What else could be causing this problem? Slow speed, connection problems, no virus found.?

Question

A few days ago, my computer started running really slowly. It won't connect to my p2p program or my bit torrent program. It takes forever to burn a cd and it takes so long now to burn a dvd that I don't even bother trying. I ran a virus scan and spybot scan and neither program found a virus. I hadn't downloaded or installed anything new within a few days of the problem starting. A lot of the space on my hard drive was full so I went through and deleted all of the programs I don't use frequently and cleaned out my music folder. I defragmented the drive also and ran a registry repair scan. Firefox loads normally and the computer isn't quite as slow, but I still can't connect to the other programs. My usb ports also stopped working. They did that in the past so I used Device Manager to uninstall them, they reinstalled when I restarted and it was fine. I can't do the same now because Device Manager freezes when I open it. What else can I do?

Answer 1

Device Manager should not be freezing, that is indication of a bigger probem. In the meantime...



What kind of registry repair scan are you using ? I use CCleaner.



If your hard drive does not have much free space available, you will have all kinds of problems, try copying all unimportant data off to CDs or DVDs or an external hard drive.



If you are not using hibernation, that has a large file reserved for it on the hard drive, turning off hibernation frees up the space.



System Restore takes up a lot of space, if you have it turned on. You might try a restore to a week or two earlier to see if your computer begins working fast again. Or you can turn it off and thus free up a lot of hard drive space, but you lose the ability to "roll back" your computer to an earlier date.



You can install a bigger hard drive.



It is possible your paging file is badly fragmented, and the Windows defragmenting program does not touch that file.



If you are using Windows XP you can use a program from Microsoft to defrag the paging file:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897426.aspx



This program does not work with Vista.



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There is a way to remove the paging file, but some programs don't like it when that file is missing. I've had no problems.



The trick is to tell Windows you want no paging file. Then you reboot to make the computer start with no paging file present, then run Disk Defragmenter to gather your files together to get a big chunk of free space together, then reboot, then tell Windows you want the paging file, and reboot the computer again to make it so. Here's how to do it with Windows XP:



Control Panel

System

Advanced tab

Performance Settings button

Advanced tab

Virtual memory - Change button

Click the "No Paging File" button

Click OK

shutdown the computer and reboot



Try to run Disk Defragmenter



When that is finished, shut down and reboot



Control Panel

System

Advanced tab

Performance Settings button

Advanced tab

Virtual memory - Change button

Click the "System managed size" button

Click OK

shutdown the computer and reboot



Now see if the computer runs faster.



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Answer 2

In all actualality, it does sound like a Virus is still there. Or, what could be happening is your having a hardware/driver issue.



You might not have installed anything new, but do you have Microsoft set to Download patches and/or drivers automatically? If so, those could be causing the issue.



Check the Add/Remove section, have it show Updates and see if anything did get installed prior to the issue.



As for a Registry cleaner, not sure which one you used, I use CCLeaner : http://www.ccleaner.com/



The P2P issue could be the ISP itself. This is the Bane of an ISP, it causes traffic issues as well as Legal Issues.



A Firewall would also prevent these from Accessing the internet. If the only problem appears during internet usage, REMOVE your firewall completely and see if that problem disappears. When a Firewall gets updated, it may need you to reassign access to the programs. This means first remove them from access, save, then reassign access.



All your describing is Internet issues. Are you having issues with the computer itself otherwise?



If this is XP, download WinSockFix and run it, see if that helps : http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloadget.php?id=4372&file=15&evp=4578a0d2691013178f302c260093894b





To double check the Virus issue, disable the Scanner you presently have and try this site: Http://housecall.trendmicro.com



You want to maintain at least 8GB space available on the Hd at all times. My personal opinion.

Answer 3

Well you're going to get two answers here.



Most people will tell you to use the free cleaner "CCleaner" which u can get from http://www.ccleaner.com - but this is BAD because it just tries to find as many problems as possible to make itself look good (why else would it be free)?



You need to be careful with the regsitry because it's a crucial part of your system. If you screw up one of the important files inside it, you're going to have BIG problems down the line... so you need to be sure the registry cleaner you use will be as "delicate" as possible with your PC.



The best regsitry cleaner I've used is one called "RegCure". It's very fast at scanning and it speeds up your computer a lot. You can see exactly what it does here: http://www.fastregistryfixes.com/regcure_review.html

Answer 4

well, I think that may be there is some problem with your PC hardware, like HD or may be RAM, so be sure that there is no problem with Hardware. and you said that you did almost all the things that it may be will fix problems like this and you didn't download or install any thing lately,so it seems that the problem is not in HD space, so be sure that the Anti-virus you have is a good one and its Updated to be sure that your PC is not infected by a Virus or something, and check to be sure that there is no heavy programs starting automatically at the PC start up. and I Hope that help you.

Answer 5

Thank you all for your replies which were are very helpful.. and I will venture into them all over the next few days.. I did a speedtest this morning with the following results Pint to Birmingham 89ms Download speed 1.80mb/s Upload speed 0.37mb/s That is sooo much better :O)

Answer 6

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Answer 7

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Answer 8

I think the only thing to solve is unfortunately reformatting...

OR you can delete innessesary stuff from your comp...

BEFORE DOING ANYTHING CHECK YOUR DISK SPACE!

Also what antivirus you use? Use ESET Smart Security it is rated best of all on the internet explorations about antiviruses!

That would be it...

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