Subject: | Re: Sloooow Pavilion 7850
| Date: | Sat, 15 Nov 2003 00:56:18 -0600
| From: | "c" <c@me.us>
| Newsgroups: | alt.computer.workshop
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"Robert Bates" <rdbates1@home.com> wrote in message
news:m0htb.3604$Dw6.29754@attbi_s02...
> I have an HP Pavilion 7850 running Windows 2000 Pro that runs extremely
> slowly. It takes nearly 25 seconds to open IE. HP tech support seems to
> have no idea what to recommend. I suspect a hard drive issue but would
like
> to get some other opinions.
>
Check for spyware, viruses, background programs that are running. Also check
for freespace on the hard drive. I would recommend getting rid of your temp
files, your internet cache, and then defragging as well.
Chris
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