My computer is running slow. I have heard this probably a thousand times. You see, I run a computer repair shop. Everyday, at least once, I will get a call from someone who after saying hello will state, “My computer is running slow.” A slow running computer is such a common problem I make it a point to [...]
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Speed up my computer and how did my computer become so slow are two of the most common refrains we computer technicians hear regularly. It is with good reason folks become concerned about losing their computer’s speed. Loss of PC speed has become a very common thing. In the world of PC’s, seeing them become [...]
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Why is my pc slow? I am a computer technician who has repaired a ton of PC’s throughout the last several years. Without a doubt, more people complain to me about the problem of lack of speed than any other. It is very common for computers running Windows operating systems to slow down. In fact, it is just [...]
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As time goes on, often not too much time, a PC tends to slow down and lose its overall performance edge. Of course, this could be because the computer has a virus or spyware present. In such a case its performance would suffer. However, most times computers are bought with virus protection in place and [...]
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Very often a Slow Running Computer is the result of corruption in the registry. However, viruses and spyware can also cause a PC to go slow as well as crash. In other words, spyware, viruses and registry corruption can all cause the same symptoms in an ailing computer. Namely, the symptom of running very slowly [...]
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When a computer runs slow, there could be many reasons behind it. However, there are three reasons that most often are responsible for the slowdown. The first thing that may make a computer run slow is a virus. Most computers have a virus scanner program installed. Using a computer without one is computer infanticide. Still, [...]
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When computer performance suffers, there are several places to look. First, did you recently add software or hardware to the computer. If so, consider if the problem crept up at the same time. Also, viruses and spyware can cause computer performance to suffer. Run your virus scanner and if no viruses are detected try a [...]
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A person called me up to tell me that her computer is running really slow. The first thing I asked her was if she had a virus scanner installed on her computer and if she had been using it. She said she was protected against viruses. Also, the virus program she said she was using [...]
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A PC running slowly can be aggravating at least, but positively frustrating when it is going so slow you can hardly load a web page. In other words, a slow running computer can absolutely ruin your day! Spyware is one thing that can make your PC run slowly. Since Spyware can steal private information about [...]
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As a PC technician the complaint I hear the most has something to do with slow computer speed. Certainly, there are far more serious problems than just losing some of the computer’s performance edge, but a formerly fast PC that suddenly slows down is such a ubiquitous problem, I am bound to hear about this [...]
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