Slow computer, what must be done?

Hello

My PC is running very slowly especially when loading Internet Pages

I have two hard drives, the first of them being either complete 497 MB and constantly telling me that it is almost full

A second drive is 14.7 GB of space

It is the complete player that slows things down to the top and would contribute to an upgrade or would it be a processor intel IE who need supgrading or maybe the virtual memory, etc.

All tips are greatly received

Hi Adam Chrissy.

Who is the free space on your system disk?, you need to reclaim space on the partrition. Run Disk Cleanup and compress old files. See alsohttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/956324.

To start disk cleanup, open my computer-> click drive c :->, right click Properties-> you get a tab for disk cleanup.

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    http://www.KarenWare.com/PowerTools/ptwinwatch.asp

    Many excellent free tools and an excellent newsletter at Karenware
    http://www.KarenWare.com/

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    Think about it an absolute must - manually update your drivers.

    Vista and Windows 7 updated drivers love then here's how update the most important.

    This is my generic how updates of appropriate driver:

    This utility, it is easy see which versions are loaded: run DriverView - define the VIEW
    for the drivers Microsoft hide - updated those without drain in their names. (Also updated
    the BIOS and chipset drivers.)

    -Free - DriverView utility displays the list of all device drivers currently loaded on your system.
    For each driver in the list, additional useful information is displayed: load address of the driver,
    Description, version, product name, company that created the driver and more.
    http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/DriverView.html

    For drivers, visit manufacturer of emergency system and of the manufacturer of the device that are the most common.
    Control Panel - device - Graphics Manager - note the brand and complete model
    your video card - double - tab of the driver - write version information. Now, click on update
    Driver (this can do nothing as MS is far behind the certification of drivers) - then right-click.
    Uninstall - REBOOT it will refresh the driver stack.

    Repeat this for network - card (NIC), Wifi network, sound, mouse, and keyboard if 3rd party
    with their own software and drivers and all other main drivers that you have.

    Now in the system manufacturer (Dell, HP, Toshiba as examples) site (in a restaurant), peripheral
    Site of the manufacturer (Realtek, Intel, Nvidia, ATI, for example) and get their latest versions. (Look for
    BIOS, Chipset and software updates on the site of the manufacturer of the system here.)

    Download - SAVE - go to where you put them - right click - RUN AD ADMIN - REBOOT after
    each installation.

    Always check in the Device Manager - drivers tab to be sure the version you actually install
    presents itself. This is because some restore drivers before the most recent is installed (sound card drivers
    in particular that) so to install a driver - reboot - check that it is installed and repeat as
    necessary.

    Repeat to the manufacturers - BTW in the DO NOT RUN THEIR SCANNER device - check
    manually by model.

    Look at the sites of the manufacturer for drivers - and the manufacturer of the device manually.
    http://pcsupport.about.com/od/driverssupport/HT/driverdlmfgr.htm

    Installation and update of drivers under Windows 7 (updated drivers manually using the methods above
    It is preferable to ensure that the latest drivers from the manufacturer of system and device manufacturers are located)
    http://www.SevenForums.com/tutorials/43216-installing-updating-drivers-7-a.html

    If you update the drivers manually, then it's a good idea to disable the facilities of driver under Windows
    Updates, that leaves about Windows updates but it will not install the drivers that will be generally
    older and cause problems. If updates offers a new driver and then HIDE it (right click on it), then
    get new manually if you wish.

    Stop Windows 7 to automatically install device drivers
    http://helpdeskgeek.com/Windows-7/stop-Windows-7-from-automatically-installing-device-drivers/

    Turn off Windows Update Device Driver search prompt in Windows 7 / Vista (for the professional, full and Enterprise edition)
    http://www.AddictiveTips.com/Windows-tips/disable-Windows-Update-device-driver-search-prompt/

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    Refer to these discussions because many more excellent advice however don't forget to check your antivirus
    programs, the main drivers and BIOS update and also solve the problems with the cleanboot method
    first.

    Problems with the overall speed of the system and performance
    http://support.Microsoft.com/GP/slow_windows_performance/en-us

    Performance and Maintenance Tips
    http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-performance/welcome-to-the-performance-and-maintenance-Forum/19e5d6c3-BF07-49ac-a2fa-6718c988f125

    Explorer Windows stopped working
    http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-performance/Windows-Explorer-has-stopped-working/6ab02526-5071-4DCC-895F-d90202bad8b3

    I hope this helps.

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