out of 5 stars from the editor, and a average of 4.5 stars from users.\n\n4.You might want to try WinAso. this is only a trial program, it still works when it is free, but not as good. it's still a good program when it is free though. http://www.download.com/WinASO-Registry-Optimizer/3000-2094_4-10477738.html\n\nI haven't tried this one either, it's like WinAso, but it is totally free, it has good reviews, you might want to try this. http://www.download.com/Advanced-WindowsCare/3000-2086_4-10511244.html?tag=pop\n\n5. There is another program that frees up Ram on your drive, you might want to try this too http://www.download.com/FreeRAM-XP-Pro/3000-2086_4-10485945.html?tag=pop\n\n6. Other than that, that is basically all the stuff I use, my computer isn't well equipped hardware wise, but I clean it out so good it runs really well, I have WAYYY more programs than I should too. Haha. I hope that helps.
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Try..\nDeleting temporary files\nDisc cleanup\nDefrag\nIf it still runs slow get an expert to look at it.
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It sound like your system respond is too slow. \n\nTry to check what is the available memory left on the system. If you are running on Win XP, click on Alt+Ctrl+Del once. Choose Task Manager, click on Performance, Check on phyical memory. If you left 50MB and below, you need to upgrade your memory, or uninstall some of your software to give space for other problem.
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Frequent causes for slow computers are ad & spy programs resident on your computer, and large amounts of files in your browser cache.  \n\nI recommend running Ad-Aware, Spybot, Windows Startup Inspector (assuming you are using windows), virus scan and cleaning your web browser cache (Optons --> Internet Options, Delete Temporary Files in Internet Explorer).\n\nThis should help dramatically.