Diagnostic tool

[imported_jaredj]

Is there a free Diag. tool to tell me what may be causing my pc's to be slow? I work for a large corporation and all the PC's are the same, for the most part. Most are P4 3GHz with 512 meg ram. Once I put on the applications it seems to bog down the system. Anyone have any suggestions as to what I can do to find the problem? Thanks

 

[Navid]

Are they slow in startup and then fine otherwise, or are they slow running applications?

 

[globalcitizen]

Try hijackthis and take a look at the log and see if there is some unimportant stuff taking up memory.

 

[HeddaLora]

There are some regular maintenance actions you can do to speed up your computer:

-- Delete all temp files (c:\windows\temp\*.tmp)

-- Delete temporary internet files (c:\windows\temporary internet files\*.*)

-- If you use I.E., click on Tools, Internet Options, Delete Files, select "delete all off-line content", click OK

-- Click on Start, Programs, Accessories, Systems Tools, Disk Cleanup

-- Download AdAware, check for updates, run it and remove whatever it finds

-- Download Diskeeper and defrag

 

[fireandicefuel]

download Everest home Edition. It is by far the best for analyzing your computer and tells you just about everything about it you will need
http://www.lavalys.com/products.php?lang=en

 

[mechBgon]

I work for a large corporation

Are you a network administrator? If not, don't step on his/her/their toes here, talk to them about the issue. You probably only have permission to install apps that they've approved, and attempting to install anything else is going to get you noticed. Unless they're fools enough to leave all the users with the ability to install anything they want, that is...

 

[dunkster]

The best overall general utility program I've found is Ace Utilities.

The 30-day evaluation program is fully-functional - not a 'crippled' version.

In default mode, it's also the safest utility I've found. It prompts you to set a restore point before use, and it automatically saves any 'registry cleanup' items to an easily-restored backup file. Generally any registry-cleanup or junk-file cleanup operations are quite safe - in default mode. Operations such as reviewing/changing startup programs or erasing your history are a snap.

Rules-exceptions are easy to set, if you want it to prevent removal of anything critical.

You can change operating mode from 'Normal' to 'Expert', which reduces the safer default exceptions - making analyses deeper - and a bit more dangerous.

Free for 30 days - fully functional - $29.95 to purchase. Excellent in all regards. Good menus, speed, safety, restoring and not bloat-ware. Excellent support - both by direct e-mail and excellent user-forum.