Laptop running slow

Thanks Dave T. Success!. As i report in my original thread good old chkdsk seems to have fixed a problem with the hard disk that was obiviously causing the terrible performance. Wether this was just coincindental with all the malware your HJT colleagues assisted me in removing from the PC i dont know. Anyway thanks [...]

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 [...]

It is an HP Pavilion dv9000. I am running Vista Home Premium Service Pack 2. It has a AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60 2.00 GHz processor and 4.00 GB RAM. I don’t remember exactly when the last Windows update was, it automatically updates, but I know it was less than 2 weeks ago. [...]

Could be spyware. Please post a Hijack This log so that the files associated with the virus/spyware/hijacker can be identified. Please download HJTsetup.exe from this link http://www.thespykiller.co.uk/files/HJTsetup.exe to your desktop. Doubleclick on the HJTsetup.exe icon on your desktop. By default it will install to C:\Program Files\Hijack This. Continue to click “next” in the setup dialogue [...]

computer keeps freezing, and is running very slowly. help? by A Zen-like Chill – 5/27/05 5:09 PM i am running (or attempting to, now) a self-built computer with the following specs: asus a7v880 motherboard athlon xp 3200 processor 1 gig ram onboard lan soundblaster audigy platinum pro 2zs ati radeon 9800 xt video 120 gig [...]

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Here are a few questions I’ve received recently from people like you, and my answers. I have edited and restated the questions a bit, for readability. My Dell PC, which is an older model running Windows XP, is very slow to boot up and I have a lot of icons on my desktop. Does the [...]

Have you been wondering – “Why is my computer suddenly slow?” This probably happens to most of us at some point. What was once a very fast computer can suddenly become bogged down and act sluggish. Well my first recommendation when asking “why my system is slow”, is to not automatically assume you need to [...]

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One of the most frustrating problems for computer users nowadays is the way in which many PCs can actually run slower overnight. This is a problem which can affect even the newest computers and is affecting millions of people around the World every day. Fortunately, there’s a trick to fix this problem for good. The [...]