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Hello pacinitaly.



Have a look at this thread below to see what you can disable / clean out of the startup file, do disable first to troubleshoot, then if you want to keep a prog/app but don't want it to start when the PC starts remove the entry.

https://www.sevenforums.com/crashes-d...-msconfig.html

seekermeister said:

Rebooting shouldn't be necessary, if Favorites doesn't appear in the right side of the Start Menu with it selected as mentioned, something is wrong with your installation of W7. The only things that I can think of that might be involved are...are you logged into an administrative account? I don't know if there might be some kind of restriction on a normal user making such a change, but I really doubt that there is. Otherwise, I would start running diagnostics, like chkdsk /r, sfc /scannow or a repair installation.

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motc7 said:

This is a brand new Gateway and you are having these issues?

Seriously, this sounds like a bad factory OS image.

I think so too

stormy13 said:

Wouldn't be the least bit surprised that most of the problems stem from this,

What's in the Box
This package contains the Gateway NV7923u laptop, 6-cell rechargeable battery, AC adapter, and printed documentation
It also comes with the following software: Microsoft Works (applications for word processing, spreadsheet, calendar, and e-mail); 60-day trial of Microsoft Office 2007; Norton Internet Security 2009 (60-day trial); Norton Online Backup; Gateway MyBackup; Google Desktop and Toolbar; WildTangent Demo Games

I know Acer likes to overload a computer with all of their un-necessary junk-ware (E-this and E-that, and 99% of it already built in to Windows), so don't see why Gateway wouldn't be any different seeing as Acer owns Gateway.

all bloatware deleted

Bare Foot Kid said:

Hello pacinitaly.



Have a look at this thread below to see what you can disable / clean out of the startup file, do disable first to troubleshoot, then if you want to keep a prog/app but don't want it to start when the PC starts remove the entry.

https://www.sevenforums.com/crashes-d...-msconfig.html

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I've been tweaking for 10hrs

We're trying.


Maybe you could do a "Factory Recovery" from the recovery partition to see if that's any better, I used to do them all the time with my HP box, whenever I'd mess something up; the only thing is you'd lose all the work you put in so far as it would take it back to "new"; I probably did more than 20 in less than a year before I gave it to my brother with a brand new Windows 7 on it.

The prob with buying a new computer nowadays is the factory bloatware which provides most of the maker's profit margin, therefore they have no interest in helping you get rid of it.

Most tech enthusiasts find a clean copy of their licensed OS version and reinstall using Product Key on COA sticker on bottom of laptop. The performance difference is remarkable, actually better than getting a new computer!

If you can borrow a friend's installer, unlock all versions to use your licensed verson for reinstall: extract files to desktop, delete ei.cfg file in Sources folder, recompile into ISO to burn all-versions DVD: Bootable ISO - Create from Installation Files

Installer is driver-complete, with newer/missing arriving quickly in Windows Update, or find missing drivers or favorite apps on the Support Downloads webpage for your computer model, Adobe (flash, reader) and Java (runtime, free Ofc suite) sites.

To immediately improve performance, remove bloatware programs using Revo Uninstaller (advanced tab), run msconfig to uncheck everything in Startup tab except AV and what absolutely has to start up with computer (all others are freeloaders on RAM/CPU). For example on my rigs only AV and MS>sidebar+stikynotes is in Startup tab.

Run CCleaner w/Registry tab, Auslogics Disk Defragger.

When finished run sfc /scannow to see if any corruption remains as bloatware can even corrupt by removal.