[Bismillah]

My windows vista laptop is going very slow infact its going slower then my xp computer any ideas how i can speed it up?

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1. Check you only have essential items set to start with Windows. Disable the rest (see below).

2. Run the 'Disk Defragmenter'.


To keep control over your startup items, install 'Ccleaner' from here: http://www.piriform....leaner/download

Open 'Ccleaner', click 'Tools' then 'Startup'
To disable or remove an entry, right-click it and choose the appropriate option from the context-menu .
Then reboot.

You can 'Google' an entry before disabling it, to find out what it does and whether it has to left alone.

Edited by phillipcorcoran, 11 March 2010 - 06:53 PM.

[phillipcorcoran]

1. Check you only have essential items set to start with Windows. Disable the rest (see below).

2. Run the 'Disk Defragmenter'.


To keep control over your startup items, install 'Ccleaner' from here: http://www.piriform....leaner/download

Open 'Ccleaner', click 'Tools' then 'Startup'
To disable or remove an entry, right-click it and choose the appropriate option from the context-menu .
Then reboot.

You can 'Google' an entry before disabling it, to find out what it does and whether it has to left alone.

Edited by phillipcorcoran, 11 March 2010 - 06:53 PM.

[Broni]

Same computer, upgraded to Vista, or two different computers.

Please, post some computer info:
- processor type, amount of RAM (hold Windows logo key, hit Pause/Break key)
- hard drive size/free space (open "My Computer", right click on hard drive letter, click "Properties")
- security programs in use (antivirus, firewall)

[Bismillah]

Processer: Intel core due CPU 1.50ghz
Ram: 2.00 gb

hard drive details: used space 57.5 gb
Free space 84.0 gb
Total = 141 GB


Antivirus systems
Windows defender
AVG
Windows firewall
Mallwarebytes

And its always been a compaq vista laptop

Edited by nortan360, 12 March 2010 - 01:42 PM.

[Broni]

Download Autoruns for Windows: http://technet.micro...s/bb963902.aspx
No installation required.
Simply unzip Autoruns.zip file, and double click on autoruns.exe file to run the program.
Go File>Save, and save it as AutoRuns.txt file to know location.
You must select Text from drop-down menu as a file type:



Attach the file to your next reply.

[Bismillah]

Here is the file

[Broni]

Re-run Autoruns, click on "Logon" tab and UN-check following entries (unnecessary startups; no actual programs will be removed):

+ "HP Health Check Scheduler"
+ "HP Software Update"
+ "IgfxTray"
+ "Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (reboot)"
+ "Persistence"
+ "SunJavaUpdateSched"
+ "msnmsgr"
+ "WMPNSCFG"

Restart computer.

Download Temp File Cleaner (TFC)
Double click on TFC.exe to run the program.
Click on Start button to begin cleaning process.
TFC will close all running programs, and it may ask you to restart computer.

[Bismillah]

TFC Keeps freezing for some reason

[Broni]

Make sure, no other programs are running. If still a problem, run it from Safe Mode.

[Bismillah]

How do i get in to safe mode?
Sounds a stupid question but i dont know >.<

[Broni]

There are no stupid questions
Restart computer and keep tapping F8 key until menu appears.

[Bismillah]

Okay ive done that now its taken a little while and completed

[Broni]

Restart in normal mode and see how the computer is doing.

Edited by Broni, 12 March 2010 - 04:05 PM.

[Bismillah]

Better but still slower then it has been

[Broni]

Go Start>Run (Start Search in Vista), type in:
msconfig
Click OK (hit Enter in Vista).

Click on Startup tab.
Click Disable all
IMPORTANT! In case of laptop, make sure, you do NOT disable any keyboard, or touchpad entries.

Click Services tab.
Put checkmark in Hide all Microsoft services
Click Disable all.

Click OK.
Restart computer in Normal Mode.

NOTE. If you use different firewall, than Windows firewall, turn Windows firewall on, just for this test, since your regular firewall won't be running.
If you use Windows firewall, you're fine.

Same problem?