Very laggy computer

[quantumlight]

hey i got a computer: xp, 512 mb ram, 70Gb harddrive and pentium 4 2.6 Ghz processor and somehow im using up to 72% of my cpu even though im not even running any programs except messenger, anti virus and firewall

i just recently ran an antivirus cuz its slow and deleted all the adwares detected and there was no other spyware blah blah but its still slow and i deleted some unwanted programs but its still slow

before when i do exactly the same thing it only uses 1-5% of the cpu and when i check the process and system idle process is taking up so much room and my comp is so laggy now use to be fast


what do i do to make it faster like before?

[SickPup404]

First off, what process thread is taking up all your CPU?

[quantumlight]

the system and system idle processes

[sweeper2]

when was the last time you defragmented the pc...

did the antivirus delete all the spyware ?

you might try running

Ad-Aware
Spybot Search and Destroy

then doing a Defrag on your drive...

[SickPup404]

System Idle process thread is the free CPU %.

System thread on my Dev box is only peaking at 1% VERY occasionally. Total cpu time today (8+ hours) is only 47 seconds.

[-FMA]

Yes defragging is a good idea

[SoloCamo]

I second the idea of defragging... and if it still runs slow, what anti virus program are you using?

[large_nostril]

It might also be bad drivers. Like if you have bad/corrupted USB drivers and have a USB mouse or keyboard this could be the problem. But yeah, the defrag is the best option at this point.

[quantumlight]

i use mcafee not sure spelt it right but i cant find the defrag thing on my xp where is it? lol

[large_nostril]

Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Defragmenter

[sr71000]

if not there go start, my computer, right click your c drive, go to properties, tools and there it is

[quantumlight]

lol thnx, i knew it was in accessories lol