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| Thread ID: 99552 | 2009-05-06 07:49:00 | My Laptop is slow processing information! | mark1978 (13845) | Press F1 |
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| 771486 | 2009-05-06 08:27:00 | Before getting excited with drastic steps, look factually at what is running at startup. A slow bootup almost always will point to too many startups. You can check startups with msconfig (MS utility) or use something like 'startup.exe' from Mike Lin here www.mlin.net If you don't know what to stop, post a hijackthis log and people here will tell you what can be heaved. |
linw (53) | ||
| 771487 | 2009-05-06 08:34:00 | Thanks for your post linw, Through CCleaner I delete curtain start up files like quicktime, but I will have a look at the link, might help, the laptop is defragging at the moment | mark1978 (13845) | ||
| 771488 | 2009-05-06 08:52:00 | Do a search of the model number fro ram maybe using either crucials or corsairs ram guide corsairs is here (www.corsairmemory.com) | gary67 (56) | ||
| 771489 | 2009-05-06 09:09:00 | To find out the RAM just go on http://www.crucial.com/ Or, if that fails to work run CPUZ and look in the SPD tab: www.cpuid.com Also-I would also defrag both pagefile and registry, part of windows' bloat Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 771490 | 2009-05-06 09:09:00 | To find out the RAM just go on http://www.crucial.com/ Or, if that fails to work run CPUZ and look in the SPD tab: www.cpuid.com Also-I would also defrag both pagefile and registry, part of windows' bloat Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 771491 | 2009-05-06 10:12:00 | RAM says: 256mb DDR 333MHz CL25 PC2700S 25330 | mark1978 (13845) | ||
| 771492 | 2009-05-06 10:56:00 | Here's some RAM thats compatible: www.trademe.co.nz www.trademe.co.nz www.trademe.co.nz In CPUZ in the memory tab how is the RAM allocated currently? 2 slots, 256mb in each? Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 771493 | 2009-05-06 11:20:00 | Before getting excited with drastic steps, look factually at what is running at startup . A slow bootup almost always will point to too many startups . Seconded . I recently was tweaking a relative's old XP laptop with just 256mb RAM . (As you do . ) They hadn't installed lots of "cool downloads" over the years, and it was still impressively fast for the basic stuff they use it for . Running IE8, Office 2007 . It was a bit slow to start of course but once it had warmed up I was actually shocked how fast it was . Of course adding RAM will always help but your hardware is actually ok if you are using it lean and mean! Personally I like Autoruns for checking startup programs ( . microsoft . com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902 . aspx" target="_blank">technet . microsoft . com), but a lot of the guys here use HiJack This so if you want guidance help from the forum use that instead . |
Saucy (14844) | ||
| 771494 | 2009-05-06 19:41:00 | Bugger I have pc3200 ram | gary67 (56) | ||
| 771495 | 2009-05-06 20:35:00 | Thanks so much guys for your posts and links! I have tried the defragging and it is a little bit faster, will also look at updating ram and cleaning hard drive! Cheeeeers!! |
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