This may be more of a hardware question but I guess we'll find out. My grandmother's computer is a Core 2 Duo - E6300 Allendale with 4 GB RAM. the hard drive is 160GB and is about 35 to 50% full.
The computer seems to run a little slow every so often. When I say slow I mean it takes longer than a P4, 512MB RAM, Win XP to open folders, programs and the Control Panel. However, it is faster when it comes to actually running programs. On the P4 it takes forever to scan and clean with CCleaner, but with the Core 2 Duo it's very fast. I just don't get why it takes longer to open things.
I thought it was spyware/malware but I'm not finding any. The HiJackThis logs are also clean.
I thought maybe it was the security software but this happened after the computer was reformatted and totally different security software was installed.
There are a ton of programs and games on the computer. Only about 50 running processes.
The only things I can come up with are: corrupted user profile, problem with the wireless laser mouse, or overheating. I really can't believe any of those would be the problem.
Anyone have any better ideas?
The computer seems to run a little slow every so often. When I say slow I mean it takes longer than a P4, 512MB RAM, Win XP to open folders, programs and the Control Panel. However, it is faster when it comes to actually running programs. On the P4 it takes forever to scan and clean with CCleaner, but with the Core 2 Duo it's very fast. I just don't get why it takes longer to open things.
I thought it was spyware/malware but I'm not finding any. The HiJackThis logs are also clean.
I thought maybe it was the security software but this happened after the computer was reformatted and totally different security software was installed.
There are a ton of programs and games on the computer. Only about 50 running processes.
The only things I can come up with are: corrupted user profile, problem with the wireless laser mouse, or overheating. I really can't believe any of those would be the problem.
Anyone have any better ideas?