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PC help required please

AFKABartram
AFKABartram Posts: 58,148
edited July 2008 in Not Sports Related
Home pc has been knackered for the last week. Takes ages to boot up, everything is running slow, and when i connect to the internet, it says its connected but only brings up 'page cannot be displayed'.

Not sure whether its a wider pc problem or related to my internet provider, if it was just the internet provider then why has everything else slowed right down ?

Don't have the zone alarm thing, so not connected to that, but co-incidence that its happened at the same time. Have McAfee Total Protection, and when i run a scan on that it says that everything seems to be fine.

What should i do ?
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  • F-Blocker
    F-Blocker Posts: 3,409
    stop looking at porn!
  • F-Blocker
    F-Blocker Posts: 3,409
    Serious answer - sweep it for spyware, adware and trojans.
  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,117
    [cite]Posted By: Medders[/cite]Turn it off and back on again
  • DA9
    DA9 Posts: 11,109
    Have you checked your internet settings in internet options, ie, your dialling or connecting into the right dialler/LAN connection, password or user details missing from info etc?
  • Goonerhater
    Goonerhater Posts: 12,677
    put your flip flops on.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 58,148
    edited July 2008
    [cite]Posted By: F-Blocker[/cite]Serious answer - sweep it for spyware, adware and trojans.

    shouldn't the mcafee scan be doing that ?

    if not, how do i go about doing that ?
  • Charlton Dan
    Charlton Dan Posts: 4,937
    Ask Lookie
  • Goonerhater
    Goonerhater Posts: 12,677
    edited July 2008
    Mate what do u pay the geezer in Bermuda for ? get him on the case.
  • DA9
    DA9 Posts: 11,109
    edited July 2008
    Try adaware

    www.lavasoft.com

    They update their dodgy lists daily, and its free.
  • C_f_W
    C_f_W Posts: 1,433
    edited July 2008
    Besides running your AV software (making sure it's all up-to-date of course:

    Ad-Aware 2008 from Slysoft (Personal edition is free) and will pick up all sorts of nasties.

    JKDefrag is a free defragging application that will also speed things up.

    Try uninstalling old unsued apps too.

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  • SantaClaus
    SantaClaus Posts: 7,715
    AFKA try using 'system restore'. It's already on your PC (XP) and will sort these things out 90% of the time. Just restore to before you had the problem. Try and keep off those 'special interest' sites :-)
  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,155
    edited July 2008
    [cite]Posted By: Charlton Dan[/cite]Ask Lookie


    Sorry, someone who uses a Mac can't know anything about comps.



    Download a Anti Spyware program - Spybot Search & Destroy or anything made by CA are good options.

    I wouldnt bother with system restore, general causes more problems than it solves.

    AV isnt all that, I'd suggest spending a little money and getting yourself a decent spyware/anti virus/firewall package, or just stop looking at midget porn.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 58,148
    [cite]Posted By: SantaClaus[/cite]AFKA try using 'system restore'. It's already on your PC (XP) and will sort these things out 90% of the time. Just restore to before you had the problem. Try and keep off those 'special interest' sites :-)

    cheers Santa, where do i find that system restore option ?
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 58,148
    [cite]Posted By: Stu of SE7[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Charlton Dan[/cite]Ask Lookie
    AV isnt all that, I'd suggest spending a little money and getting yourself a decent spyware/anti virus/firewall package,

    As i said, i have Mcafee total protection, surely that should cover all that, shouldn't it ?
  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,155
    Start > Accecories > System Tools > System Restore.
  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,155
    [cite]Posted By: AFKABartram[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Stu of SE7[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Charlton Dan[/cite]Ask Lookie
    AV isnt all that, I'd suggest spending a little money and getting yourself a decent spyware/anti virus/firewall package,

    As i said, i have Mcafee total protection, surely that should cover all that, shouldn't it ?


    If you keep it up to date and run regular scans, maybe. Nothing is 100% though.
  • SantaClaus
    SantaClaus Posts: 7,715
    start>search>system restore.

    Back up any important files that you've added in the last week.
  • Ledge
    Ledge Posts: 7,179
    try clearing all your temp internet files and cookies - that can slow a PC up.

    Where the Medway geek when you need him
  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,155
    edited July 2008
    [cite]Posted By: Ledge[/cite]

    Where the Medway geek when you need him
    [cite]Posted By: WSS[/cite][cite]Posted By: Medders[/cite]Turn it off and back on again


    That's about all that numpty ever says anyway.
  • Medders
    Medders Posts: 5,572
    Oi, what do you lot know about computers eh?!

    Barts - have you tried switching it off and back on again?

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  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 58,148
    [cite]Posted By: Medders[/cite]
    Barts - have you tried switching it off and back on again?

    No, never thought of that
  • Medders
    Medders Posts: 5,572
    Being serious, how old is the PC mate? When was Windows last reinstalled on it? Has it got gradually slower or suddenly?
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 58,148
    about 1.5-2yrs old.

    Not got gradually slower, just since last Tuesday.
  • ads
    ads Posts: 3,230
    download the trial version of pc tune up utilities at http://www.tune-up.com/products/tuneup-utilities/, and go through all the clean up and checking options on it, can take a while but usually restores pc's to as new speed, i'd also ring isp to go through internet settings option as DA9 says
  • Medders
    Medders Posts: 5,572
    What's changed since Tuesday? Have you installed anything, be it software as simple as a toolbar, or any hardware?

    Which ISP are you with?
  • StanmoreAddick
    StanmoreAddick Posts: 4,150
    edited July 2008
    [cite]Posted By: ads[/cite]download the trial version of pc tune up utilities athttp://www.tune-up.com/products/tuneup-utilities/, and go through all the clean up and checking options on it, can take a while but usually restores pc's to as new speed, i'd also ring isp to go through internet settings option as DA9 says

    Does this clear your cookies like c-cleaner- 'cos that's a pain......

    AFKA- lavasoft free is a good anti-spyware programme..........
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 58,148
    peeps keep saying about downloading stuff, but i can't access the net, so that makes that irrelevent
  • aliwibble
    aliwibble Posts: 27,150
    AFKA - head into WHSmiths on the way home, and have a look at PCPro, Computer Shopper etc. The cover discs will usually have free or trial copies of stuff like AVG antivirus, Spybot Search and Destroy, Adaware and other useful tools like backup software, defraggers etc. If you're really lucky one of them will be running a feature on troubleshooting / tuning your PC.

    I'd suggest checking how full your C-drive is, going into firefox, Internet explorer or whatever and clearing out your temporary internet files, download history and any cookies for sites you don't know about. Also see how big your C:\temp directory is and clear any old stuff out of that. Following that up with a defrag should help too.
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,980
    Reinstall your router and broadband disk
  • BDL
    BDL Posts: 6,028
    edited July 2008
    Just a suggestion but this wouldn't be the cause??

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