I figure that my computer has slowed considerably because Micosoft no longer supports XP. If that's not why the slowness, what can I do?
Computer is slow to boot up. slow to close, slow to change sites and programs. My laptop is 10 years old and I have about 76% of the memory still available. I do have a WHOLE LOT of emails on two email sites, and I have a lot of bookmarks. What, if anything, can I do?
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You could try upgrading the CPU and memory. But you should think about a new system.
Separate Security Issue: Update your Adobe Reader Version 2015.016.20039 Note: Other Software is offered in the download.
- IMO, don't spend a dime on trying to update that old laptop, the results won't be worth the money you spend.
- Put that money towards a new computer; maybe last years model that is being clearanced out for new models. Unless the retail scene has changed in the last couple of years since I left "retail", May is when many office supply stores get the new model PC's and cut the price to get rid of the old stock. Stores like Staples and OfficeMax/Depot.
- From what I have seen advertised in the local newspaper a "special priced, on sale" (not a clearance model which usually aren't advertised) can be had for $330 to $400.
- Or consider a tablet device instead of a laptop.
- Then there's refurbished desktop PC's to consider. The "specs" won't be in the same league as a new computer, a new laptop, or a new tablet, but you would get "more hardware" and a more modern operating system that is still supported.
- First off, WinXP hasn't gotten any security fixes for over two years now - it isn't safe to use anymore! And from what I have read recently, Firefox support may end before the end of 2016. And already there's a problem installing that last couple of new Firefox versions on both XP and Vista OS's when they lack a specific update.
- "76% of the memory still available" - I can only guess that you mean hard drive space. And if you are using Firefox to access your "email" that "email" is coming to you via a "webmail" website which is where your "email" is stored - not stored on that laptop.
- No one uses only 1/4 (24%) of their RAM - Random Access Memory. And most WinXP era laptops topped-out at 1GB of RAM unless it was the top of the line model. IMO And that is the important thing these days
- 2 GB RAM is "bottom of the barrel" these days and for me on WinXP (up until a year ago) it was barely adequate, IMO. Now I am using Windows 7 with 4GB RAM which works much better, but it is still "showing its age" on a few "media rich" websites.
As far as what you can do with what you have to "buy some time" - normal maintenance:
- defrag the hard drive to get all the file sectors in a continuous cluster - that should speed things up quite a bit
- full anti-virus scan
- thoroughly "cleaning" with multiple Anti-Malware programs
You can use these free programs to scan for malware, which work with your existing antivirus software. They all have been available as a free "trial" version (last time I checked) or are free for limited-personal use. They are listed in the order of efficacy. You should use them all as they don't look for the same types of Malware.
- MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware
- Anti-Rootkit Utility - TDSSKiller
- AdwCleaner (for more info, see this alternate AdwCleaner download page)
- Hitman Pro
- ESET Online Scanner
Further information can be found in the Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware article.