[johnnie]

Hi all,
My pc;s preformance has reduced over the last couple of weeks, its a dell dimension 3000. I did have norton or symantec but didnt renew it some time back. I ve had free versions AVG and zone alarm for protection. So please what can i do to improve its speed but can i do it with free soft ware or keepin the costs minimal, I know very little tech stuff.
Thanks

[thingie2]

Try going through the steps in the followinf two threads, and see if that speeds it up at all.

http://www.computer-juice.com/forums...-posting-7476/

http://www.computer-juice.com/forums...-malware-9243/

[pete21]

also after a cleanup and maybe a disk defrag

maybe tern services and drivers off you don't use like printer/fax drivers removing fonts and leaving one or 2 styles improves boot up time and performance dramatically

[kanoakavirus]

Belive me ive got a dell and there isnt much you can do with software, just finished a fresh install and my boot time has dropped from 1 minutes 15 seconds to 23 seconds...

[Demtschuk]

Wat i do once a yr is format my pc, i make sure i bk up my data first lol.