I have Windows XP and my PC gets slower and slower

I have Windows XP and my PC gets slower and slower

Well, if you have a slow computer experience, it is a serious performance problem.

There may be several reasons for the performance decline computer day after day, most common are the following:
-Inadequate system or RAM, memory
-Too many unnecessary things and fragmented in the computer files
-Programs that run in the background and consuming system resources
-Activity, virus, Spyware and Malware
-Several Antivirus running in the system

I guess if your computer worked well at the beginning means that you have good amount of system memory or RAM memory, but it is recommended to increase. Otherwise, you can do away with the increase in the virtual memory or paging file.
Right click on my computer go Properties. In the System Properties window go to the Advanced tab.
Now, click on the settings buttons in Performance. The Performance Options window click on the Advanced tab again and you will see the virtual memory down. Click on change. Now, you can keep it managed system or Custom. If you use the custom, then make sure that the initial size is 1.5 times the physical memory is actual and the maximum size is 3 x times.
Then apply and close all windows and restart the computer, note any change in performance.

To clean all the unwanted files just use the disk cleanup utility, it will clean up all unwanted computer junk files. Then you can go ahead and use Disk Defragmenter to defragment all the files fragmented in the c: Drive.

Prevention of the execution of unwanted programs must be done with caution. Sometimes programs load automatically whenever the computer is turned on these programs to continue to run in the background and consume system resources. The best thing to do is to stop them from loading automatically. Click START and then click RUN. RUN window opens upward, in the type of window run msconfig, system configuration window opens. Click on the last tab that says startup. You will see the list and most of them will have a check. First of all to uncheck all the, then control selectively the most important like your Antivirus, Internet connection, modem, another important application driver tool that may be necessary. You can hardly but understand that those check must sound familiar to you. Apply and then restart the computer. When the computer restarts, you will see a prompt that saya that you have used the System Configuration utility. Simple uncheck the box at the bottom and click OK. Notice the change in system performance.

If you run more thn an Antivirus, make sure you uninstall one. Since then, most of the antiviruses have a real-time scanner or resident shield that consumes some system resources, using several will cause more consumption of system resources. Subsequently, slow down the computer.

If all of the above does little to improve the performance of the Virus issue might have to be declared. However, let me know and we'll do something if it's a virus problem.

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