I can't stand this any more, please help!!

Barman58 said:

The system has to be active for the setups to happen rather than in sleep or hibernate. I normally switch off the sleep function on any new install, switch off the monitor, and allow the system to run overnight.

The other question I would ask is does the issue only occur after sleep or hibernate - if so you may need to check the system drivers as this is a common issue with new installs.

generally with drivers I would check with the system manufacturer's website - Dell is normally very good in this respect - the actual manufacturer will often have newer drivers available than windows update

I normally don't put my laptop in sleep mode, I shut it down when done using it.

As for the drivers, what hardware should I check new drivers for? Display, processor? Any others, BIOS?

yanks0826 said:

I know it is difficult to remedy my issue with basic information, so here is a quick run down on my situation:

My computer specs are listed in my profile.

I recently upgraded to W7 with a clean install. There are times when my laptop is choppy, very slow. I scroll down, and it skips and takes forever. Then there are times when it runs nice and smooth. Why is that?

Every time I run task manager to see what is running, most of the time the resource hogging up is either IE or Firefox.

Please, I need some pointers on how to get this thing running smooth, all the time.

Thanks

Did you try reducing video resolution to see if it smooths out?
How much onboard memory do you have and what percent use is the Task Manager showing?
Did you upgrade your video driver after installing 7?

Man, right now my PC is flying like a champ. So, I did some digging, I ended up in the task scheduler, and I scrolled down to the active tasks and 29 things pop up. Some things start up after start up, some every 10 days, etc. Do I need all of these? Or, if you check yours, and let me know the ones I should keep, and I can delete the others. I noticed when I first start up my computer and shortly thereafter is when my PC runs rather slow.

Sounds very basic...but what power plan are you using? High performance, balanced or power saver? also, are you sure it dosen't happen when you unplug it ?

Another question, when it starts going choppy...has been on a while, or does it do it shortly after windows is done starting up. I may be going to wrong dircection...but it is possibly your laptop is overheating. Try everest ultimate and check your temps. You can also run a stability test...but do that when you are running smooth...and if it starts chopping...its a hardware malfunction (usually memory) or overheating. So things I would check: heat, memory, and video driver...sometimes the wrong driver for video cards work but it can would make it choppy.

yanks0826 said:

Some things start up after start up, some every 10 days, etc. Do I need all of these? Or, if you check yours, and let me know the ones I should keep, and I can delete the others. I noticed when I first start up my computer and shortly thereafter is when my PC runs rather slow.

You'll have to determine which items you want/need to be started, and for those that don't need to be started, such as rarely used items, you can move them to another folder, than start them as needed. I usually create a folder in "All Programs" called "Startup Holds" then put the program shortcuts that I rarely use or don't need to run at startup in there. Likewise you could just remove the programs you don't need.

Just a thought.

Hi.

Type system information into the start menu search box. Hit enter. Use Ctrl+S on the opened screen to save the .nfo file.

Rar or zip the saved file and attach to a post using the paperclip. I will have a look and tell you things to do.