My memory is 256 but my PC is very slow. I have cleared all possible files with big 
space but still slow. How to clear cache?

Thanks

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re: PC very slow Wednesday, April 5, 2006 at 8:12 am Posted by jcw (5124 messages posted) There are several possibilities, but you haven't given enough information for anyone to help without asking a multitude of questions, such as: - has the unit always been slow? - what hardware or software changes were made at about the time it started acting slowly? - when is it slow? always? when just on internet? if not always slow, what programs are being used when it is slow? - have you examined in Task Manager what processes are running? - have you checked what items are starting-up automatically when you start the computer? - have you recently run anti-viral and anti-malware scans? - what do you mean by "clear the cache"? deleting temporary internet files? something else? On Wednesday, April 5, 2006 at 6:41 am, peter greene wrote: >My memory is 256 but my PC is very slow. I have cleared all possible files with big >space but still slow. How to clear cache? > >Thanks [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: PC very slow Thursday, April 6, 2006 at 2:27 am Posted by nielson (266 messages posted) hello do you mean the internet cache? thats easy. in internet explorer go into the tools menu and clik on options. on that page there should be an option to delete all tempaory files. you should also delete cookies as well. i also would reccommend going onto www.download.com and searching for adaware, clickon the 1st result and download it. run this software through your computer for spyware (highly likely you have got quite a lot of it). also you should do a virus scan for viruses. this should speed your computer up heaps. On Wednesday, April 5, 2006 at 8:12 am, jcw wrote: >There are several possibilities, but you haven't given enough information for >anyone to help without asking a multitude of questions, such as: >- has the unit always been slow? >- what hardware or software changes were made at about the time it started acting >slowly? >- when is it slow? always? when just on internet? if not always slow, what programs >are being used when it is slow? >- have you examined in Task Manager what processes are running? >- have you checked what items are starting-up automatically when you start the computer? >- have you recently run anti-viral and anti-malware scans? >- what do you mean by "clear the cache"? deleting temporary internet files? something >else? > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum