Slow PC

Hi

I Need help with my PC.

My PC is very slow. I tried formatting my c:\ and reinstalling the OS. But still my PC is slow.

The following screenshot will tell you my PC config and OS and also what programs are running in the taskman.

I only have Zonealarm Firewall and Avast installed and running in my system tray.

My PC was superfast when I purchased it 2 years back but now its not. Is it true that the speed of the processor decreases when it gets older and older? If yes, why? I dont see a point for it being slow day-by-day.





Plz help.


Thanx

 

Here's 10 steps for what you need to do:

1) Shut down PC
2) Unplug all cords
3) Find a large box
4) Put PC in the box
5) Dump box at garbage dump
6) Go to PC Store
7) Buy new PC
8) Take new PC home
9) Plug PC in to power
10) Turn new PC on.

 

U need to increase your RAM.

 

" Zonealarm Firewall and Avast installed and running in my system tray."

you may have memory problem

or try to do disk cleanup and/or disk fragmentation

 

I am ready to do this as long as you are ready to pay the bill for the new comp

 

OK...tell me who Bill is and I will pay him. Do you know if Bill takes goats as currency??

 

Ram will speed up my PC???

I thought the speed of the PC is taken care by the processor which Is celeron 2.0 GHz

 

you need more RAM to run multiple threads or programs in the background
both CPU and RAM are neccessary to PC speed.

RAM's your energy
Processor's your speed

if you have the speed but no energy, works cant be done beneficially.

 

Yes Bill takes goats as currency. You just to convert the goat to eGoat and send it via paypal.

But Celeron is also from Intel like P 3/4, so itsnt it any better?

 

Just by more ram for now add another 512 and then start saving for a new machine mate.

 

celeron speed is only 1/3 matchable to similar speed of pentium
celeron 2.0ghz is actually slower than Pentium 2.0ghz
its hard to explain but its just not running at the fullest, but it is OK for normal day useand nongaming/graphic use

 

One idea: if the Windows reinstall didn't work, how about trying a Linux install? If it won't go well, then um.. I have no other idea
Oh, and as for the RAM upgrade, I don't think it's necessary, I used a 1.5 Ghz Celeron and 256 MB RAM @ Windows XP some time ago, and it was smooth

 

Unless you had to work as a webmaster and run multiple applications @ once.

 

1. insert 4 GB RAM
2. install your so again
3. before click anyway install a anti-virus & full scan

hope it work for you.

thanks

 

No, I didn't, but my habit was to have like ~30 tabs opened in Firefox, which seems to be quite a memory hog, and as for the background apps, there were always 2: uTorrent and Zone Alarm

 

4 Gb will not be supported by my Intel 845 GVSR motherboard

 

yes, maybe, but 512mb is enough if he have only avast and Zonealarm installed and dont play games

 

bare in mind each windows update also accumulate higher power proccesses to be ran in the background
and 512 wont stand active scanning or monitoring of avast and zonealarm in long run due to computer file and thread sizes increase.

 

Is it true that the speed of the processor decreases when it gets older and older? If yes, why? I dont see a point for it being slow day-by-day.