16 Reasons Why Your Computer Is Slow

Why is my computer so slow?
This question can be answered so many ways because of the fact there are many reasons why a computer may run slow. A computer can be slow because of one of these reasons or a combination of several.

Anyway, here are 16 reasons why a computer is slow:

1. CPU (Central Processing Unit) is too old or too slow
   
2. Too many programs running in the foreground
   
3. Conversely, too many programs running in the background
4. One or two applications are doing highly intensive processing
5. Uninstalled programs still co-existing
   
6. Registry corruption
7. File corruption
8. Applications are freezing
   
9. Hard drive fragmentation
10. Hard drive failure (bad sectors)
    
11. Insufficient security software
    
12. Not enough RAM or memory
13. Virtual memory is set too low
14. Temp files from Windows XP and Internet browsing
15. Driver issues
16. Hardware failure
    

So you can see that dealing with a slow computer can show many different symptoms. Be aware of these different symptoms so that you can take the appropriate actions.