[ltnsmrt]

Hi there,
I have a Dell Inspiron 1300 XP. It boots fine, but it takes like a minute to open whatever I hit to open. Then when I hit close, it closes slowly from the top like a curtain. I run Puran Defrag, Malwarebytes, Ccleaner, Avast, and everything is up to date. Tried everything I can think of and still doing the same thing. Anyone that can help me please? This is my only baby, not new, but well kept...and I cannot afford a new one right now ;o)
I will greatly appreciate all the help you can give me.
Thanks in advanced!

Inspiron 1300
OS XP Svce Pk 3
Intel ® Pentium ®M
Processor 1.70GHz
593 MHz, 504 MB of RAM

File System: NTFS
Free Space 28.3 GB
Total Size 38.7 GB

Avast Free Antivirus 7.0
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
CCleaner
Puran Defrag
Mozilla Fire Fox, Chrome, Opera Browsers

[ElfBane]

You need more RAM. As lappys age and OS bloat sets in, things just slow down. The Inspiron 1300 can take up to 2GB RAM. I recommend the full 2GB seeing as you want to keep it.

This post has been edited by ElfBane: 20 March 2012 - 12:24 PM

[LiveBrianD]

What are the temps like? (use hwmonitor to measure them) You may need to clean up the air vents. Also, how many items on startup do you have? (use msconfig or ccleaner to check this) Try using a hard drive diagnostic tool (Seatools; ignore the overtemp warning if you don't have a Seagate drive).

[alishathomaz]

Follow these guidelines::

• Remove unused programs
  
• Install and run antispyware software
  
• Free up wasted space with Disk Cleanup tool
  
• Defragment your hard disk drive
  
• Disconnect unused network connections:

Click Start, and then click My Computer.

On the Tools menu, click Disconnect Network Drive.

Select the network drives that you no longer need, and then click OK.

Stop Unwanted startup programs:

Start > Run > write msconfig > Click on StartUp tab
Deselect the programs you want to stop

[Kathi201]

Ram is shot increase the speed of Ram...