slow computer

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My computer used to be very fast, opening programs in less than a second...
now something has changed, and it takes between 1-5 minutes to open
programs.... i can't defrag my computer, because it fails halfway through,
because of the slow speed. i don't know what to do.... except that because of
how slow it is, most of the time i'd rather just leave it off... but i have
work to do, so i bear it with a large grain of salt.... is there a(ny)
solution(s) out there?

[roy69]

You say that your defrag fails, this may be indicating a disk fault.
This will slow down your computer. What is the error you get with
defrag?
I would back up your important data just in cast.
Run chkdsk.
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roy69

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[Jan Hyde (VB MVP)]

firstmateirongut
<fi**************@discussions.microsoft.com>'s wild thoughts
were released on Fri, 1 Aug 2008 00:46:00 -0700 bearing the
following fruit:

>My computer used to be very fast, opening programs in less than a second...
now something has changed, and it takes between 1-5 minutes to open
programs.... i can't defrag my computer, because it fails halfway through,
because of the slow speed. i don't know what to do.... except that because of
how slow it is, most of the time i'd rather just leave it off... but i have
work to do, so i bear it with a large grain of salt.... is there a(ny)
solution(s) out there?

When did you last check for spyware etc? Check what's set to
run on startup, and post windows related question to a
windows group instead of a dotenet group ;-)
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Jan Hyde (VB MVP)

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[Scott M.]

Try a more suitable newsgroup. This newsgroup is for Microsoft ".NET"
programming questions.
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My computer used to be very fast, opening programs in less than a
second...
now something has changed, and it takes between 1-5 minutes to open
programs.... i can't defrag my computer, because it fails halfway through,
because of the slow speed. i don't know what to do.... except that because
of
how slow it is, most of the time i'd rather just leave it off... but i
have
work to do, so i bear it with a large grain of salt.... is there a(ny)
solution(s) out there?

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how can i resolve this problem, is it possibile to be guided step by step to
speeding up my computer?
"firstmateirongut" wrote:

My computer used to be very fast, opening programs in less than a second...
now something has changed, and it takes between 1-5 minutes to open
programs.... i can't defrag my computer, because it fails halfway through,
because of the slow speed. i don't know what to do.... except that because of
how slow it is, most of the time i'd rather just leave it off... but i have
work to do, so i bear it with a large grain of salt.... is there a(ny)
solution(s) out there?

[Scott M.]

Did you not see the replies in this thread telling the original poster that
this was not a newsgroup for general Windows questions? It is a newsgroup
for general questions about programming in the Microsoft ".NET" programming
platform.
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how can i resolve this problem, is it possibile to be guided step by step
to
speeding up my computer?
"firstmateirongut" wrote:

>My computer used to be very fast, opening programs in less than a
second...
now something has changed, and it takes between 1-5 minutes to open
programs.... i can't defrag my computer, because it fails halfway
through,
because of the slow speed. i don't know what to do.... except that
because of
how slow it is, most of the time i'd rather just leave it off... but i
have
work to do, so i bear it with a large grain of salt.... is there a(ny)
solution(s) out there?