Extremely slow pc, and too little cash to buy upgrades

[imranies]

hello to the generous-in-giving-support members of techspot

Firstly, i'm sorry if this is the wrong topic for this thread. i think that this is most related to my problem...

As you saw from my system spec, I only got a couple MB of RAMs, little amount of Ghz, but i got tons of programs i need to run (spybot, avira, firewall, photoshop, etc2). but the real problem is, my currency is not yet at a level where i could buy hardware upgrades.

So this is my question...what can i do--for free, or using very small amount of cash--to speed up my computer?
- are there any software i can use to speed up my pc?
- can i delete some windows programs, or some system processes, without damaging the pc?
- are there some programs that came with windows that are not really necessary, and can be deleted? (maybe like this svchost.exe...i saw this thing consume tons of resources)
-etc?

Your ideas and support are greatly appreciated

 

[insoman]

DO NOT delete svhost this is part of windows! Have you had a look in your BIOS for some speed tweaks? I.E. settings to do with DRAM or CPU.

 

[skarmory2002]

Well, Ram is relatively cheap right now. If you can afford it, and if your mobo supports it, I would suggest upgrading to 1gb or ram. If it is SD Ram (has two notches in) then you should be looking around 69 dollars, if it is DDR then probably about 50. Depends on where you are though. The best thing to do to help speed up your system is delete any entries from your startup folder in the start menu. This will keep programs from running right at bootup and should help to give you a boost. The one thing to keep in mind is if you are not comfortable with computers, i suggest having someone else, who is comfortable with it to do the work for you.

 

[DelJo63]

First, manage your user-id startups associated with your login-id
use your Explorer to navigate to

C:\Documents and Settings\YourLoginId\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
and remove as much as possible; Other than the desktop.ini file, everything there
should be a shortcut and will not damage your system by removing it.​

Now use an admin login, navigate to

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
and remove these startups too​

Still running on an admin account launch Spybot S&D

on the left panel, click Tools
check the box for [x] System Startups
click the left panel Startups
and examine what (applications) run at boot time; here's a list that are not necessary which can be disabled by clearing the [x] in front of each

• HK_LM:Run, Adobe Reader Speed Launcher (DISABLED)
• HK_LM:Run, ApntEx (DISABLED)
• HK_LM:Run, CanonSolutionMenu (DISABLED) <my printer software>
• HK_LM:Run, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 11b (DISABLED)
• HK_LM:Run, EzButton (DISABLED) <toshiba laptop specific>
• HK_LM:Run, HotKeysCmds (DISABLED) <ditto>
• HK_LM:Run, IgfxTray (DISABLED) <ditto>
• HK_LM:Run, iTunesHelper (DISABLED) <will start when iTunes starts>
• HK_LM:Run, medic (DISABLED)
• HK_LM:Run, nmctxth (DISABLED)
• HK_LM:Run, PCSuiteTrayApplication (DISABLED) <cell phone tool>
• HK_LM:Run, QuickTime Task (DISABLED) <will start with Quicktime>
• HK_LM:Run, SpybotSnD (DISABLED) <even this is not required>
• HK_LM:Run, SunJavaUpdateSched (DISABLED) <any 'updater' can be run manually>
• HK_LM:Run, THotkey (DISABLED) <more laptop stuff>
• HK_CU:Run, Nokia.PCSync (DISABLED) <cell phone tool>
• HK_CU:Run, QuickTime Task (DISABLED) <note Current user is diff than LM>
• HK_CU:Run, MSMSGS (DISABLED)
  

Lastly use run->services.msc to set as many services as possible as MANUAL startup; here's my list

ClipBook		Disabled
Security Center		Disabled
SSDP Discovery Service		Disabled
Telnet		Disabled
.NET Runtime Optimization Service v2.0.50727_X86		Manual
Apache2		Manual
Apple Mobile Device		Manual
Application Management		Manual
ASP.NET State Service		Manual
Background Intelligent Transfer Service		Manual
COM+ System Application		Manual
CYGWIN sshd		Manual
Distributed Link Tracking Client		Manual
Distributed Transaction Coordinator		Manual
HTTP SSL		Manual
IMAPI CD-Burning COM Service		Manual
Indexing Service		Manual
Intuit QuickBooks FCS		Manual
iPod Service	Started	Manual
IPSEC Services		Manual
Logical Disk Manager Administrative Service		Manual
MS Software Shadow Copy Provider		Manual
MySQL		Manual
Net Logon		Manual
NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing		Manual
Network DDE		Manual
Network DDE DSDM		Manual
Network Provisioning Service		Manual
NT LM Security Support Provider		Manual
Performance Logs and Alerts		Manual
Portable Media Serial Number Service		Manual
PRTG Service		Manual
Pure Networks Net2Go Service		Manual
Pure Networks Platform Service		Manual
QBCFMonitorService		Manual
Remote Access Auto Connection Manager		Manual
Remote Desktop Help Session Manager		Manual
Remote Packet Capture Protocol v.0 (experimental)		Manual
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Locator		Manual
Remote Registry		Manual
Removable Storage		Manual
Routing and Remote Access		Manual
ServiceLayer		Manual
Smart Card		Manual
Symantec Core LC		Manual
Uninterruptible Power Supply		Manual
Universal Plug and Play Device Host		Manual
VNC Server Version 4		Manual
WebClient		Manual
Windows Installer		Manual
Windows Management Instrumentation Driver Extensions		Manual
WMI Performance Adapter		Manual

REBOOT

 

[imranies]

hey all,

I'm terribly sorry for the late reply, because i've been busy with study lately...need to catch up after the recent virus attack on my pc a week ago

ok, i'm gonna try to do the process you've recommended. thanks for the info

 

[SNGX1275]

If its the comp in your system specs, go over to www.crucial.com and use their memory advisor. I think you'd need ddr2 RAM, in which case its really cheap right now. Your notebook can probably support up to 2 gigs if its a Core processor which it looks like it is. Crucial will have more detailed information. Then buy that spec'd RAM from whoever you can, it should be pretty cheap.

1 gig, if thats all you can afford will help. 2 will help a lot. That 512 you are running now just isn't very much to run XP on anymore

 

[Tedster]

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