Ok, first of all ...I'm not real PC savvy, but was wondering if anyone has an answer for me. This past wk, my laptop has been acting weird. and very slow most of the time.
Sometimes it will take me directly to a website or post, etc and other times, it just sits for a couple of minutes and then take me to the place I want it to. (but not all the time) It's not just at NT, it's when I email or do searches also.

It isn't due for defrag and I just cleaned cookies out.

Any suggestions?? I may add that I am also a little impatient...

Have you ran a virus scan on your computer lately???

My laptop was doing the same things... nearly threw it into the wall.... I ran a few different virus scans... because believe it or not..(I didn't) not any one will catch all viruses...


Turns out my laptop had 19 viruses!!!!!!! (don't worry anyone on here... I hadn't used it in months because of this... it's now virus clear...as far as I can tell)


Abbie

Hello Abbie~ Thanks for responding. Yuppers, I ran my a full scan and I'm all clear... My DS has a backup "protection" on my pc too.
I just ran a defrag anyway, so we'll see.

Thanks~~

dm...have checked to see if you have extra progams running that you aren't using? many load when you start up..but you don't need them too.

i can walk you through checking.

Is it only happening when you are connected to and using the internet? Or is your entire system slow? If it's only happening on the internet, it is possible the ISP you are using is having technical problems. If so, you could call and ask, if you have the patience of a saint, that is ...

If all else fails try a registry cleaner.

Or maybe something like System Mechanic {free trial downloads}
http://www.iolo.com/default.aspx