Laptop running slow

Waiting for your computer to boot up can seem to take an eternity. Users often want to boot up faster, and can sometimes make the problem worse by trying to use the computer before it has booted up completely. What Affects A Faster Boot Up? As your computer boots up, it follows a set of [...]

Will Windows 7 Speed Up Your Computer? When it hits store shelves in October, Windows 7 is likely to be the nicest upgrade Microsoft has completed in years, and not because it includes many new bells and whistles. From a visible standpoint, Windows 7 won’t be that different from Windows Vista, but assuming that Windows [...]

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System BIOS Changes One of the first places to help speed boot time in Windows is to make some simple changes to the system BIOS. The BIOS or Basic Input/Output System is a set of instructions and commands built into the motherboard that allows the computer to know what type of hardware is connected and [...]

Advertisements Trouble: Recently a friend of mine asked us to help her out with slow start up of her computer. It takes too long to boot the computer. It was very slow even after it boots. Though the computer had a decent hardware configuration. This problem is not un-common. The main reason behind such problems [...]

The dual core isn’t supposed to make it boot faster. It’s good for multi tasking. Windows 2000 is known for slow boot times…but generally in the 60-75sec area depending on the machine and how many programs are installed and how many are in the start up routine. XP is basically an optimized version of 2000 [...]

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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 [...]

Windows Vista boots up quickly—but seeing the desktop is hardly a sign that the OS is ready for use. When your familiar wallpaper and icons appear, you better not start clicking, because in the background the OS is still finishing up its startup process. Sometimes it seems like you have time to go watch an [...]

Eliminate unwanted programs from boot up: You will find that many of the programs you install on your system set portions of themselves to run automatically when you start up your computer. Each program that runs on startup not only consume system resources but also extends the length of time it takes your PC to [...]