The slow startup is likely caused by massive amounts of crap on the machine being loaded. Almost every single application, for instance Adobe Reader, will tell the machine to load something at startup. |
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So, I have a laptop. It's used. I'm running Kaspersky as my virus protection (it has found 30 viruses/trojans/etc). From the last user, there is still McAfee installed, and I have no clue how to uninstall it (I don't have the disc, and some of its components are missing). |
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Abraxas
Originally Posted by OldSparta
The slow startup is likely caused by massive amounts of crap on the machine being loaded. Almost every single application, for instance Adobe Reader, will tell the machine to load something at startup. |
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Last edited by Photolysis; 08-02-2008 at 12:14 AM.
Aw man. There's programs that I don't own the disc to on here. I don't want to delete 'em (though, I'll be buying my own this fall). DX |
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Abraxas
Originally Posted by OldSparta
If the programs are legally owned then you can always download them again using bittorrent. I agree with Photo, wipe out the whole thing and start from scratch. |
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You might also consider backing up all your porn and deleting all but the raunchiest stuff, so that you have more HD space. Then, do a full defrag. That tends to make things a lot faster, since all the crap it's loading at startup won't be segmented all over the place. |
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You could get more RAM, that always helps. Also, some of these programs will help, especially CCleaner. |
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C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch |
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Lost count of how many lucid dreams I've had
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die, bloatware! |
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You merely have to change your point of view slightly, and then that glass will sparkle when it reflects the light.
Call the company which made the laptop and ask for a recovery CD, when it comes put it in when it boots up, choose to restore the OS and wipe the entire hardrive, then buy avg and scan, all happy. Worked a treat for me |
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yeah low on virtual memory you're either running something your computer can't handle or you have viruses, i'd suggest like the others, wiping everything out and starting over again, you can download whatever programs you had, i'd suggest finding a good spyware detector and a good virus scanner also |
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Or even better: |
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Lost count of how many lucid dreams I've had
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Windows sucks! It's like a damn virus really. The longer windows is running on your pc, the slower your pc works. I think windows does this intentionally in order for people to buy new pc's, and when they do buy new pc's, they are usually forced to buy a new windows which is automaticly included. It's this deal they got going with the hardware industry. |
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