What's wrong with my computer?

Computer Forum General Hardware
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My computer is brand-spanking new. I’ve had it less than a week, and it’s already slowing down. I could download programs at around 44.0KB per second, and now it’s slowed down to around 5KB per second. I used to be able to load webpages in the blink of an eye, but now my DSL feels like dial-up because it’s so slow. I’ve got 512MB of Memory and the processor is an AMD Athlon XP running at 2.6GHz.

If it helps, today I set up a local network with another, older computer in my house that runs at 1.4GHz and only has 256MB of RAM. Could that be a factor?

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Have a look at this thread, as it may apply to your situation.

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[QUOTE=Anti-Trend]
Have a look at this thread, as it may apply to your situation.
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sry, but that doesn’t tell me jack shit.

Besides, all of a sudden it’s fast again. Wtf?

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Watch it, you’re on thin ice.
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I was implying that you probably have spyware you need to deal with. It can slow your PC to a crawl.

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My computer came with megabytes of anti-spyware software preinstalled. Besides, like I said, all of a sudden my computer’s fast again.

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[QUOTE=dstebbins]
My computer came with megabytes of anti-spyware software preinstalled. Besides, like I said, all of a sudden my computer’s fast again.
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How are we supposed to know that if you didn’t provide the information to begin with?

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sorry.

Luckily, it turns out I just needed to reboot. All done:cool:

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[QUOTE=dstebbins]
Luckily, it turns out I just needed to reboot. All done:cool:
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Yeah, that’s Windows for you. A long time ago I was a helpdesk tech, and that was usually the first thing we had people do. ~90% of the time, it did the trick.

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Rebooting fixes all windows problems :stuck_out_tongue:

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[QUOTE=StimpE]
Rebooting fixes all windows problems :stuck_out_tongue:
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If only that was true… If ony that was true. :slight_smile: