Thread: Help with a slow laptop?

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I have similar problem with an old Dell lap top no CD / DVD.
Can I just go to programs and hit a restore key?
I should do this off line so more crap doesn't flow in.
I was running without an antivirus and clicked on an movie trailer.
I know : bad bad bad

Yes the laptop has allways ran slow. I found that the laptop can handle 2GB of ram. When I bought it it came with 512MB of ram. I then check the computer system and it showed something like 488 MB of loaded in the laptop. That means that the laptop was running at less than 1/4 of its capacity. So I chunked the old "512MB" card and installed 2 cards at 1GB each which brought the memory up to its max. The laptop seems to be working up to speed now. Before I would have to click on Desk top icons 2-3-4 times to get it going. Then I loaded a program for my blackberry and that just killed everything. Thanks for all the help! If you guys can give some other tips on keeping things up to speed post them, thanks For those that want to know 512mb of ram plus 512mb of ram equals 1GB.