what could cause my computer to run slow i have zone alarm, AVG,WINDOWS DEFENDER tuneup utilities 1gig of ramDDR2 260GB of hard drive 186GB on one hard drive and 74GB on operating systems the 74 is what is getting filled up the 186GB is just there i feel that the 186 should be the operating set up and the 74 should be just there but don't know how to change set up over? operating system 5.1.2600 processor AMD Sempron (tm) 3000+

There has to be a way to move your system disk over but I'm not sure how. I guess you'd move all of your personal data files over and then re-install Windows. You'd likely have to reinstall individual applications too, as their system registry entries could be geared to the existence of the current system disk -- NOT SURE.

Just one crazy idea: go to Control Panels>>System >> Advanced tab, Performance Options, Advanced tab, and there you could specify to use the alternate drive for Windows' virtual memory paging. But that disk space reservation is often less than 1 gig in size and I just don't know if this would help a lot or not.

i have zone alarm, AVG,WINDOWS DEFENDER tuneup utilities

Depending on what features you have enabled, that could be much of your problems. Both ZA and AVG (depending on exact versions) include anti-spyware scanners - so them, along with Windows Defender, would be 3. You only need 1 AS running in real-time. Keep the others for supplemental scanning, but not real-time.

I don't trust tuneup utilities - they make too many promises they cannot keep. Which ones are you using?

As far as your boot drive taking up space, you can create a new My Documents folder on a second drive, copy everything under the original to the new folder, then tell Windows to use the new folder. Once verified all is there and working, delete the files under the old My Documents folder. You can also move Windows temp folders to the larger drive to free up space too.

I'd dump/uninstall: Zone Alarm, AVG, and Windows Defender. (Junk IMHO.)

Download AVAST Anti-Virus. Download FREE antivirus software - avast! Home Edition

Then download COMODO Firewall. (Once Downloaded the CIS Installer it will ask you if you want to install AV *and* FW. Select only the FW, and make sure the AV box is unchecked THEN Select Firewall Only.)
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After disconnecting from the NET, install AVAST. Run a full scan. When done, install COMODO, then reconnect to the NET. Update both programs.

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