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13th March 2010, 12:16 PM
|  | Newcomer | | Join Date: May 2008, 18 posts. Reputation:  | | | Very slow laptop
Hi,
My laptop has become very slow in the last 2 months - sometimes it comes to a full stop and I cannot do anything for about 10 minutes (that feel like an hour) - this happens about 2 to 3 times a day. I am using Windows XP and all of this "coincidental" started to happen when I changed the anti-virus program to one from F-Secure.
Thanks for any help! Jon
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13th March 2010, 06:51 PM
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Thread moved to more appropriate location.
Did you uninstall the old anti-virus before putting the new one on? It could be that the processes are conflicting which would cause this.
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14th March 2010, 05:25 PM
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Hi,
Yes - I uninstalled the previous anti-virus.
Any other thoughts please? Thanks.
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15th March 2010, 09:44 AM
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Things to check:
How much space do you have free on your hard drive?
Click on ctrl-alt-del and check that the running process count (bottom left hand corner) is not more than about 50
let us know what you find?
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17th March 2010, 01:04 PM
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You could temporarily uninstall Fsecure and see if that solves the problem.
If not, I suggest you take a look at this thread HERE. |
17th March 2010, 08:07 PM
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Hi,
29.9 GB used and 7.3 GB free disk space
Processes: 79
Thank you!
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17th March 2010, 09:39 PM
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Too many processes!
Open the run command (window key + R) and type in msconfig and then click OK
go to the start up tab and select "disable all" - now go through the list and click to re-enable anything to do with your antivirus. This presumes you do have some AV?
Click OK and reboot.
Clear the opening dialogue box with a tick and recheck the processes and how the thing performs - and let us know.
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18th March 2010, 09:42 AM
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Make sure its the start up tab though and not the services tab
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19th March 2010, 10:40 PM
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Hi,
I did what Albert L. suggested and now have 55 processes still running. I'll work with the laptop and tell you if there is an improvement.
Thank you all!
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29th March 2010, 06:16 AM
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By the way, I have 512 RAMS - could that be a problem?
Thanks for your help - any one.
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29th March 2010, 08:47 AM
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More memory is always a good idea - but this machine has been getting slower so must have been ok with 512Mb before.
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