really slow! - Saxperience

Mark51^p · 10th August 2008, 11:51

had my laptop a year now and its running really really slow. it takes ages to load ages webpage, ages to run a program and just generally slow.

i have deleted all the shizzle i dont want and moved my music and films to a spare hard drive so they are not taking up space.

used disc clean up

defragmented the hard drive

cleared internet history

deleted temp files

gone on to msconfig. and turned off all the start-up programs i dont need to run on startup

the only programs i have installed are itune, limewire, msn (dont really use it), uTorrent, Nero, nokia PC thingy, F-Secure(internet security) and thats it.
however, there is not really that much space on the hard drive - 5gb on the C drive and 15bg on the D drive spare.

any ideas on anything else i could do to improve it?

Mochachino · 10th August 2008, 12:04

reformat

Saxo-Will · 10th August 2008, 12:12

http://www.ccleaner.com/

Mate uses it, seems pretty decent and its free

grantlowery · 10th August 2008, 14:06

Increase your paging file.

turn off indexing.

create a ram clear down shortcut, to do this right click on your desktop create new short cut, paste this in "%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks" click next and save it as clear ram or something like that.

Dont use a desktop wallpaper.

Organise your files well, etc dont just save them anywere, put them in the correct folders.

If it's still running slow, than its a RAM issue www.crucial.co.uk have some great deals for memory.

Mark51^p · 10th August 2008, 14:17

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Originally Posted by db_sax

reformat

bit drastic but will be doing this as a last resort

Quote:

Originally Posted by Saxo-Will

http://www.ccleaner.com/

Mate uses it, seems pretty decent and its free

will read more into this when i get home

Quote:

Originally Posted by grantlowery

Increase your paging file.

turn off indexing.

create a ram clear down shortcut, to do this right click on your desktop create new short cut, paste this in "%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks" click next and save it as clear ram or something like that.

Dont use a desktop wallpaper.

Organise your files well, etc dont just save them anywere, put them in the correct folders.

If it's still running slow, than its a RAM issue www.crucial.co.uk have some great deals for memory.

what does that shortcut actually do?

grantlowery · 10th August 2008, 14:39

It releases all the idle system processes that makes your pc run slow, usually requires a reboot to kill them off but this solves the issue .

Mochachino · 10th August 2008, 14:43

lol i reformat like every 2/3 months.

n me mate, she reformats like twice a month :o

Mark51^p · 10th August 2008, 14:43

so it doesnt delete anything that i may need?

Mark51^p · 10th August 2008, 14:44

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Originally Posted by db_sax

lol i reformat like every 2/3 months.

n me mate, she reformats like twice a month :o

what do you mean when you say "reformat"?

danzman1991 · 10th August 2008, 14:47

Do an entire search on your PC for files about half a Gig.. That way you can see whats taking up your C drive..

Ste-88 · 10th August 2008, 14:54

Backup what you "actually NEED"

Then format like said before.

I do mine every couple of months

Linux box has been installed for 3 years still running fine... but then again it's not running Microduff is it

Mochachino · 10th August 2008, 14:55

well when i reformat i dont loose anything whatsoever.

I made a partition which is 5gb specifically for the operating system. All my drivers and programs are on another drive, all my films and music on another, and all my other personal stuff on another, got abbout 10 drives

So when i reformat, all i loose is the operatng system, and i just have to go on the programs and drivers drive and double click on all them for abit, and its all good

then all the personal settings, like themes, wallpaper etc.

Penn · 10th August 2008, 15:04

Registry cleanup usually makes a big difference.

Also, turn system restore off as this really really hogs resources and can backup at anytime without warning making your PC run stupidly slow.

Are you on vista or xp? Give http://www.blackviper.com/ a go and see if any of that helps.

Mark51^p · 10th August 2008, 16:30

im on vista mate

Richard_279 · 10th August 2008, 17:25

Tune-up utitilites 2008, have you tired that?,
its quite a good regestry cleaner/defragger plus has many other usful tools
you can get a free trial off them to

Mark51^p · 10th August 2008, 20:26

^^ this wont load up for some reason.

the black viper doesnt work

the ccleaner thing cleared loads of stuff off

Saxo-Will · 10th August 2008, 20:27

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Originally Posted by Mark51

^^ this wont load up for some reason.

the black viper doesnt work

the ccleaner thing cleared loads of stuff off

Yea, and use the defraggler thats linked on there aswell.

Good thing this thread came up as reminded me to download it lol, seems to work well on my laptop

AMO247 · 10th August 2008, 20:36

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Originally Posted by grantlowery

create a ram clear down shortcut, to do this right click on your desktop create new short cut, paste this in "%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks" click next and save it as clear ram or something like that.

i tried this and it wont let me click next says it cannot find file.

grantlowery · 10th August 2008, 20:46

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Originally Posted by AMO247

i tried this and it wont let me click next says it cannot find file.

works for me mate, make sure your not putting the speech marks in the location box.

saunders · 10th August 2008, 20:50

Try a defrag, clear all your internet history...

Then remove all toolbars from your browser in "add/remove programs"

Then search for virus.... also delete limewire, stuff like that is FULL of spyware