system performance is slow, system is dead slow, system hangs frequently : Solution

system performance is slow, system is dead slow, system hangs frequently : Solution

To Resolve the problem

1. Remove unwanted startup items from MSCONFIG or Delete the strings except Symantec ones from registry paths below,

"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run"

"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run"

2. Check the Bad sectors and blocks in hard disk and run scandisk and Checkdisk to fix bad sectors.

3. Check for the cache memory size which should be more than 1 1/2 of the actual RAM size.

Enable large system cache and disable swap file creation from registry key, Set the values as shown

"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management"

DisablePagingExecutive 1

LargeSystemCache 1

4. Stop unwanted services and check if any third party softwares updates creating the problem in slow performance.