Computer running sloooooooow, need to delete pron!
 

My computer is running so ------- slow it's pissing me off. I went into Windows Media player and deleted all video files, but it didn't free up any space on my HD. I deleted all temporary files and the trash can. It still didn't do anything and I can still view old video files that should be deleted. ??? How do I do it? ???
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Re:Computer running sloooooooow, need to delete pron!
 

What operating system? XP?

Re:Computer running sloooooooow, need to delete pron!
 

Yeah, Xp.
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In most of my experiences with XP, the best result I always have when it starts running like ----, is backup your personal ----, format it, and install XP again.

I know its a little more time consuming, but even Microsoft will tell you their OS's need reinstallation about every 6 months to a year.

For now, you could try running disk defrag and disk cleanup utilities from the control panel, see if it helps a little.

Re:Computer running sloooooooow, need to delete pron!
 

if u deleted it from the player. u are only removing ti from the list, not the actually file..
i don`t think HD space will effect THAT much on the speed of ur computer, not if it is 100% full and there`s not enough vitual cache
go to msconfig and disable all the useless ---- program.
and disable all the unness.program that would start up with ur computer. it will help a lot.
oh don`t forget to defrag ur HD too.

Re:Computer running sloooooooow, need to delete pron!
 

don't worry boost, you're not the only one with a slow ass computer. as of right now i have approximately .8 gigs left on my HD. :'( too many pics. i just need to reinstall xp, have everything wiped out because of it, and then burn all my jpegs to cds. bleh, such a time consuming task. :-\

i'd suggest just throwing anything you'd like to save into your My Doc folder. then making a backup of that, as mentioned previously by whoever in this thread. then just reinstalling xp. starting from scratch always fixes the problem. :)

Re:Computer running sloooooooow, need to delete pron!
 

boostey....

click .. START > RUN
type in MSCONFIG then click OK

Click on the STARTUP TAB (at the top)
click on DISABLE ALL.
Click on close

This will disable startup programs and
should free some memory to make it run a little
quicker.

Run the Defrag as well.

Re:Computer running sloooooooow, need to delete pron!
 

Deleting it from Windows Media takes it off your playlist, not the hard drive. So go right directly to the folder and delete it.

Also, uninstall any programs you have that you dont want/dont use. Same with the windows programs ;)

Re:Computer running sloooooooow, need to delete pron!
 

wow this thread is sounding really redundant. boost if you can't figure it out by all of this...well then...you just shouldn't operate a computer :P lol

Re:Computer running sloooooooow, need to delete pron!
 

Having no hard drive space wont necessarily make your computer slow.. and btw, I have 3 megabytes left on C:\. Yes, you read correctly. 3 megabytes.

Redundant, yes, but just wanted to add in my $0.02