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  1 0 Knowing your computer's specs would help with figuring out the problem, as would knowing if you've been noticing any other unusual slowness outside of application loading. Is the slow application launching a recent thing? Check to see if there are other processes running in the background that don't need to be. Do the applications run okay once everything has been loaded? Are you on a PC (using Windows XP or any Windows pre-Vista)? Then you should defrag. Run disk cleanup to clear out all your temporary files and then run disk defragment overnight. If your processor isn't having to work very hard then the other piece of hardware that would affect application loading would be your hard drive. Your computer is only as fast as your slowest component, and your HDD might be reaching the end of its life (you have been backing everything up, right?). Adding RAM might help if you're noticing slowness when booting up your computer, when running multiple applications at once, or resource intensive applications like Image or Video editing. Nick Nelson answered in Geek Week about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  1 0 What are the specs on your machine? The simplest and cheapest fix would be more RAM but it would be helpful to know what machine you're talking about. Brian Geoghagan answered in Geek Week about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 0 Excellent! Fnarf answered in Geek Week about 1 year ago | Report 4 comments by Mike Smith, Fnarf, and Mike Smith… 0 0 D'oh, my interwebs jumped the gun and submitted my question before I finished writing it! Mike Smith commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Ah. Well, you should probably upgrade your computer then. Fnarf commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Well played, sir. Mike Smith commented about 1 year ago | Report 0 0 Thank you for your graciousness in the face of excessive snark. I agree with the other guys: add RAM, clean your system of cruft, fragmentation, temp files and unnecessary apps. Fnarf commented about 1 year ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 0 Back everything important up. Wipe the HD and reinstall windows, either from a retail Windows DVD or from the restore discs that came with your computer. If you use the restore discs, be sure to run PCDecrapifier to remove all the trial junk that they probably put on there. Now your machine will be just like it was out of the factory and can restore all your data from your backups. It amazes me how many people don't even try this and just assume they need a new one. Also and HD replacement might be in order. They have so many moving parts they are often the first to go. Good news is they are often (not always) an easy and cheap replacement when it comes to Windows based notebooks and desktops. Not only will you get a speed boost but possibly even some more storage space. Brandon Humphries answered in Geek Week about 1 year ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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