Alright, so I have what is a common question but think I have cleared the usual answers so please give it a full read.
My girlfriend just got a Dell Dimension 3000 Celeron D desktop about 2 months ago. It has in the past 3 weeks been running very very slow. It will take a solid 3-4 minutes simply to open netscape. I have no idea why this would happen.
She is running a Celeron D processor
512 MB of RAM at 400 MHz
80 GB 7200 RPM HD (that is about 1/2 full)
She has uninstalled a lot of the "crap" she put on when she first got it, and has cleared her history and temp. internet files.
I thought it was her RAM but 512MB seems like it would be fine considering mine runs perfectly fine on the same amount and I have twice as much stuff on my computer, not to mention it is 3 years older.
Is there something I am missing? I am wondering if anyone knows a simple things I might be over looking before sitting on hold with Dell for an hour.
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Originally posted by PZEROFGH
REFORMAT!!!
anyways check for spyware etc, viruses. do a hdd check. defrag. disk clean up.
three programs i use
1) spybot search & destroy
2) ad aware
3) CCleaner
you can just go to filehippo.com and download these if you dont alreayd have them
Running Slow
Alright, so I have what is a common question but think I have cleared the usual answers so please give it a full read.
the usual answers, all you said that you have no idea why its running slow. and its a dell thats the whole point of why its going slow
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My reply
quote:Originally posted by PZEROFGH
the usual answers, all you said that you have no idea why its running slow. and its a dell thats the whole point of why its going slow
Sorry for the 'newbie' level of this question, but....why would I need to reformat a brand new computer? I have run the spyware, virus, etc programs and nothing.... and the usual answers I have seen before are, clean your history, temp files, cookies, etc. you need new ram....etc.
It ran perfectly fine the first month or so, then began to slow down. Or am I just wrong in my thinking of Dell.... I just cant imagine a company staying in business selling slow slow machines.
ps. thanks for the fast reply.
My girlfriend just got a Dell Dimension 3000 Celeron D desktop about 2 months ago. It has in the past 3 weeks been running very very slow. It will take a solid 3-4 minutes simply to open netscape. I have no idea why this would happen.
She is running a Celeron D processor
512 MB of RAM at 400 MHz
80 GB 7200 RPM HD (that is about 1/2 full)
She has uninstalled a lot of the "crap" she put on when she first got it, and has cleared her history and temp. internet files.
I thought it was her RAM but 512MB seems like it would be fine considering mine runs perfectly fine on the same amount and I have twice as much stuff on my computer, not to mention it is 3 years older.
Is there something I am missing? I am wondering if anyone knows a simple things I might be over looking before sitting on hold with Dell for an hour.
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Originally posted by PZEROFGH
REFORMAT!!!
anyways check for spyware etc, viruses. do a hdd check. defrag. disk clean up.
three programs i use
1) spybot search & destroy
2) ad aware
3) CCleaner
you can just go to filehippo.com and download these if you dont alreayd have them
Running Slow
Alright, so I have what is a common question but think I have cleared the usual answers so please give it a full read.
the usual answers, all you said that you have no idea why its running slow. and its a dell thats the whole point of why its going slow
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My reply
quote:Originally posted by PZEROFGH
the usual answers, all you said that you have no idea why its running slow. and its a dell thats the whole point of why its going slow
Sorry for the 'newbie' level of this question, but....why would I need to reformat a brand new computer? I have run the spyware, virus, etc programs and nothing.... and the usual answers I have seen before are, clean your history, temp files, cookies, etc. you need new ram....etc.
It ran perfectly fine the first month or so, then began to slow down. Or am I just wrong in my thinking of Dell.... I just cant imagine a company staying in business selling slow slow machines.
ps. thanks for the fast reply.
