Laptop running slow

This computer is a great value, I actually have purchased two. It has fit my needs exactly. I use them as Home Theater PC’s connected to my 47″ and 52″ Flatscreens in different rooms of the house. But potential buyers would probably appreciate knowing certain things ahead of time, so I would like to share [...]

When you first turn on your computer, the operating system has to go through a boot up process to load up all the important program files, system files and drivers. You may have noticed over the months or years that the computer boots slow. Two common reasons for this is due to the startup items [...]

My Windows computer boots up slow. Question: My Windows computer boots up slow. Answer: A slow Microsoft Windows boot up can be caused by a wide variety of issues. Below are various suggestions and tips that can help improve the overall speed of your computers startup. Disable startup programs Programs that are loading up as [...]

Slow computer right out of the box? by eastshore4 – 2/21/07 4:34 PM Yesterday I purchased a relatively cheap compaq presario C205 notebook (with 1.8 ghz processor, 512 RAM, and 80 gig hd) to replace my couple-of-years-old dell notebook. Problem is, the old dell was more efficent than this computer is, and it was nowhere [...]

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 8:21:25 AM, on 6/11/2010 Platform: Windows Vista SP1 (WinNT 6.00.1905) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6001.18444) Boot mode: Normal Running processes: C:\Windows\system32\Dwm.exe C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE C:\Windows\system32\taskeng.exe C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Wireless Assistant\HPWAMain.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\ArcSoft\Connection Service\Bin\ACDaemon.exe C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP Advisor\HPAdvisor.exe C:\Program Files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\ALMon.exe C:\Program Files\Kodak\Kodak EasyShare software\bin\EasyShare.exe C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP wireless Assistant\WiFiMsg.EXE C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\Shared\HpqToaster.exe [...]

computer is running very slow and I find in the task manager a system file services.exe is using up to 100 % of my cpu — below is the hijack log Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 10:37:18 PM, on 3/3/2006 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running [...]

I think my laptop is running slow due to viruses. I downloaded Hijack This and gave me this Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 1:15:28 PM, on 11/30/2003 Platform: Windows XP (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 (6.00.2600.0000) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\Sygate\SPF\Smc.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\Program Files\Network Associates\Common Framework\FrameworkService.exe C:\Program [...]

My computer is slow after installing an anti-virus. Question: My computer is slow after installing an anti-virus. Answer: After any anti-virus scanner has been installed in a computer, it will be loaded into the computers memory each time the computer boots. This is done to help protect your computer at all times, from any threat. [...]

There can be a variety of reasons why your PC is slow. And we are all aware that a slow PC can actually ruin a beautiful day. Using the computer is already a part of our daily routine and having a PC that is slow and not performing the way it used to be is [...]

There’s a confusing amount of accurate and inaccurate detail in this thread so I’m relating critical steps I took this morning helping a neighbour implement printer sharing in his home network where a Canon MP160 printer is connected to a Compaq Presario desktop PC running Windows VISTA Home Premium with SP1. He wanted to be [...]