Computer Help

[dannyboy13]

Hey, my computer has been running extremely slow and i have no idea what the problem could be. Ive defragmented the hard drive and ram, cleaned registry, scanned for viruses and adaware, deleted lots of files, and its still running extremely slow.

Intel Pentium 4 1.7ghz
512 ram
40 gb HD
ASUS motherboard
Geforce 4 TI 4200

Its a fairly good computer and i havent had many problemes with it. The only problem is its soooo slow. Anyways if anyone has any ideas about how i could speed it up that would be cool.

Thanks

[sparsely]

hmm....where to start..?
do you have alot of stuff loading at startup?

Open task manager and see what process are running and which ones are using the most system resources.

[dannyboy13]

I just checked the task manager processes and the top 3 programs using memory are Sapisvr.exe with 22,404k, Svchost.exe with 16,868k, and explorer.exe with 13,320k. I have no idea what Sapisvr.exe is but ill check it out.

[Cygnuz-Y]

Sapisvr.exe with 22,404k


That sounds suspicious

[muchspl2]

sapisvr.exe” is a speech recognition program created by Microsoft and is installed by some manufacturers. After you install Microsoft Office XP or other speech-enabled products by using Microsoft's Speech application programming interface (API), random words or characters may be displayed in Office XP documents or in the Internet Explorer Address bar. This behavior can occur because the speech recognition tool is “listening” to your voice through your computer's microphone and is attempting to recognize what you are saying. In order to remedy this situation, you can turn off the speech recognition software.

Go to Start Menu -> Control Panel -> Regional and Language Options

—Look under the Languages tab, click on the button labeled “Details” under “Text services and input languages.”

—Under Installed Services, select Speech Recognition and click the button “Remove.”

—Click “OK” to apply the changes.

—You may need to restart your computer for the changes to take effect.



http://www.thetartan.org/97/5/scienceandtechnology/2073.asp

[dannyboy13]

Damn that helped so much, now im back in the game with some good speed. Thanks

[sparsely]

np.
and gg muchspl2.

welcome to the forums dannyboy13

[dannyboy13]

Ok well now i have another problem. For some reason my computer always freezes when i try to enter My Documents. And i have another question what program is svchost.exe, I have like 5 of those in my processes in task manager, they all range from about 18,000k to 2000k in memory usage and i have no idea what they are for.

[StevenBrad9016]

What OS are you running and does this prob only occur when opening Mydocuments or all folders including my computer

[sparsely]

svchost is a windows thing, it's normal to have several running...check out blackviper.com for information about xp services.

um...does it lock up completely, or does it just take it a little time?
Do you have a LOT of stuff in that directory? are you viewing it as thumbnails?...

[dannyboy13]

I dont have much in my documents and they arent thumbnails. It totally freezes and my backround shows up and just stays there until i restart the computer.

[muchspl2]

your pc shouldn't do that,
and I really don't like ram programs, but you could try one and see if you get a improvment
I think Idel ram is the one someone told me to use a few years back, could have been a dream
so check download.com for ram manangers

[sparsely]

like muchspl2, I don't like all those add-on 'memory manager' apps...
I would try to work it out without one first.

Have you got the latest Windows updates n stuff?

[toddiscool]

When it goes to your desktop, if you press CTL-alt-delete - go to file - new task - "explorer.exe"

Will that bring up explorer again? if so unfortunatley you have the hardest problem to troubleshoot a explorer problem. But i would probably start with the db file in you my documents folder, alot of times that is it. You will have to enable hidden files to see it.

[RedRival]

A nice format will do real good.

I use killdisk every 2 weeks :-" :-" :-"

[muchspl2]

thats the very last resort, and you do it every two weeks :blink: wtf you must know your m$ cd key by heart

[zapjb]

[/QUOTE]muchspl2 Posted on 7 October 2003 - 02:40
thats the very last resort, and you do it every two weeks :blink: wtf you must know your m$ cd key by heart[QUOTE]

lmao. And know it backwards too. :lol:

[Cygnuz-Y]

Originally posted by RedRival@7 October 2003 - 07:34
A nice format will do real good.

I use killdisk every 2 weeks :-" :-" :-"
wow every 2 weeks!!!!!!! it will take a whole sunday to install all my progs if i do that! :blink:

But im pretty sure his PC runs smothly!

[netweiser]

try changing the theme to windows classic.

[FrieghtTrain]

i would remove windows messenger from your computer that will speed things up real nice!. i have found that widows messenger connects to the internet quite frequently with out your permission and hogs alot of bandwidth . try it you can always reinstall it.

[adam_tomlinson]

http://www.safer-networking.org/ best bet is to download and run spybot which will check your computer for spyware. make sure u run the update once you download it

[dannyboy13]

Ok well all those sound like good ideas so ill test them out right now and see what happens.