Laptop running slow

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Just to clarify things. Centrino is Intel’s Branding for things that are considered energy saving. For example, my thinkpad t400 has Centrino 2 Vpro “technology” But i use an Intel Core2duo P8400. Centrino “certifies” that it is energy saving. Second, your computer must be running windows. And windows, overtime when a person installs and uninstalls [...]

Have toshiba equium a100 laptop. It seems to be running very slow on start up. The windows music seems during startup and closing down seems to be clitchy or playing slow. I have tried the following already, updated antivirus s/w and ran complete scan, ran adware scan cleaned the registry with amust reg cleaner. Any [...]

Hi, any help would be much appreciated. I’m running a Dell Inspiron E1705 laptop with Windows XP SP2, Intel 2 GHz processor, and 1 GB RAM–usually clips along well with multiple tasks. But a couple days ago, the system began slowing dramatically (I’d have to wait 10 or 15 seconds for each letter to appear [...]

I actually have a lot more than you, only I know what just about each item does on my computer, and I am not having any slow downs. However, I have a 3.4 Ghz P4 and 2 GB ram. Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 2:51:35 AM, on 7/27/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT [...]

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 8:25:24 AM, on 12/15/2005 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) 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\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgamsvr.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgupsvc.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgemc.exe C:\Program Files\Dell\Bluetooth Software\bin\btwdins.exe C:\Program Files\ewido\security suite\ewidoctrl.exe C:\WINDOWS\runservice.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\WINDOWS\System32\wltrysvc.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\bcmwltry.exe C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel\atiptaxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\BCMSMMSG.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\WLTRAY.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVGFRE~1\avgcc.exe [...]

My PC has been running increasingly slow and freezes quite often. I have to shut down a couple of times and manually re-start. Please help bring PC back to “healthy condition”. Thanks. Here’s my HJT log: Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 625 AM, on 8/21/2008 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) [...]

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 17:03:50, on 26/06/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) 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\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSvcHst.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\wltrysvc.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\bcmwltry.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\Program Files\Symantec\LiveUpdate\ALUSchedulerSvc.exe C:\Program Files\Microsoft LifeCam\MSCamSvc.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\HPZipm12.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuauclt.exe C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe C:\Program Files\Google\GoogleToolbarNotifier\GoogleToolbarNotifier.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Symantec\LIVEUP~1\LUCOMS~1.EXE [...]

Hey all, I have a problem with this computer. It takes forever to do anything. It’s like it can only do one thing at a time its so slow. When I turn it on and log into my profile, it takes about 5 mins for it to load the desktop and about another 5 mins [...]

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 20:48:15, on 20/11/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Boot mode: Normal 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\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-Aware 2007\aawservice.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgcc.exe C:\HP\KBD\KBD.EXE C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel\atiptaxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\arservice.exe C:\windows\system\hpsysdrv.exe C:\Program Files\G-Zapper\GZapper 2.0.EXE C:\PROGRA~1\Grisoft\AVG7\avgamsvr.exe [...]