turtle 4 a computer

[discolatinojoe]

this will be my first time writing here, so please be easy.
I was told that this is the best place to learn about computers.
fixing and what to do about it.
So I d like to start
my computer runs like a turtle especially when i try to run two things at once. it takes forever to finish and sometimes it freezes that i have shut it down. please help.

 

[XFlamez]

how much ram do you have?
when press ctrl-alt-del

what is the cpu usage?
how many processes is there?

 

[Vybuni]

Could you give us some information about your PC? i.e. OS, CPU, RAM, Hard drive, etc.

 

[discolatinojoe]

cpu usage on idle is between 12 24 but when i write, it goes up to 98- 100 cpu's

 

[__Camouflage__]

Yeah, I agree, we need specifics on your computer.

 

[discolatinojoe]

it's a sony vio.
intel pentium4processor 2.66 ghz.
15'' xga{1024x768}tft display
40 gigs hard drive
512mb ddr sdram

 

[__Camouflage__]

Have you checked for Viruses, Spyware, Adware, and Malware?

Edit : Have you also updated all your drivers?

 

[discolatinojoe]

i have yahoo anti-viras and spy-ware and also limewire. i don't know what malware is ?
when i run them it says there fine

 

[discolatinojoe]

how do you update harddrives

 

[an51r]

get spybot and ad aware they are good anti virus it sounds to me like a trojan virus is infecting ur comp they are real big on cpu usage cause they are normally sending out a signal and they replicate like crazy eventually making ur computer unusable i usually reformat in this situation but talk to the user on this site who goes by the handle warez-monster he has good alternitave methods which i would try first cause it doesnt sound like a hardware prob ur comp seems decent