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 [...]

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 [...]

>> Item 6 in this list might be worth checking first, but answer the others as appropriate if it doesn’t apply. >> And post that Scanlog as well. 0 > when did the problem seem to be begin? 1 > is it very slow to boot up? 2 > do programs open slowly? 3 > [...]

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 [...]