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How do I fix the other errors? are they really that bad? I mean, MBAM errors shouldn't decrease the over-all performance, same as The Sims I suppose
Well, the other drive is really an old one, it quite works slow in windows itself but a bit better in-game.
Edited by zapuxas098, 24 February 2017 - 03:06 PM.
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I forgot to mention one important thing. I didn't check much before changing the screens. But I went from 1280x1024 to 1366x768 resolution by changing the screens. I took away my Monitor and exchanged with TV one(Using RGB plug-in) now. Could it have affected it? Do I need a HDMI cable maybe? Just realized I haven't mentioned that...
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I always try to eliminate as many errors as I can. Some I know come standard on Windows but the non standard errors should be fixed for best performance.
For example:
Log: 'Application' Date/Time: 16/02/2017 2:44:58 PMType: Error Category: 100Event: 1000 Source: Application ErrorFaulting application name: Explorer.EXE, version: 6.3.9600.17415, time stamp: 0x54503a3a Faulting module name: Start8_64.dll_unloaded, version: 1.1.7.0, time stamp: 0x520bde72 Exception code: 0xc0000005 Fault offset: 0x0000000000054203 Faulting process id: 0xbe0 Faulting application start time: 0x01d288613414bed4 Faulting application path: C:\Windows\Explorer.EXE Faulting module path: Start8_64.dll Report Id: 7c80f3e9-f456-11e6-825c-d050995a03e7 Faulting package full name: Faulting package-relative application ID:
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Hello,
Sorry for the delayed reply.
How do I fix that stardock error? At the same with the nvidia errors?
I tried plugging my old monitor but the performance seemed to be just as same as on this(1280x1024). Which is quite much worse than it was before(When I was constantly using my old monitor)
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Can you live without stardock? If so uninstall it. Or try a newer or older version.
For Nvidia look for a new driver or perhaps an older one if you have the latest.
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Where do I even find it? I can't find it in the remove program list, nor I ever downloaded such program, maybe it came with something together..
I tried the older/newer GPU drivers, the performance yet stayed the same.
So the reason to all this "lag" is probably HDD? OR could be still something else..?
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Looks like it may be called Start8
http://www.stardock....roducts/start8/
it lives in C:\Program Files\stardock\start8
so look there for an uninstall program if you don't see one in Installed Programs.
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Hey,
Sorry for the late reply, maybe it's an old registry key or something, I can't find it anywhere, not even the folder.
Anyway, I am still suffering from 20-50% lower performance, is there anything else I could do? Besides buying a new HDD(Yet we are not sure it's the HDD, right?)
Also, once my PC starts, I've a special option called X-Boost, it increases the CPU speed, it says to click X but as soon as I click it, nothing happens. I tried plugging a keyboard through the old plug-in source, not the USB one, still couldn't press it. It says "OFF"
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Hey there!
I've found Start8 in the registry, do I delete the entry of it there?
Also, disabled all of the "NO" under the Microsoft tab
As for the x-boost, here's mine(Image below). So that's the screen when I turn on the computer as you can see, pressing X does nothing as it seems, the icon stays as OFF also, it kinda just blackouts when I click it or either does nothing, hard to say.
Edited by zapuxas098, 26 March 2017 - 05:59 PM.
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Can you give me the complete key that shows Start8?
Do any of the other options work on your asrock page?
Did you try both x and X?
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Hey there,
I've added an image of start8 registry entry
Yes, I can click the other ones with F buttons, enter bios etc
You mean shift+x? Yes, just tried, nothing also as it seems
Edited by zapuxas098, 27 March 2017 - 08:49 AM.
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Right click on Start8 and Export
Save it as Start8 to your desktop.
Then right click on Start8.reg and Edit. Copy the text and paste it into a reply.
If you let FRST do the registry search for start8 it will create a file you can copy and paste. It may find more than the one entry.
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There it goes:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stardock\Start8]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Start8]
"NewInstall"="1"
"StartButtonMode"="2"
"Image"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Stardock\\Start8\\StartButtons\\default.png"
"UpgradedBlue"="1"
"LS"="1487256268"
"LastUpdateCheck"="1487861071"
"CheckedOnce1.1"="1"
And so what do I do about the X button at the boot screen?
By the way, I just realized, I might have resetted my bios settings and that could be the cause of the lower performance. I remember my CPU running at around 3.66GHZ mostly while the CPU max is 3.1GHZ. Also the Dram frequency etc. I could gladly use some of your tips of changing them back to the old max settings for performance or smth. And as asked above, enabling the X-Boost for CPU(It could have made the 3.66 from 3.1 tho, not sure)
Edited by zapuxas098, 27 March 2017 - 04:34 PM.
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Seems unlikely that that is the only entry in the registry. Did you let FRST do a Registry Search?
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