Computer problem

[Figuremod73]

Thats a good idea. I'll experiment a little bit in regular programs and not go on the internet when i reboot and see how it performs.

Usually the internet is my main reason for even turning it on.

[rche]

Is the cpu sluggish with any program, or just your web browser?
If it is just the browser, try clearing out your cache and deleting all cookies. It could be just a TON of spyware eating up your processor.

[Figuremod73]

This is whats on it:

Used disc space: 9.56 GB
Free disc space: 64.9 GB
Intel Pentium 4 cpu: 3.20 GHZ
1.60 GHZ, 512 MB of ram

Currently virus program is buggy and outdated, ive been thinking about re-installing windows xe (or upgrading)

I really suspect its a virus. I hardly ever download on this computer. Could i have gotten some kind of virus just from visiting websites? I surf alot (nope, havent been anywhere naughty.)

[WannabeMego]

Sounds like your PageFile (Virtual Memory)...but I'll reserve additional comments until we get further information.

Is your system running out of space...?

[Figuremod73]

Nah, it was doing pretty good up till a few days ago. The computer was turned off when the storm hit.
Once when i went to turn the computer off it gave some kind of error with the memory. I'll try to get that again when I go to turn it off.

When the computer is first turned on it will run fine for about ten minutes but start to grow slower and slower. Its like the memory is slowly draining.
Hope that helps some. I know very little about comps other than installing and removing/installing simple hardware like memory and video cards.

[Toy Talk]

I am sure between all of us here we can help you narrow the field down the a precise problem, but we need some additional details. Let's start with the first question because other possibilities rely on the answer to this question.

1) Was the computer behaving the same way prior to the big storm

[Figuremod73]

The last few days the computer has been running really slow after about ten minutes. Then all of a sudden it just freezes. We just had a bad storm two nights ago here so I was wondering if that might have gotten it? I think it might be the memory.
Even now as I write this (this is the first place I went to when I turned the comp on) its beginning to do it.
Could it be a virus? Thats the only other thing I can think of.
Anyways thanks. its already getting annoying!