Explorer being slow?

[SeanAngelo]

So while going through pictures on my system, I noticed that it takes a while to load the next picture(s) (about 2 seconds) It wasn't like this before and it's kinda bugging me.

 

Does anyone know what the cause of this might be? Could it be my hard drive? I have like 510GB of space left.

[matto97]

I dont know i find steam really slow for me at times aswell

[soaringchicken]

check your hard drive usage, something else might be using it's speed up.

[SeanAngelo]

check your hard drive usage, something else might be using it's speed up.

how do i do that?

[soaringchicken]

how do i do that?

task manager

[vembutech]

Hi,

 

Some reasons for computer slowness:

1. Computer hasn't been maintained - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Maintenance 

2. Computer is infected with malware -http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware 

3. Hard drive is too full. Remove unnecessary stuff, uninstall unused programs. Don't forget to back up!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Backing_Up 

4. Flaky third-party software. Toolbars and add-ons are particular culprits in this area. Uninstall toolbars (Google, Yahoo, ISP-branded, etc.) and look carefully at what add-ons are in use in your browser(s).

5. Computer has too many unnecessary programs/processes running in the background. Manage your Startup:

For XP - How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP -http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560 
The free Autoruns program is very useful for managing your Startup -http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/default.mspx 

For Vista/Windows7 - Start Orb>Search box>type: msconfig and when it appears in the Results box above, right-click and choose "Run as Administrator". Autoruns is also very useful.

6. User is running a bloated/invasive antivirus program such as ones from Norton and McAfee. Replace with a better program. I recommend either NOD32 (commercial) or Avast (free). Avira is also good but the free version has an unpleasant nag screen (Google for instructions as to how to disable this). User may also be running more than one real-time antivirus/firewall/security program.

7. User has installed new programs that are processor and/or memory-intensive (Photoshop, AutoCAD, Mathmatica or the like) and doesn't have the necessary hardware power.

8. Hard drive is failing and is in PIO Mode. This is very dramatically slow (like being back in 1985). See Hans-Georg Michna's information here - http://winhlp.com/?q=node/10 

In addition to the above, also see http://miekiemoes.blogspot.com/2008/02/help-my-computer-is-slow.html