Windows is slow to start up: Go to: start - run - type: msconfig - go to the start-up tab and un-check programs you don't need to start up with your computer. Now go to: Start - My computer - and right click the "C" drive, select properties, then go to the tools tab, and click defragment
Why is that relevant here? By posting that you've just trolled this thread. Way to go hypocrite. stopthej, is it a recent problem that's suddenly made your pc much slower, or are you just after something more responsive? Clearing out your browser cache, defragmenting, deleting some files and removing programs from the startup list are simple options, then you could add more RAM, or if still not happy, then go with a faster CPU (and likely motherboard), the hard drive isn't that often the problem.
How is this frivolous? The man was to make his damn PC faster. If you backup your files and re-install windows that should help. Windows tends to big down after a while. More RAM is also a cheap way of improving performance. If you are looking for a MAJOR performance boost a new build should be in order.
Indochine if you think that this poster is breaking the rules some how use the Report an offensive post feature here, so if you don't have something to add to the post don't reply at all ok you don't want to get your self banned for somthing so silly
Either way, Indochine you have not contributed anything useful to this thread. No more replies defending yourself please. for clarity's sake, the questions I asked are repeated here: stopthej, is it a recent problem that's suddenly made your pc much slower, or are you just after something more responsive? Clearing out your browser cache, defragmenting, deleting some files and removing programs from the startup list are simple options, then you could add more RAM, or if still not happy, then go with a faster CPU (and likely motherboard), the hard drive isn't that often the problem.
Indochine is right but i have dealt with stoptheJ's posts didn't i stoptheJ? lets stay on topic now & see what happens next.