text: my computer so slow (laggy). this is not the usual. pls help? my computer is now 3 yrs old and i say its in a good condition not until i installed an sp2 windows xp. i have tried to install it to my friend with only 128mb ram and the os was good. i have 256mb ram and my computer seems to run very slowly. when i transfer files, or copy a file to one folder to another, my computer really crawls. i tried to format it but it has no used. can it be the hard disk, maybe its broken or something, because i dont think it has something to do wtih the ram. what could be the problem if you are using internet then first of all try to clean temporary internet files by using windows explorer -> my computer - > drive c: -> windows -> temporary internet files.  2nd step is remove all unnecessary programs/games from your computer. remove means you must uninstall thats way it will remove its registries also.  3rd. you can remove registries from  control panel -> add&remove programs (select properly the programs/games which is not necessary and you are not using or you may have lots of demo versions that is occupying space.  4th run the disk defrag from system tools  after all these process.  shutdown the computer completely and turn it on. you may see a difference.  thanks.