2talltim Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 (edited) Long story short it's an old laptop that's not worth any thing but I would like to try to speed it up a little bit. Been really sluggish the last few years antivirus finds nothing on it windows defender finds nothing on it. Laptop is kind of junky won't even charge a battery anymore(junk plug) but Its easily to pick it up when I'm too lazy to walk over to the desktop. Anybody have any free scans or reg checks I can run on it. Its a Dell XPS M 140 with the centrino processor and Windows XP. Not worth putting any money into but if I can run some scans to clean it up I will do that for what I use it forSent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2 Edited August 3, 2013 by 2talltim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strictly Street Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Re-load XP to get rid of all the hidden crap files. If you don't want to do that then do a disc clean up:My Computer > right click on the "C" drive and choose "Properties" then "Disk Cleanup".Then go to "Add / remove programs" in controll panel and get rid of all the toolbars and stuff you don't use.Including duplicate anti-virus programs and "Free" pc tune-up tools, weatherbug ect, ect...Reboot.After that create a new user, log in as that user, this is about as fast as your going to get.Deciede then if it's worth going any farther with your pc adventures. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnone Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Spend small amount on 60GB SSD. Will breathe new life into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpoppa Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Dyno tune? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester3681 Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 One word. Ubuntu. Once you get it running, you'll be astounded how much faster it is. I loaded it on my netbook and it's faster than my Windows desktop now. Seriously considering running it on the big machine too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 (edited) ccleaner and defraggler - run multiple times ditto the remove programs first or, reinstall operating system - nothing better than that Edited August 3, 2013 by ReconRat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2talltim Posted August 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Looks like OS renew us in order, nothing to lose there Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue-yamaR6s Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 I am with the rest....reload windows with a clean install. Save your documents,etc. first on a flash drive. A clean version of windows is best. Dell has a pretty good support section on their website for the drivers, etc. if you need them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitani Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 Lesser option: As said, reinstall XP. It will be back to its original speed, if not a little slower. What I'd recommend (also said): Install Ubuntu. It will be faster than it ever was. I've done it to multiple older computers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpentracer Posted August 3, 2013 Report Share Posted August 3, 2013 (edited) If you'd like to run linux use linux mint. It includes all the codecs at install so u don't have to spend an hour finding the right ones to install yourself. http://linuxmint.com I hate ubuntu's new desktop. windows 8 tried to copy it for whatever reason. it sucks balls to me. I Fing hate everything about it. Edited August 3, 2013 by serpentracer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 don't forget to export firefox bookmarks to an html file if you don't want to loose them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLeav20717 Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 More RAM would help speed the computer up as well, since the computer is a few years old new sticks shouldnt be too expensive..or even buying used via eBay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2talltim Posted August 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 well im 90% done and everything seems quicker, still waiting on all the windows updates and need to install my anti virus. The biggest pain in the ass was getting the LAN driver uploaded because i didnt have a disk and with out it i could not get online, but i got it figured out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2talltim Posted August 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 More RAM would help speed the computer up as well, since the computer is a few years old new sticks shouldnt be too expensive..or even buying used via eBayits already maxed out at 2G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dying Shadow Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 i gave mine to karl and he updated my software then booooooooooooom it was uber fast!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2talltim Posted August 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 well mine is 10ish years old to begin with and it has be beat around a lot. kinda on its last leg physicly but ill keep it going as long as i can. Juat watch some youtube on it and video was real smooth i havent been able to do that on this computer in 2 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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