Hi Folks,
any suggestions to speed up my Laptop.
any suggestions to speed up my Laptop.
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Hi,
I'd first swap the hdd for an ssd about the best upgrade.
Avast I'm not really a fan of it seems so bloated and with only 2gb's of ram ?
Possibly a ssd would help that.
I'm finding Panda free fairly process friendly on my little laptop with 3gb ram and dual core and a ssd.
I'd first swap the hdd for an ssd about the best upgrade.
Avast I'm not really a fan of it seems so bloated and with only 2gb's of ram ?
Possibly a ssd would help that.
I'm finding Panda free fairly process friendly on my little laptop with 3gb ram and dual core and a ssd.
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- ASUS SABERTOOTH X99 2nd ASUS x299 Apex
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- EVGA 1080ti ftw3 2nd Titan Xp both water blocked
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- 1-AOC G2460PG 24"G-Sync 144Hz/ 2nd 1-ASUS VG248QE 24" 144Hz
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- 1920 x 1080 144Hz
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- 2-Samsung M.2 Evo & Evo Plus
2-Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD's/ 3-2.5 W.D. Black 1tb-&3-1tb/3-3.5 WD Black 1tb hdd's
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Thanks TZ, getting an SSD is not an option, as both my pc's are incapable of running Win 10.
Will have a look at Panda.
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It seems odd that in your first screenshot you're showing two instances of avast and that MsMpEng.exe is the startup file for microsoft security essentials [MSE].
I looked in your laptop specs and can't find any reference to MSE services running. Check to see if MSE is actually in your startups:
Click on the start orb and open the Run box, type in msconfig.exe , click on OK, then go to the startup tab and check it out.
If it's there and checked, uncheck it. You will have to restart in order for any changes to take effect.
The two instances of avast really isn't too unusual, one can be for the program itself and the other to help in rendering HTML pages. Check the CMD lines on the startup tab to see what they're for, you will have to expand the column.
To help speed up avast, see: Avast Performance Tips: How to Speed Up Your Computer and Windows Startup (Boot)
For Taskhost, this seems to be a popular hotfix: There is a delay when you shut down, restart, or log off a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 but it's supposed to be included in SP1. If you check around search for: Task Host causing long shutdowns, and you find enough answers to make you go crazy, this has been going on since the beginning of win7 back in 2009.
This is as good as any: Virtual Memory Paging File - Clear at Shutdown, Use Option three.
Still no success? http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorial...up-shutdown-sleep-hibernate-reboot-trace.html
I looked in your laptop specs and can't find any reference to MSE services running. Check to see if MSE is actually in your startups:
Click on the start orb and open the Run box, type in msconfig.exe , click on OK, then go to the startup tab and check it out.
If it's there and checked, uncheck it. You will have to restart in order for any changes to take effect.
The two instances of avast really isn't too unusual, one can be for the program itself and the other to help in rendering HTML pages. Check the CMD lines on the startup tab to see what they're for, you will have to expand the column.
To help speed up avast, see: Avast Performance Tips: How to Speed Up Your Computer and Windows Startup (Boot)
For Taskhost, this seems to be a popular hotfix: There is a delay when you shut down, restart, or log off a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 but it's supposed to be included in SP1. If you check around search for: Task Host causing long shutdowns, and you find enough answers to make you go crazy, this has been going on since the beginning of win7 back in 2009.
This is as good as any: Virtual Memory Paging File - Clear at Shutdown, Use Option three.
Still no success? http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorial...up-shutdown-sleep-hibernate-reboot-trace.html
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- Gateway DX4831-01e (Mid-Tower Desktop)
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- Originally Win 7 Hm Prem x64 Ver 6.1.7600 Build 7601-SP1 | Upgraded to Windows 10 December 14, 2019
- CPU
- Intel i3 530 2.93GHz, 2933MHz 2 Cores 4 Logical Processors
- Motherboard
- Gateway H57M01 133 megahertz
- Memory
- 6GB of 1,333MHz DDR3 SDRAM
- Graphics Card(s)
- 32MB Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD IGChip
- Sound Card
- Realtek High Definition Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Gateway HX2000 20inch TFT active matrix TN
- Screen Resolution
- 1600 x 900 x 59 hertz
- Hard Drives
- WDC WD10EADS-00M2B0 [HDD] (1000.20 GB) -- drive 0,
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH41N [CD-ROM dr]
Four card readers, and Four USB 2.0
- PSU
- 300watts.
- Case
- Mid-Tower Desktop
- Cooling
- Stock from Gateway
- Keyboard
- Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000, see Other Info
- Mouse
- Orig. Gateway wore out now using Insignia USB wired optical
- Internet Speed
- Vz FIOS 10ms png 57.64Mbps down 65.53Mbps up Speedtest.org
- Antivirus
- Zamana Anti-logger with Anti-malware, MSE, Windows Firewall,
- Browser
- IE11.0.9600.19399-Upd ver11.0.135, Firefox 68.0.1 x64
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- System Specs by Belarc.
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. P01-A0 11/17/2009
Replaced the MS 'Natural' Standard PS/2 Enhanced 101-102 Keyboard with a new Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 on August 1st 2014.
Canon Pixma MG3222 Printer.
Updated to IE11 on 12102015 | Fios Quantum Router g1100
Additional AV: SpywareBlaster, manual Mbam, SAS
MsMpEng.exe is also used by Windows Defender, the built-in antimalware program in Win 7.
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- home built
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- AMD Athlon II x4 620
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- Gigabyte GA-MA785G-UD3H
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- AMD 4670 GPU + AMD 4200 IGP
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- RCA 40" LCD TV, Insignia 32" LCD TV, HP 15" LCD monitor
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- 1680 x 1050
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Samsung F3 1TB (3),
Several others - WD, Seagate, Hitachi, ...
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- Corsair 500 W
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- Rosewill mid tower
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- CM 90mm rifle
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- Gyration wireless, Logitech wireless, Dell USB wired
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- Spectrum - 100Mbps D / 10Mbps U
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- Avast, MBAM3, EMET, WinPatrol
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- 2 multi-boot PC's
Mainly HTPC/Office/Gen purpose (no gaming).
Trendnet USB KVM.
LG DVD burner/Blue Ray Player.
Tray system for removable SATA backup drives.
Not currently OCd, under-volted.
I use Hybrid sleep, rarely re-boot or shutdown.
Hauppauge HD-PVR, Avermedia PCIe TV Tuner, Hauppauge PCI TV Tuner.
Hi Anak & DavidE,
I posted this on Avast's Forum on 29th June. I was told to run Avastclear.exe in Safe Mode, reboot and install a fresh copy.
I got this leftover.
View attachment 388878
I accessed 'Event Viewer' Diagnostics, Performance, Operational & got this as my Shutdown/Startup results. View attachment 388879
Please see my next new post re Avast.
I posted this on Avast's Forum on 29th June. I was told to run Avastclear.exe in Safe Mode, reboot and install a fresh copy.
I got this leftover.
View attachment 388878
I accessed 'Event Viewer' Diagnostics, Performance, Operational & got this as my Shutdown/Startup results. View attachment 388879
Please see my next new post re Avast.
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Thanks David, I knew but my fault, I guess the reason I didn't mention it is because Roderunner's specs show that defender is shut down as it should be when a different anti-virus is installed.
Roderunner; I can see your screenshot attachments in your first post, but I can't see your attachments nor Your "next new post re Avast." in your last post.
This is what I see when I click on your first attachment:
Your thread is marked Solved; Are you saying the fresh install of avast helped?
Roderunner; I can see your screenshot attachments in your first post, but I can't see your attachments nor Your "next new post re Avast." in your last post.
This is what I see when I click on your first attachment:
Your thread is marked Solved; Are you saying the fresh install of avast helped?
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- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Gateway DX4831-01e (Mid-Tower Desktop)
- OS
- Originally Win 7 Hm Prem x64 Ver 6.1.7600 Build 7601-SP1 | Upgraded to Windows 10 December 14, 2019
- CPU
- Intel i3 530 2.93GHz, 2933MHz 2 Cores 4 Logical Processors
- Motherboard
- Gateway H57M01 133 megahertz
- Memory
- 6GB of 1,333MHz DDR3 SDRAM
- Graphics Card(s)
- 32MB Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD IGChip
- Sound Card
- Realtek High Definition Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Gateway HX2000 20inch TFT active matrix TN
- Screen Resolution
- 1600 x 900 x 59 hertz
- Hard Drives
- WDC WD10EADS-00M2B0 [HDD] (1000.20 GB) -- drive 0,
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH41N [CD-ROM dr]
Four card readers, and Four USB 2.0
- PSU
- 300watts.
- Case
- Mid-Tower Desktop
- Cooling
- Stock from Gateway
- Keyboard
- Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000, see Other Info
- Mouse
- Orig. Gateway wore out now using Insignia USB wired optical
- Internet Speed
- Vz FIOS 10ms png 57.64Mbps down 65.53Mbps up Speedtest.org
- Antivirus
- Zamana Anti-logger with Anti-malware, MSE, Windows Firewall,
- Browser
- IE11.0.9600.19399-Upd ver11.0.135, Firefox 68.0.1 x64
- Other Info
- System Specs by Belarc.
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. P01-A0 11/17/2009
Replaced the MS 'Natural' Standard PS/2 Enhanced 101-102 Keyboard with a new Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 on August 1st 2014.
Canon Pixma MG3222 Printer.
Updated to IE11 on 12102015 | Fios Quantum Router g1100
Additional AV: SpywareBlaster, manual Mbam, SAS
Hi Anak, it could be I marked it as solved before submitting my post. Here it is again.
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I posted this on Avast's Forum on 29th June. I was told to run Avastclear.exe in Safe Mode, reboot and install a fresh copy.
I got this leftover.
I have made my new thread re Avast.
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I posted this on Avast's Forum on 29th June. I was told to run Avastclear.exe in Safe Mode, reboot and install a fresh copy.
I got this leftover.
I have made my new thread re Avast.
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I am leaving it as unsolved as I have not read the links in Anak's post#4
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Get a hard drive clone docking station from ebay for about £10
Get a 500gb SSD hard drive for about £80
Clone your SATA hard drive to a SSD hard drive using the cloner and EaseUS software which you can download for free.
Boom. Your laptop fast as you like.
Get a 500gb SSD hard drive for about £80
Clone your SATA hard drive to a SSD hard drive using the cloner and EaseUS software which you can download for free.
Boom. Your laptop fast as you like.
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