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Old September 2nd, 2008, 04:33 PM
Centurion Centurion is offline
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Very, very, VERY slow computer
Yes. I read the sticky... Nothing seemed to work...
Wat the heck?

http://your-images.org/pics/e7a886d5...1ffc1a2833.PNG

See? there are not many windows open and it's still close to 100 %... same when I closed some of the windows... Please. I need urgently help! I cannot stand this slow piece of **** anymore:

Intel Inside Pentium 4
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Ati radeon x700 SE
Windows XP pro SP2
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Old September 2nd, 2008, 06:48 PM
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Post a pic of your Task Manager showing your running processes.
Something is running and eating up all your resources.

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Old September 29th, 2008, 06:40 PM
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reinstall the os and try to install one anti virus and with latest updates and scan the pc do not install the unused softwares in the pc
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Old September 30th, 2008, 12:31 AM
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reinstall the os and try to install one anti virus and with latest updates and scan the pc do not install the unused softwares in the pc
Seems kinda drastic since we don't know what is using the resources.

If it's just a rogue piece of software, it most likely can be eliminated without an OS reinstall.

Not to mention the fact that this thread hasn't had a response in about a month. I suspect the OP got the problem fixed or just never checked back for a response. In either case, it's pretty much dormant.

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Old October 2nd, 2008, 06:15 AM
Centurion Centurion is offline
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Well, sorry for the inactivity. I've been busy lately.

All I did was format C:
I backed up necessary files on DVD's and scanned them with NOD32 with latest virus database. It found nothing. After that I installed Windows XP SP2 again. But It's still same slow. CPU usage is changing between 100 and 80, depending the programs I use.

I've also heard if your computer doesn't get cleaned from dust, then the CPU will slow itself down to decrease the temperature. Because the ventilator is not effective enough?
My computer can be compared to a plane. The ventilator sounds like plane's propeller.


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Old October 4th, 2008, 03:08 PM
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Aight, this problem got fixed. I bought 1 GB of RAM and cleaned it from dust. Now it is as fast as a bullet!
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Old October 4th, 2008, 09:39 PM
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Aight, this problem got fixed. I bought 1 GB of RAM and cleaned it from dust. Now it is as fast as a bullet!
Sweeeeett !!
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