{"id":30308,"date":"2012-04-18T19:51:30","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T19:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=30308"},"modified":"2012-04-18T19:51:30","modified_gmt":"2012-04-18T19:51:30","slug":"windows-secrets-fixing-a-sluggish-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/windows-secrets-fixing-a-sluggish-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Secrets: Fixing a Sluggish PC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sluggish_pc1.jpg\" alt=\"fixing a sluggish pc\" title=\"fixing a sluggish pc\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-30338\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Fred Langa\/Windows Secrets Newsletter<\/p>\n<h3>Fixing a Sluggish PC<\/h3>\n<p>It was a typical winter day in Seattle \u2014 gray, rainy, and raw \u2014 when I visited Windows Secrets reader Gary Nobel.<\/p>\n<p>Gary\u2019s system would occasionally slow \u201cto a crawl.\u201d I was there to find out why.<\/p>\n<p>This was the first in a new series of House Calls, an occasional project where I visit a reader\u2019s home or business and attempt to diagnose and cure real-life PC problems. The idea behind House Calls is simple: selected Windows Secrets readers and I collaborate to learn new techniques for analyzing, maintaining, and improving personal computers \u2014 which we then share with all Windows Secrets readers.<\/p>\n<p>It works like this. Some months ago, I issued a call for volunteers for a personal, onsite, PC troubleshooting session. From time to time, I select one of the more interesting problems plaguing a reader \u2014 a problem that might apply to a wider audience. And rather than diagnose the problem remotely, I pay the reader a personal visit to his or her home or place of business \u2014 at my own expense. I do whatever I can in one day to solve the problem (or problems) and make the hardware and software run as well as it can.<\/p>\n<p>Each House Call article, like this one, will explain what we found and how we fixed it. I hope that will give you the information you need to perform similar diagnoses and repairs on your system \u2014 or on systems you maintain for others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The problem: Slowdowns with no clear pattern<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>When I asked for House Call participants, Gary Nobel sent this:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a desktop computer with a 2.5GHz Pentium Dual Core CPU and 2GB of system memory. I\u2019m running Windows 7 Home Premium.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe computer occasionally slows down to a crawl. I think Outlook 2007 or IE \u2014 or both \u2014 might be involved. Rebooting solves the problem, but I have to reboot every few days. Sometimes I get the rotating ring with IE. Clicking the red X doesn\u2019t close the window, and I resort to a forced close using Task Manager.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI run Microsoft Security Essentials and occasionally things like Malwarebytes and Ad-Aware. 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