text: why is my comp running so slow? i have tryed everything to fix the problem...nothing seems to work....any suggestions you might want to see what startups you have running in the background when you start up.  go to run and type msconfig and then on the start up tab unclick the crap you dont care about starting up.  go to your task list and end the process of programs that you dont want running.   you might want to upgrade to more memory.