[Kolaholisti]

Hello!

So for some months now my computer (Vista Home Premium 64bit) has been decreasing performance wise. I can especially notice it after I have been playing games for some hours, after that, even after shutting the game down, the computer stays really slow.

Specs are:

Intel E8500 @ 3.16GHz
Asus P5Q Pro
Radeon HD6850
4GB DDR2
Enermax modu82+ 525w

I have ran auskologics defrag several times lately and also been scanning with Malwarebytes without luck. My hard drive has 423GB free space out of total 640GB.

Any help?

Edited by Kolaholisti, 12 July 2012 - 11:44 AM.

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Download Autoruns from the link in my signature below:

1: Extract the Autoruns Zip file contents to a folder.
2: Double-click the "Autoruns.exe".
3: Click on the "Everything" tab
4: Remove any entries that mention "File Not Found" by right-clicking the entry and select Delete.
5: Go to File then to Export As or Save in some versions.
6: Save AutoRuns.txt file to known location like your Desktop.
7: Attach to your next reply.

[rshaffer61]

Download Autoruns from the link in my signature below:

1: Extract the Autoruns Zip file contents to a folder.
2: Double-click the "Autoruns.exe".
3: Click on the "Everything" tab
4: Remove any entries that mention "File Not Found" by right-clicking the entry and select Delete.
5: Go to File then to Export As or Save in some versions.
6: Save AutoRuns.txt file to known location like your Desktop.
7: Attach to your next reply.

[Kolaholisti]

Did that, here is the log:

Attached Files

•  AutoRuns.txt   31.32KB   132 downloads

[rshaffer61]

Download TFC by OldTimer to your desktop

• Please double-click TFC.exe to run it. (Note: If you are running on Vista, right-click on the file and choose Run As Administrator).
• It will close all programs when run, so make sure you have saved all your work before you begin.
• Click the Start button to begin the process. Depending on how often you clean temp files, execution time should be anywhere from a few seconds to a minute or two. Let it run uninterrupted to completion.
• Once it's finished it should reboot your machine. If it does not, please manually reboot the machine yourself to ensure a complete clean.

Download Auslogics Defrag from the link in my signature below. Auslogics Defrag in my opinion is better because:

It does a more comprehensive job at Defragging
It will actually show you what it is doing
At the end of working it will show you how much speed you picked up
You can view a online log of the files that Auslogics defragged
Please do not run any other Auslogics programs other then this one as they may cause unwanted results.

[Kolaholisti]

Done,
should I remove any entries from Autoruns?

[rshaffer61]

Nope everything seemed good there for now. How is the system running now and are there still notices popping up?

[Kolaholisti]

It's still slowing down after some usage. Could it be driver related? Only driver I'm keeping up to date is video driver.

[rshaffer61]

Let's see if it is a driver or something else causing it.



Please Run the PCPitstop.com OverDrive Full Tests

Here's how:

You must use your Internet Explorer for this procedure. (doesn't work so well in Firefox or others). If your machine is running Vista or Windows 7, you must Select IE to “Run as Administrator”. After completing PCPitstop OverDrive you can close your IE browser and re-open it Normally so that you are no longer running as administrator.

Go to: http://www.pcpitstop.com
Click on "Free Computer Check-up" listed below PC Pitstop OverDrive
In the User Login - Click on "Sign up FREE!"
You'll need to submit a valid email address and create your own password, then click - Create Account(button)

Now enter your email address and password to Log in, Select - Scan this system Now!(button)
You will then be asked to download an ActiveX component and allow it to install.
It is safe and does not compromise your privacy.
Follow the on-screen prompts to install the ActiveX and to allow the Full Tests to be run on your machine.

The Full Tests take about 2 1/2 - 3 minutes on most machines.
When complete, a Results - Summary - Recommended Fixes will be displayed.

Please post the URL internet address, from your Results, back here into this Topic Thread so that we can review the configuration and present performance levels of your machine.

Note: During the graphics 2D and graphics 3D testing, your screen will display some rapidly moving objects.
If you are sensitive to visual flashing, it may cause dizziness. Therefore, look away from the screen during that portion of the testing.

After reviewing the results we will be more informed and may be able to provide better recommendations for you to work towards improving your machine's performance.

While PCPitstop does offer a variety of Paid Products, the PCPitstop OverDrive testing is FREE. Please ignore the references to Paid Products. We prefer to provide manual solution instructions that you can apply directly to your machine.

Best Regards

[Kolaholisti]

http://www.pcpitstop...?conid=24984560

[rshaffer61]

OK I see two drivers that look to being needed to update. Now I would like you to do the following.

Download DriverMax and have it scan your system. It will open their website with all the out of date drivers you can update. With the free version you can update only 2 drivers per day so if you have a lot of them it will take a few days to get everything updated. I have been using it for about 4 months now and like it better then any other utility out there for keeping my drivers up to date.
If you want you can post screenshots of all the drivers in the list that need to be updated and I will suggest in what order to get them.

[Kolaholisti]

Here we go:

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[rshaffer61]

OK get the smbus driver first and then the realtek audio driver. Once those are installed we will have to wait till this time tomorrow to move on to the next two.

[happyrock]

just a quick question...does the speed go back to normal if you reboot the computer after playing the game...

[Kolaholisti]

Those two are installed now.

@happyrock Yes - that's the only way to get it back to normal, by rebooting.

[rshaffer61]

OK I think I know where Happyrock is going with his involvement but I will wait to instruct you further till he responds.