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Question

Help with Slow PC

Mar 15, 2017 5:23PM PDT

Hi,

My computer has been fairly quick to boot and shut down, as well as operate. However, recently, after downloading some free programs, I have noticed that it takes several minutes to boot and shut down. The computer feels slow overall. The internet and browser speeds are fine. I have ran multiple scans with AVG, malwarebytes, ad aware, microsoft essential, and did not find any virus/trojans. Also, I have cleared my cache/registry using CCleaner and defrag my system. I have also uninstalled all unecessary programs, including the free ones, however, it did not help. Please assist. Below is my Speccy link:

http://speccy.piriform.com/results/nGmV1yekiTFbWJJ1oggVwcV

Thank you,

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I think I see an old 1GB RAM PC.
Mar 15, 2017 5:54PM PDT

There's not much wrong here. As the HDD fills it does slow down and since you have so little RAM, the times do pile up.

As quick fix would be to install a SSD which removes a lot of those delays. Next to move to 8GB of RAM which is considered the sweet spot for most PC Windows users.

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Speccy
Mar 15, 2017 11:31PM PDT

Get a new version of speccy.
What you have looks to be about 6 years old.
Post a link from running the new version.

Based on the age of that machine when's the last time you gave the innards a good cleaning?
Canned air and a small brush.
Get all the heat sinks and fans nice and clean.
Power up and verify the fans function.

Run a pass of chkdsk on the hdd.
1GB of ram is a little thin but I doubt you want to start spending money on a machine that old.

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DLL file fixer
Mar 18, 2017 11:43PM PDT

use DLL file fixer. this is the best tool we use if our system getting slow. dll automatically fix all corrupt files