| Windows 7: Computer Acting Very Strange |
17 May 2011
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#1 | | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 |
Computer Acting Very Strange I remember my old computer used to do this (Now it's in the closet)
The thing is, my computer is acting really slow when it shouldn't be. I can tell when it's being slow because when i open windows of programs it makes the program jump down, or jump open really fast like it ran across the screen.
Just typing this it's going slow, like i said it never is like this.
I ran a full scan yesterday, came up with nothing.
I analyzed my disks and it was only 1%
Anyone no what I'm talking about? Can you help me fix this problem so I'm not worrying about it?
Last edited by Josh7; 18 May 2011 at 07:40 PM..
| My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Acer OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 CPU Quadcore Motherboard Nvidea Chipset 9200 Memory 4GB Graphics Card Nvidea Gefore 9200 Monitor(s) Displays Dell LCD Monitor Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024 Keyboard Hp Mouse Acer Wired Hard Drives 1TB Internet Speed 100.0 Mbps Other Info Got the Acer keyboard to lazy to plug it in. |
17 May 2011
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#2 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1 California, US |
What software did you scan with?
If it was not Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, I suggest downloading that and doing a scan.
Ctrl+Alt+Delete, select Task Manager, then check the Processes tab and look at what is taking up the most processor processes/most RAM (a screenshot would help). | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number CYBERPOWER OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1 CPU AMD Athlon II x2 260 (3.20Ghz) Regor 35nm Technology Motherboard ASUSTek M4N68T-M-V2 (AM3 Socket) Memory 4GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @669Mhz (9-9-9-24) Graphics Card Zotac GeForce GTS 450 (1GB) Sound Card Nvidia High Defenition Audio Monitor(s) Displays Acer S231HLbid LED Monitor 23" Screen Resolution 1920x1080 1080p 60Hz Keyboard XTREME Gear USB Keyboard Mouse XTREME Gear USB Mouse PSU SeaSonic M12II 620 Bronze Modular Active PFC 80+ Bronze Cert Case Cooler Master Elite Gaming Case Black 430 Cooling Cooler Master Hyper 212 Heatsink. Front and rear 120mm fan Hard Drives 977GB Hitachi HDS721010CLA (SATA) @7200RPM;
488GB Western Digital WD5000AAKB-00H8A0 (PATA) @7200RPM Internet Speed 300Mbps Belkin Surf/Share Wireless Browser FireFox/PaleMoon Other Info Windows installation was of June/July 2011 to my knowledge. |
17 May 2011
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#3 | | Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1 Mt. Crumpit/Whoville |
Hello Josh, we have seen Acer computers with the nVIDIA 9200 with driver conflicts. Use the latest from nVIDIA. Don't use the Beta release, the latest WHQL certified is 270.61, 04/04/11. Don't know if this may be at fault, but it is a place to start.
Try using the Malwarebytes Free, update and run a scan to see what you come up with. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built Desktop By DataTech OS Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1 CPU Intel i5-2550K, Differing ~4.4-4.8GHz No built in GPU Motherboard ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 Memory 16GB G.Skill Sniper 2133MHz 4x4GB Graphics Card ASUS ENGTX460 DirectCU/2DI/1GD5 GeForce GTX 460 Sound Card Onboard Realtek 5-1 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung P2570HD Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Old, beat-up Dell USB From 10 yrs Ago Mouse Gigabyte m6900 wired PSU Corsair HX650W Case Inwin Dragon Rider Cooling Hyper 212 EVO w/two Noctua fans, push-pull, @1300 RPM Hard Drives Crucial M4 128GB for OS, 750GB Seagate MomentusXT for data, 500GB Seagate Constellation for storage Internet Speed 8-19 Mbs down, 3-4 Mbs up Comcast Cable Antivirus Norton Internet Security Browser IE 9, Opera when needed Other Info 4 case fans, LG BluRay-RE, ASUS DVD-RW, Mr. Fusion power generator with flux capacitor, 1.21 gigawatts. |
18 May 2011
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#4 | | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 |

Quote: Originally Posted by Britton30 Hello Josh, we have seen Acer computers with the nVIDIA 9200 with driver conflicts. Use the latest from nVIDIA. Don't use the Beta release, the latest WHQL certified is 270.61, 04/04/11. Don't know if this may be at fault, but it is a place to start.
Try using the Malwarebytes Free, update and run a scan to see what you come up with. I actually did this before someone posted. Was very out of date. Now got that latest version you said about Nvdia.
I posted a shot of WTM. Sometimes it's actually 102 process running, sometimes it's less than 81, all I know it's never done this to me before. This computer is awesome. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Acer OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 CPU Quadcore Motherboard Nvidea Chipset 9200 Memory 4GB Graphics Card Nvidea Gefore 9200 Monitor(s) Displays Dell LCD Monitor Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024 Keyboard Hp Mouse Acer Wired Hard Drives 1TB Internet Speed 100.0 Mbps Other Info Got the Acer keyboard to lazy to plug it in. |
18 May 2011
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#5 | | Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1 Mt. Crumpit/Whoville |
Have you got it working better then? You have the Google toolbar, which I don't usually advise and Java update is set to run. You may want to disable those. Also iTunes helper could be set to run manually along with Egis update. The nvvsvc.exe and NvXdSynch.exe are nVIDIA driver helpers which I don't think are needed.
You can go to start/all programs/administrative tools/services to disable or set these to manual startup. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built Desktop By DataTech OS Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1 CPU Intel i5-2550K, Differing ~4.4-4.8GHz No built in GPU Motherboard ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 Memory 16GB G.Skill Sniper 2133MHz 4x4GB Graphics Card ASUS ENGTX460 DirectCU/2DI/1GD5 GeForce GTX 460 Sound Card Onboard Realtek 5-1 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung P2570HD Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Old, beat-up Dell USB From 10 yrs Ago Mouse Gigabyte m6900 wired PSU Corsair HX650W Case Inwin Dragon Rider Cooling Hyper 212 EVO w/two Noctua fans, push-pull, @1300 RPM Hard Drives Crucial M4 128GB for OS, 750GB Seagate MomentusXT for data, 500GB Seagate Constellation for storage Internet Speed 8-19 Mbs down, 3-4 Mbs up Comcast Cable Antivirus Norton Internet Security Browser IE 9, Opera when needed Other Info 4 case fans, LG BluRay-RE, ASUS DVD-RW, Mr. Fusion power generator with flux capacitor, 1.21 gigawatts. |
19 May 2011
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#6 | | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 |
Unfortunately no, it's being slow right now. I don't understand why all these programs running now would make a difference now and not before. I notice conhost.exe is running 4 times. what is that?
Oh...and it could be just because it was linked to a picture but i was searching on google images earlier and something poped up saying 'windows 2011 security center needs to scan your computer." i think it was a virus, so i just closed it. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Acer OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 CPU Quadcore Motherboard Nvidea Chipset 9200 Memory 4GB Graphics Card Nvidea Gefore 9200 Monitor(s) Displays Dell LCD Monitor Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024 Keyboard Hp Mouse Acer Wired Hard Drives 1TB Internet Speed 100.0 Mbps Other Info Got the Acer keyboard to lazy to plug it in. |
20 May 2011
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#7 | | Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1 Mt. Crumpit/Whoville |
Quote: The conhost.exe process fixes a fundamental problem in the way previous versions of Windows handled console windows, which broke drag & drop in Vista.
It’s a completely legitimate executable—as long as it’s running from the system32 folder, and is signed by Microsoft. Scanning your computer for viruses is never a bad idea, though. More Here
Right click the conhost.exe entry then click Open file Location, if it is not System 32 that opens, likely it is a virus. More here too
If you haven't already, download, update and run a FULL scan with both of these: Malwarebytes Free Super Anti Spyware
If the scans come up clean, run SFC /scannow to see if you can fix any corrupt files. Do it 3 times as suggested, it doesn't always work the first time.
Windows 2011 security center could well be one/the virus. you may have more than one infection. Read Here
Good luck and please post back results.
Gary | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built Desktop By DataTech OS Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1 CPU Intel i5-2550K, Differing ~4.4-4.8GHz No built in GPU Motherboard ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 Memory 16GB G.Skill Sniper 2133MHz 4x4GB Graphics Card ASUS ENGTX460 DirectCU/2DI/1GD5 GeForce GTX 460 Sound Card Onboard Realtek 5-1 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung P2570HD Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Old, beat-up Dell USB From 10 yrs Ago Mouse Gigabyte m6900 wired PSU Corsair HX650W Case Inwin Dragon Rider Cooling Hyper 212 EVO w/two Noctua fans, push-pull, @1300 RPM Hard Drives Crucial M4 128GB for OS, 750GB Seagate MomentusXT for data, 500GB Seagate Constellation for storage Internet Speed 8-19 Mbs down, 3-4 Mbs up Comcast Cable Antivirus Norton Internet Security Browser IE 9, Opera when needed Other Info 4 case fans, LG BluRay-RE, ASUS DVD-RW, Mr. Fusion power generator with flux capacitor, 1.21 gigawatts. |
20 May 2011
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#8 | | Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit SP1 |
'windows 2011 security center' is malware! Fake/Rogue antivirus with many names, but the same category ... follow the instructions here to remove it Remove Vista Antimalware 2011 and Win 7 Antispyware 2011 name changing rogue (Uninstall Guide) | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Bruce ... somewhere in his 40's OS Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit SP1 CPU Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU @ 2.40GHz, 2400 MHz Motherboard INTEL/D975XBX2 Memory 4 GB Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster 914v Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024 Keyboard Standard PS/2 Keyboard Mouse Microsoft PS/2 Mouse PSU Rocketfish 700 W Case G.Skill Gigabyte Chassis Hard Drives 2/500GB each ... ST3500630AS ATA Device.
One is not connected Internet Speed DSL Antivirus Avira Internet Security Browser IE 9 Other Info ATI HDMI Audio |
20 May 2011
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#9 | | Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1 Mt. Crumpit/Whoville |
Wow they all look quite official Jacee. Good find. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built Desktop By DataTech OS Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1 CPU Intel i5-2550K, Differing ~4.4-4.8GHz No built in GPU Motherboard ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 Memory 16GB G.Skill Sniper 2133MHz 4x4GB Graphics Card ASUS ENGTX460 DirectCU/2DI/1GD5 GeForce GTX 460 Sound Card Onboard Realtek 5-1 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung P2570HD Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Old, beat-up Dell USB From 10 yrs Ago Mouse Gigabyte m6900 wired PSU Corsair HX650W Case Inwin Dragon Rider Cooling Hyper 212 EVO w/two Noctua fans, push-pull, @1300 RPM Hard Drives Crucial M4 128GB for OS, 750GB Seagate MomentusXT for data, 500GB Seagate Constellation for storage Internet Speed 8-19 Mbs down, 3-4 Mbs up Comcast Cable Antivirus Norton Internet Security Browser IE 9, Opera when needed Other Info 4 case fans, LG BluRay-RE, ASUS DVD-RW, Mr. Fusion power generator with flux capacitor, 1.21 gigawatts. |
21 May 2011
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#10 | | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 |

Quote: Originally Posted by Britton30 Quote: The conhost.exe process fixes a fundamental problem in the way previous versions of Windows handled console windows, which broke drag & drop in Vista.
It’s a completely legitimate executable—as long as it’s running from the system32 folder, and is signed by Microsoft. Scanning your computer for viruses is never a bad idea, though. More Here
Right click the conhost.exe entry then click Open file Location, if it is not System 32 that opens, likely it is a virus. More here too
If you haven't already, download, update and run a FULL scan with both of these: Malwarebytes Free Super Anti Spyware
If the scans come up clean, run SFC /scannow to see if you can fix any corrupt files. Do it 3 times as suggested, it doesn't always work the first time.
Windows 2011 security center could well be one/the virus. you may have more than one infection. Read Here
Good luck and please post back results.
Gary
Thank you both very much. I do have both Anti, and Malwarebytes installed. I don't think that 2011 security center got to do anything because I closed it to early, so thats good. I will try to look at conhost tomorrow, it's late and I'm tired. I will also run a full scan with both of those tomorrow. Thank you both for your time, I'll give you an update ASAP. Have a good night/day. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Acer OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 CPU Quadcore Motherboard Nvidea Chipset 9200 Memory 4GB Graphics Card Nvidea Gefore 9200 Monitor(s) Displays Dell LCD Monitor Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024 Keyboard Hp Mouse Acer Wired Hard Drives 1TB Internet Speed 100.0 Mbps Other Info Got the Acer keyboard to lazy to plug it in. Computer Acting Very Strange problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:13 PM. | |