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Can someone help me speed up my computer. It's way to slow.

Sep 19, 2011 at 6:12 PM Post #61 of 90


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kiteki said:
 
now, go deinstall whatever it was screwing up your computer (could be anything, but often it's anti-virus type software).
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Very typical.  This is why I suspected malware or something else resource hogging forcing the drive into virtual memory.  Quite common with AV running updates and simultaneous scans.  I'm guessing they have 2gb or less RAM and a poor or improperly setup AV.
 
 
Sep 19, 2011 at 6:19 PM Post #62 of 90


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anaxilus said:
Very typical.  This is why I suspected malware or something else resource hogging forcing the drive into virtual memory.  Quite common with AV running updates and simultaneous scans.  I'm guessing they have 2gb or less RAM and a poor or improperly setup AV.
 
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You ever see even multiple scans cause the display drivers and programs to crash? The OP isn't having a problem with a sluggish computer exactly, it is with system errors and losing commands. She also has 4GB of RAM and this is a fairly fresh install. It couldn't hurt to see what is installed, but I still don't suspect that this is software related. Most malware and viruses don't even cause these issues. The closest thing this could be software wise would be conflicting resources, but I don't see that happening with any modern OS on a 64bit addressing system easily. I do agree that sluggishness could be from memory being forced into paging causing the slow menus that you see in the video, but this just doesn't seem likely anymore.
 
 
Sep 19, 2011 at 6:23 PM Post #63 of 90


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manaox2 said:
You ever see even multiple scans cause the display drivers and programs crash? The OP isn't having a problem with a sluggish computer exactly, it is with system errors and losing commands. She also has 4GB of RAM and this is a fairly fresh install. It couldn't hurt to see what is installed, but I still don't suspect that this is software related. Most malware and viruses don't even cause these issues. The closest thing this could be software wise would be conflicting resources, but I don't see that happening with any modern OS on a 64bit addressing system easily.
 
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I figured the driver issues and crashes to be a symptom of over zealous registry cleaners/cleaning.  Seen that happen before.  Malware and viruses do cause lag, freezing and crashing.  Absolutley.  
 
The question is, why would Ubuntu run perfectly fine on the same hardware if it's not a software issue?
 
 
Sep 19, 2011 at 6:31 PM Post #64 of 90


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anaxilus said:
I figured the driver issues and crashes to be a symptom of over zealous registry cleaners/cleaning.  Seen that happen before.  Malware and viruses do cause lag, freezing and crashing.  Absolutley.  
 
The question is, why would Ubuntu run perfectly fine on the same hardware if it's not a software issue?
 
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I don't see where the OP actually tried the suggestion of running the ubuntu live cd...
 
I do agree with you that the OP has a LOT of junk installed like codec packs and many other things that may cause program crashing as well as a lot of activity with torrents and other stuff that seems possible to grab malware from and I'm sure a fresh install and some cleaning would be a good help and I also agree with you that overzealous registry cleaning could definitely cause these errors, but I still suspect the RAM or the motherboard after the last HDD with the fresh install didn't help and the display drivers stopping along with seemingly random freezing. I would like to see the memtest results first still at this point, if that test doesn't finish or shows errors, I guess we'll know its probably not the RAM or the motherboard.
 
Sep 19, 2011 at 7:16 PM Post #65 of 90


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manaox2 said:
I don't see where the OP actually tried the suggestion of running the ubuntu live cd...
 
I do agree with you that the OP has a LOT of junk installed like codec packs and many other things that may cause program crashing as well as a lot of activity with torrents and other stuff that seems possible to grab malware from and I'm sure a fresh install and some cleaning would be a good help and I also agree with you that overzealous registry cleaning could definitely cause these errors, but I still suspect the RAM or the motherboard after the last HDD with the fresh install didn't help and the display drivers stopping along with seemingly random freezing. I would like to see the memtest results first still at this point, if that test doesn't finish or shows errors, I guess we'll know its probably not the RAM or the motherboard.
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Ah, it's on the other thread.
 
http://www.head-fi.org/t/571914/i-am-giving-up-on-computers
 
 
 
Sep 19, 2011 at 7:55 PM Post #66 of 90
Could it be a bios issue? I am currenty doing a memory diagnostic. But just wondering what the chance it could be a bios issue is?
 
Sep 20, 2011 at 12:19 PM Post #67 of 90


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bcasey25raptor said:
Could it be a bios issue? I am currenty doing a memory diagnostic. But just wondering what the chance it could be a bios issue is?
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No chance of BIOS unless you recently updated it before this started. BIOS issues typically leave things broken, not half working. Did you try memtest yet?
 
I posted some steps in the other thread.
 

 
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manaox2 said:
After reading this thread, I don't know what you really tried and what you just say that you tried, or glossed over. Please do try these, people here in general have given you good advice.
 
Here are some steps to summarize:
 
Boot from a cd or USB stick with memtest86+ on it. Run that overnight or at least until it completes three complete sets of test. That should rule out RAM errors and likely motherboard errors for the most part.
 
If no errors, check the hard drive next. It sounds like you already have checked the SMART tests, you should run a full check disk as well with "check for bad sectors" checked off and have it set to run at next boot, then restart and let that run.
 
If that finds no major errors, It is time to backup important data, format the boot drive and then reinstall using a fresh copy of Windows or your manufacturer restore disks. Remember to run Microsoft update to patch and update Windows. Next run Prime95 with all four threads in RAM enabled. Let this run for 12 hours and check temperatures. If not over 80 degrees C on the main core, that should be OK.
 
If you do not happen to find any errors after all of this and your computer still seems borked, its time to hire a professional or buy a new computer. Probably cheaper to buy a new computer.
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I would not start installing anything on your computer or doing any more work on it until you have done these steps and found your problem solution.
 
Sep 20, 2011 at 1:14 PM Post #68 of 90
I would not start installing anything on your computer or doing any more work on it until you have done these steps and found your problem solution. Pretty much..
 
I like reformats... They're hassel free, easy, and keep my computer shiny 100% brand new. 1/Xx the headache you've gone through at this point.
 
Sep 20, 2011 at 2:30 PM Post #69 of 90


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hennyo said:
I would not start installing anything on your computer or doing any more work on it until you have done these steps and found your problem solution. Pretty much..
 
I like reformats... They're hassel free, easy, and keep my computer shiny 100% brand new. 1/Xx the headache you've gone through at this point.
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Unless your goal is to learn more about how things in your PC work and have plenty of time, I completely agree.
 
Sep 20, 2011 at 3:04 PM Post #70 of 90
You just have too much crap running in the background.  It's hogging up resources and conflicting with other programs you want to use.  You'll need to turn off and uninstall anything you don't need.  Here's a good place to start: http://www.blackviper.com/2009/10/01/black-vipers-windows-7-super-tweaks/
 
Sep 20, 2011 at 3:40 PM Post #71 of 90


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manaox2 said:
No chance of BIOS unless you recently updated it before this started. BIOS issues typically leave things broken, not half working. Did you try memtest yet?
 
I posted some steps in the other thread.
 

 


I would not start installing anything on your computer or doing any more work on it until you have done these steps and found your problem solution.
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Yes i did that test and it said my memory has no issues.
 
 
Sep 20, 2011 at 4:35 PM Post #72 of 90
Try running in safe mode and see if the problem is present there as well.
 
Sep 20, 2011 at 5:02 PM Post #73 of 90
Sep 20, 2011 at 11:33 PM Post #74 of 90
So i retried a new installation. Without the drivers it is running smoothly. I will let you know if it's still good after the drivers.
 
Sep 21, 2011 at 4:13 PM Post #75 of 90
OK everyone. Thank you very much for the help i fixed it. No more slow sluggish gui.
 
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