You're probably loading far too much in the background. Often little spyware applications and unnecessary background tasks are slowly accumulated on your machine that end up taking a lot of time to load.
Also, a fragmented file system can cause applications to load slowly. Fragmentation occurs when a file is written to a disk segment that isn't large enough to hold the entire file, so the rest is written elsewhere, then when the file loader attempts to read the file, the disk heads are sent all over the place searching for the file.
To solve part of the problem, defragment the disk periodically, try to make it every month or so, depending on how often you use your computer. Also, clean off unnecessary files as often as you can, make sure your "Trash" is emptied. Then, have a good spyware detector and virus scanner on your system. Those three things can help a lot.
Additionally, for Microsoft Windows computers, you also can disable unneeded programs on the startup and Windows Services.
If Minecraft is not running, no it will not slow your computer down.If you have a low end or older computer then playing Minecraft may slow it down a little as it's a fairly hardware intensive game. Just give it as much ram as you can and turn the graphic details down until your happy with it.The Minecraft WiKi has a lot of information on managing the game.
it's not slow, your computer is slow
it depends on ur computer. well it does make ur computer a little bit slow
Yes, combat arms does slow your computer down.
Patience my young padawan. trust me. I have a slow computer too
<improved answer>Just to correct the old answer, if the CMOS battery is dead, then the computer will not turn on in order for you to reenter it the next morning. It means that the CMOS battery is getting weak, and yeah, you could replace it. <old answer>It is most likely that the CMOS battery is dead. Replace it.
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Yes it does. I downloaded this onto my computer and now it runs really slow and sometimes doesn't turn on. I advise you not to use this.
Yes, they can take up a lot of RAM and slow down a computer.
Any program that runs can slow your computer down, so yes.
UM...... Not really bcuz i have java on my computer n its not slow @ all.
No, its just the computer. Here's a tip, when your computer is going slow, press start. That usually works.