A slow computer that takes forever to load web pages, open documents, and respond to pretty much any basic command is more common than you think.

It's frustrating when your computer slows down. Oftentimes this happens when a program utilizes too many resources, like memory or the CPU.

Some Web pages finish loading in an instant, while others load slowly or in pieces at varying speeds, even on the same computer. The factors that add up to slow or irregular Web page loading can ...