Re: Extremely Slow Computer

A Celeron that's 4-5 years old could just be really slow because it's
outdated. What's more important than the type of processor (alone) would be
to know the speed of the processor, the amount of memory, operating system
(I assume XP home), etc.

It also depends what she's running on the computer. If she's running newer
software on older hardware, she'll notice it being slow.

And no, cleaning out spyware doesn't usually damage the registry. And if it
was truly damaged, you would know it . . . things wouldn't work at all.

Brandon

"Doug" <Doug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:131C7207-C18F-4079-AE02-AD3C4B726DD3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> My girlfriend's computer is extremely slow, and I was wondering if anyone
> here had any suggestions. She has a Dell Dimension 2350, (I believe) with
> a
> celeron processor. It's not that old (maybe 4-5 years old?).
>
> I am always running her ad-aware and spybot. I just updated her Norton
> Anti
> Virus and ran that last night. At this point, I'm not thinking it's any
> spyware or viruses since they've all been deleted and cleaned out. She
> used
> to have spyware, and a lot. Does anyone think that even though it's been
> cleaned out, perhaps some kind of "permanent" damage has been done to her
> registry as a result of the spyware I deleted from her computer several
> months ago? If not, perhaps it's a hardware issue? Any other suggestions?
> I
> guess she may need to defragment also?
>
> Thanks in advance for everyone's help!
>
>


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