Slow performance on Windows XP

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• Very slow performance with Windows 7 on i7 Quad

  I bought my wife a Lenovo E530 i7 quad with screen 1600 x 900 and running Win 7 in September 2012. Previously, she had an Asus Core 2 Duo also with Win 7. The laptop is used to picture (scanning, editing, cataloging) work, family, the navigation and email history.

  The E530 was desperately slow at the beginning. Not better, not faster than the Asus. Performance seems to vary from slow to excruciatingly slow.

  Features include:

  -very slow to open programs

  -slow to react to the choice of menus and clicks

  -slow to react to the touchpad

  -scrolling is not smooth, vibrates, much worse than Asus

  -often distorts the sound and video, audio stutters

  -IE9 make often video has properly - green band across the bottom with the rest of the colors shifted upward - change the video quality will fix it sometimes

  -very slow internet response compared to the other machines on the same network of navigation.

  However, startup speed seems to be OK.

  I spent weeks (months?) through the forums, verification of updates, deletion and restoration of various programs and drivers looking for driver clashes. I tried the clean boot with only Windows drivers and various other combinations, and it made no difference.

  For a long time wifi would be max 54 Mbps but somewhere through the process he begins to operate at up to 300Mbps.

  Nothing seems to stand out in reports on health of the system and the event viewer. Windows experience scores seem to be everything I expected from my older i7.

  Resources and performance monitor reports a problem with the hard drive:

  The average disk queue length = Max 16 = 106

  %Idle = 0

  Disk read/s Ave = 0.093 Max = 3

  Disk sec/Transfer Ave = 0,067 Max = 1

  Disk s/write = 0.022 Ave

  Even when the computer runs slower the CPU usage, and memory usage is not mounted and ceiling ever.

  SFC report any breach of integrity.

  FixIt MS - slow performance does not detect any problems.

  The disk check is not a problem any.

  It's so frustrating that my wife threatens to throw it in the trash and buy a Mac (the horrors :-)).

  Any ideas on what I might have missed or what I should look at?

  Thank you

  Ken

  Ken

  Wish I had a 128 GB SSD. I suppose you see a serious helping hand to the performance of the system.

  Please do not forget to mark the answer.

• Slow performance in Windows 7

  Hi, I'm a beginner to learn to become a computer technician. In case my question is irrelevant, please understand

  and bear with me. I have a Packard bell pC with windows 7 ultimate. 5 years old, very slow. Windows 7 reports health center that

  noted that the library is corrupt, and Media Player configuration settings is not set correctly. How can I solve this problem

  Original title: Question

  Hello

  Thank you for the update.

  I understand that you have with the slow performance of the Windows computer.

  But I would need some information related to this topic to help you better.

  (1) don't you make changes before this problem?

  (2) when you get the error message?

  In the meantime, please follow the following suggestions to solve the problem.

  Method 1: I wish that you start the computer in safe mode and try to check if the problem persists.

  Step 1: See the link to start in safe mode.

  Startup options (including safe mode).

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-in/Windows7/advanced-startup-options-including-safe-mode

  Step 2: If you are able to turn off the computer in safe mode, I suggest you perform the clean boot. See the link to perform the clean boot.

  How to perform a clean boot in Windows

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135

  Note: See "how to reset the computer to start normally after a boot minimum troubleshooting" to prepare the computer to start as usual after a repair.

  Method 2: Install the latest Windows updates.

  Install Windows updates in Windows 7
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-in/Windows7/install-Windows-updates

  Additional information:

  Open the troubleshooting of System Maintenance Utility

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/open-the-system-maintenance-Troubleshooter

  Optimize Windows performance
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/is-is/Windows/optimize-Windows-better-performance#optimize-Windows-better-performance=Windows-7

  Note: Be sure to back up data that you want to keep before you start the defrag or wipe the hard drive.

  Important: Antivirus software can help protect your computer against viruses and other security threats. In most cases, you should not disable your antivirus software. If you need to disable temporarily to install other software, you must reactivate as soon as you are finished. If you are connected to the Internet or a network, while your antivirus software is disabled, your computer is vulnerable to attack.

  I hope this helps. Otherwise, feel free to write us again and we will be happy to help you.

  Thank you

• Slow performance in Windows XP.

  Original title: my computer is moving at a snails pace. Games moves in slow motion. What do I need clean?

  I try to play games like Bubble Shooter, and everything's in slow motion.

  Hello

  Were there any changes made to your computer before this problem?

  Perform the following methods and check:

  Method 1:

  Check if the problem persists when the computer is in clean boot by referring to the following article.

  How to configure Windows XP to start in a "clean boot" State

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/310353

  Note: After troubleshooting, be sure to turn on the computer to a normal startup.

  Method 2:

  The issue could be due to a virus infection or malware. You can scan your computer from a Microsoft Security Scanner, which would help us to get rid of the latest viruses, spyware and other malicious software.

  The Microsoft Security Scanner is a downloadable security tool for free which allows analysis at the application and helps remove viruses, spyware and other malware. It works with your current antivirus software.

  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx

  Note: The Microsoft Safety Scanner ends 10 days after being downloaded. To restart a scan with the latest definitions of anti-malware, download and run the Microsoft Safety Scanner again.

  Note: The data files that are infected must be cleaned only by removing the file completely, which means that there is a risk of data loss.

  Method 3: Perform the steps in the following link and check:

  Slow PC? Optimize your computer for peak performance

  http://www.Microsoft.com/athome/Setup/optimize.aspx#fBid=0iszyEDeL5b

  See also: http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/maintenance/speed.aspx#fbid=2-35Pbm0rG8

  Let us know if it helps.

• mutex slow performance in windows xp on the host ESX 5 prompt

  I've done a few consumer casual producer marks written in C with visual studio 2005 on dual core 2 ghz cpu, with processor type and identical win xp professional o.s., it seems to me on ESX, execution mutex, events and corresponding waitforsingleobject is 1/10th to 1/2 the speed on the physical machine, Windows 7 instead the performance is about half of the corresponding physical machine I was wondering if anyone else noticed, this is perhaps due to how mutex/criticism sections/events/semaphores are emulated in the ESX binary translation, there are all the settings of windows xp 32 bits comments under ESX 5 to allow especially stimulate the sync speed of process/thread to make it similar to a physical machine may?

  I am attaching a small test project for vs 2005 in case anyone could take the trouble to try and compare the pure speed of physical synchronization primitives and ESX especially if in win xp there is a penalty of macroscopic speed or maybe I did something wrong as I ran the test on an overloaded perhaps ESX.

  gf111 wrote:

  Is it possible to wake up another process in win xp without incurring TPR registry bashing?

  I do not know.  It is not clear to me why Windows wants to change the TPR in the first place.  The TPR is to block external interruptions, and I see not why Windows would change the external interrupts are blocked, according to what level process user is active.

  I noticed that windows 7 synchronization is much faster on the same ESX with FlexPriority probably not activated, likely due to 'Lazy TPR', which I believe has been implemented in o.s. later than xp, so I guess that the more realistic prospect is to go with win 7, given I don't think that in my particular environment , I'm working on they would be willing to risk life and limb with potentially unstable FlexPriority bios patcher, has taken the fact that xp is end of life taken into charge anyway, but thanks for giving me a clue what may happen anyway.

  Windows XP 64-bit is another option.  He always denigrated on the TPR, but uses instead of MMIO CR8. (AMD hotfix did the same thing with an ISA AMD extension that allows the code to 32-bit access CR8.)

  Note also that FlexPriority is not a panacea.  It can reduce the cost of a TPR of 2000 update ~ cycles to ~ 400 cycles, but it is still far from what it costs in native mode, which is of ~ 2 cycles.

  Binary translation, TPR updates are rather cheap, but BT has its own performance issues.

  Your Windows XP guest running with binary translation or hardware-assisted virtualization?  You can check the file for 'HV Settings' vmware.log know.

• Death of slow performance in Windows 8 operating system host with VMWare 9.0.2

  Hello

  
  

  I installed OEL4 and Oracle 10 g s / w, however, my workstation performance became dead slow as in power, he on his making 20 to 30 min. I have attached the current configuration with this. Can everyone that please help me improve the performances here.

  According to the log file, you have a processor Intel i5-3337U CPU, but VT - x is not enabled in the BIOS. Please consider to allow 'Virtualization technology (VT - x)' and 'Execute Disable Bit' in the BIOS of the host to see if it makes a difference. After you save the BIOS settings, you need to equip completely cycle the host system (a simple reboot may not be enough).

  André

• High CPU use/Slow Performance after you install the updates of Windows

  I run Vista Business 32-bit.

  After you install many Windows updates in the last few days, I've known very slow performance after the system worked for a while. Resource monitor shows 70-100% CPU usage, even when you run all the apps (that I know of). This makes everyhting grind to a halt, same trip that the mouse jerky movements. I ran several complete system with McAfee anti virus scans and not found problems (using the latest software). The detail showed the so-called ", PID4 NT kernel and system" using 18% avialable CPU capacity, but this process is not always shown to use much more capacity when the slow performance occurs. Nothing else don't use much capacity CPU, I see.

  More recently, the capacity of the CPU became crazy, jumping from zero to 100% usage in a back a suite oscillation. When I shut down and restart, performance improves, but erodes little by little over time.

  Is this a sign of a virus, or is it a problem with the recent Windows updates or some kind of conflict with my software such as McAfee? How do I tell me what to do? Anyone else have this problem with the recent Windows updates?

  Help!  Thank you!!

  McAfee applications (and Norton) are known for not not upgrade (or uninstalling) itself.

  1. download the McAfee Consumer Product Removal, save it to your desktop tool: http://download.mcafee.com/products/licensed/cust_support_patches/MCPR.exe

  2. close all open applications (that is, anything with an icon on the taskbar).

  3. now run this triple McAfee fix: http://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?id=TS100507

  NOTE: Step #2 McAfee fix run the removal tool, you have already downloaded in my step #1 above.

  4 IMPORTANT! => After the reinstallation of the McAfee application (step #3 of the McAfee fix), manually & repeatedly updated the McAfee application, until you get a prompt "no update more".

  5. open Internet Explorer (only) to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737 & run the difficulty.

  6. OPTIONAL: For good measure, pen also Internet Explore (only) to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/971058 & race that secure it in DEFAULT and modes and AGGRESSIVE. [1]

  7 restart a last time & test.

  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  [1] full Disclosure: the difficulty operating in AGGRESSIVE mode will remove your update history but not the list of installed updates.

  ~ Robear Dyer (PA Bear) ~ MS MVP (that is to say, mail, security, Windows & Update Services) since 2002 ~ WARNING: MS MVPs represent or work for Microsoft

• Internet and the performance of Windows 7 on computor are loading and running slow

  Original title: super fofana
  my computer and the internet is loading and running slow

  Hi Charlesdurbin,

  Thanks for posting in the Microsoft Community.

  If I understand correctly you have a performance issue with your computer and the Internet.

  He would be grateful if you can answer these questions to help you further.

  1. have you made changes on the computer before this problem?
  2. what version of Internet Explorer you are using, if you are using Internet Explorer?
  3. is it limited while accessing a particular application?

  I would suggest trying the following methods and check if it helps.

  
  Method 1:
  

  Optimize Windows 7 for better performance: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Optimize-Windows-7-for-better-performance

  Note: The Microsoft Safety Scanner ends 10 days after being downloaded. To restart a scan with the latest definitions of anti-malware, download and run the Microsoft Safety Scanner again, the data files that are infected can be cleaned by removing the file completely, which means that there is a risk of data loss.

  Method 2:
  

  I suggest you perform a clean boot and check if it helps.

  Clean boot will check if any third-party application is causing the problem, as the clean boot helps eliminate software conflicts.

  How to solve problems using the clean boot in Windows 7: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135
  Note: Once the diagnosis has been made, make sure that you try to step 7 of the article to reset the computer as usual

  Method 3:

  The resolution of performance problems of Internet explore and see if that solves the problem: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Open-the-Internet-Explorer-Performance-troubleshooter

  
  Method 4:

  Optimization of Internet Explorer and check to see if it can help

  How to optimize Internet Explorer? : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936213

  Note: Please note that reset the settings of Internet Explorer running resets all of the settings defined by the user, including those established by the installed extensions, toolbars and other add-ons for IE by default. This includes all the security, privacy and settings area. Also, this will delete browsing history, delete all temporary Internet, cookies, form data files and especially all the passwords

  Reference:

  Improve performance and security in Internet Explorer: http://support.microsoft.com/mats/ie_performance_and_safety/

  Thanks for posting the results and let us know if you need help to solve the problem and we will be happy to help you.

• Satellite A205-S5864 - stop itself and the slow performance

  I'm new to this forum, so help me out anyway you can.

  I noticed that my Toshiba laptop showing odd behavior lately. She recently began to stop himself suddenly without warning. We arrived at the point where it is a regular occurrence. I don't know what it is, if the computer is starting to show it's age, or a hardware problem, etc.. I hope that's not die because this computer begins to happen over two years. The computer knows that he was arrested not because I get the message that this was not decommissioned and how I want to start in.
  I also noticed that, even though I have a core 2 processor, the computer takes awhile to start. I don't know how to improve the performance, because I regularly clean the registry and trash. I have norton 360 along with spyware blaster.

  any input would be appreciated. I will post more details that are necessary.

  Hello

  I m not A205 owner but on my computer Toshiba laptop, I got the same problem it stops and the reason was a higher internal CPU temperature. So I ve looked in the forum and founded an interesting article on the cleaning of a Toshiba laptop. That's why you need compressed air and you can clean without disassembly.
  Check this box!

  Your slow performance it of difficult to say something on this issue, but in most cases it s advisable to reinstall Windows.
  In my opinion the Norton antivirus slows performance a little so I m using the software tool free AntiVir.

  BTW, did you remove Toshiba TEMPRO?

• Qosmio G30-126 (PQG32E) - very slow performance of HARD drive

  I have improved my Qosmio G30 126 at 4 GB of Ram, SSD 64 HDD as windows7 boot partition and 500 GB 7200 64cache HARD drive as drive HARD secondary but I have a very slow HARD drive performance when working in windows7, but when I work on a virtual machine Windows XP, the disk HARD perforemance is fine.

  I've upgraded all drivers from toshiba.com for windows7 ultimate 32-bit drivers including drivers from the chipset intel but my problem is not solved. I also check all other performance issues and its OK.

  The same problem exsists on my old HARD drive on Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit and Windows 7 ultimate 32 bit.

  I used HD tune software to check my HARD drive it accelerates gives about 100bps in windows 7 for my SSD and it gives 285mbps (this is the actual read speed) in the machine virtual Windows XP and the actual speed is significantly different.

  Please tell me what to do because I suffer from my laptop very slow and spend a lot of mony on it without more.

  Hello

  To be honest it is really hard to tell why you have slow HARD drive performance but especially it s associated with a large number of programs they are running in the background. How many processes are started after Windows starts?

  Also, the antivirus program may affect the performance of the computer. I would recommend using the AntiVir freeware tool and the Windows Firewall. That's enough if keep you Windows up-to-date and use a new Internet browser.

  Also check the other discussions of the forum on the slow performance. You can find a lot of useful tips to improve performance. For example:
  -Defragment HARD drive
  -Disable the startup programs you don't need
  -Uninstall unnecessary programs
  -Run the CCleaner tool to remove old registry keys

• Satellite A200-1TW - slow performance even with a SSD HARD drive

  I replaced the HARD drive of 160 GB for a Seagate Momentus XT 500 GB and even a Samsun 830 256 GB SSD, but my HARD drive performance is very slow.

  How can I increase the performance of my HARD drive?

  I have 4 GB of RAM and I am using Windows 7 Home.

  What do you mean exactly by the slow HARD drive performance.

  As far as I know the laptop supports a SATA I (1.5 Gbit/s / 150 MB/s) the HARD disk controller.
  Even if you would upgrade the laptop with a SSD drive that supports 3 Gbps, the controller could slow performance.

• Satellite A60 (PSA60E): slow performance

  Hello
  I have the laptop above. the performance of this laptop is terrible, when I start an application it takes up to 10 seconds before opening the windows of the app.
  specs. family BIOS 1.90, win XP Edition version, 192 MB internal. It is a normal standard a60 with none of the exceptional items.
  Someone at - it a trick to speed up performance.

  Hello

  As you know there are several reasons why the laptop is running slowly.
  Before any if multiple processes are running in the background for the operating system is running slowly. You should check the background processes in the Task Manager and try disabling no important processes.
  Then it is possible that a virus will decrease the performance of your laptop.
  In this case, you must update the antivirus application.
  The antivirus application that runs on your laptop and monitor background processes may also be responsible for slow performance.

  But the best way is to install fresh OS. The laptop runs always faster with the installation of claire. Alternatively, you can upgrade the memory to increase the performance of your laptop.

• Satellite T110-11U: WLan connection dropped and very slow performance

  Hi people,

  I use a Satellite T110-11U running windows 7 Home premium.

  After having initially was very satisfied with its use, it now becomes more and more frustrating to use with wifi, with connections dropped and very slow performance.

  I have updated the BIOS and think I have updated all drivers wirelss, but could be the problem. It seems that wireless, software of management is at fault because the networks are detected, but not clinging.

  Any suggestion or tips to try will help save my sanity!

  Thanks for your help.

  John

  > have updated the BIOS and think I have updated all drivers wirelss, but could be the problem.
  If you need to make sure that you use the latest WLan driver.
  The driver can be downloaded here:
  http://APS2.toshiba-tro.de/WLAN/

  The laptop uses the Realtek RTL8191SE of WLan card.
  Please also reset the settings of the Wlan router. I had a lot of problems with my WLan and after the reset of the router, performance problems disappeared.

• Slow down your Windows XP computer

  I know that Windows 7 has the "Ready Boost" function, but my computer is Windows XP, so it doesn't have this feature. How I would improve the slowness of my Windows XP computer?

  I know that Windows 7 has the "Ready Boost" function, but my computer is Windows XP, so it doesn't have this feature. How I would improve the slowness of my Windows XP computer?

  Edition with Service Pack of Windows XP _ _?

  System specs like processor manufacturer, the speed and number of cores; memory/memory RAM of the system; Device video/graphic card and if he has his own memory or sharing system memory; total amount and free hard drive space?

  Use Belarc Advisor (it is a link to download it, install it and get a report) to get some of this information.

  What antivirus application do you use?   (If you say that McAfee or Norton anything - you could help your speed by changing those - more information once you answer the questions.)

  What maintenance do you?

  May want to browse this list (and all the steps as stated in the order given).

  Search for malware:

  Download, install, execute, update and perform analyses complete system with the two following applications:

  • MalwareBytes (FREE)
  • SuperAntiSpyware (FREE)

  Remove anything they find. Reboot when necessary. (You can uninstall one or both when finished.)

  Search online with eSet Online Scanner. Delete everything is found.

  The less you have to run all the time, most things you want to run will perform:

  Use Autoruns to understand this all starts when your computer's / when you log in. Look for whatever it is you do not know using Google (or ask here.) You can hopefully figure out if there are things from when your computer does (or connect) you don't not need and then configure them (through their own built-in mechanisms is the preferred method) so they do not - start using your resources without reason.

  You can download and use Process Explorer to see exactly what is taking your time processor/CPU and memory. This can help you to identify applications that you might want to consider alternatives for and get rid of all together.

  Learned things that start when you turn on the computer and what you really need? Cut of those that you don't need? Seen what is really using the resources on your computer? Now that you have narrowed down to what is running at any given time...

  Do a house cleaning and the dust of this hard drive:

  You can free up disk space (will also help get rid of the things that you do not use) through the following steps:

  Windows XP should take between 4.5 and 15 GB * with * an Office suite, editing Photo software, alternative Internet browser (s), various Internet plugins and a host of other things installed.

  If you are comfortable with the stability of your system, you can delete the uninstall of patches which has installed Windows XP...
  http://www3.TELUS.NET/dandemar/spack.htm
  (Especially of interest here - #4)
  (Variant: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm )

  You can run disk - integrated into Windows XP - cleanup to erase everything except your last restore point and yet more 'free '... files cleaning

  How to use disk cleanup
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/310312

  You can disable hibernation if it is enabled and you do not...

  When you Hibernate your computer, Windows saves the contents of the system memory in the hiberfil.sys file. As a result, the size of the hiberfil.sys file will always be equal to the amount of physical memory in your system. If you don't use the Hibernate feature and want to reclaim the space used by Windows for the hiberfil.sys file, perform the following steps:

  -Start the Control Panel Power Options applet (go to start, settings, Control Panel, and then click Power Options).
  -Select the Hibernate tab, uncheck "Activate the hibernation", and then click OK. Although you might think otherwise, selecting never under "Hibernate" option on the power management tab does not delete the hiberfil.sys file.
  -Windows remove the "Hibernate" option on the power management tab and delete the hiberfil.sys file.

  You can control the amount of space your system restore can use...

  1. Click Start, right click my computer and then click Properties.
  2. click on the System Restore tab.
  3. highlight one of your readers (or C: If you only) and click on the button "settings".
  4 change the percentage of disk space you want to allow... I suggest moving the slider until you have about 1 GB (1024 MB or close to that...)
  5. click on OK. Then click OK again.

  You can control the amount of space used may or may not temporary Internet files...

  Empty the temporary Internet files and reduce the size, that it stores a size between 64 MB and 128 MB...

  -Open a copy of Microsoft Internet Explorer.
  -Select TOOLS - Internet Options.
  -On the general tab in the section 'Temporary Internet files', follow these steps:
  -Click on 'Delete the Cookies' (click OK)
  -Click on "Settings" and change the "amount of disk space to use: ' something between 64 MB and 128 MB. (There may be many more now.)
  -Click OK.
  -Click on 'Delete files', then select "Delete all offline content" (the box), and then click OK. (If you had a LOT, it can take 2 to 10 minutes or more).
  -Once it's done, click OK, close Internet Explorer, open Internet Explorer.

  You can use an application that scans your system for the log files and temporary files and use it to get rid of those who:

  CCleaner (free!)
  http://www.CCleaner.com/
  (just the disk cleanup - do not play with the part of the registry for the moment)

  Other ways to free up space...

  SequoiaView
  http://www.win.Tue.nl/SequoiaView/

  JDiskReport
  http://www.jgoodies.com/freeware/JDiskReport/

  Those who can help you discover visually where all space is used. Then, you can determine what to do.

  After that - you want to check any physical errors and fix everything for efficient access"

  CHKDSK
  How to scan your disks for errors* will take time and a reboot.

  Defragment
  How to defragment your hard drives* will take time

  Now that you have free space and organized things on that drive...

  Cleaning the components of update on your Windows XP computer

  It is a good idea at this time to ensure that you continue to get the updates you need. This will help you ensure that your system update is ready to do it for you.

  Download and run the MSRT tool manually:
  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx
  (Ignore the details and download the tool to download and save to your desktop, run it.)

  Reset.

  Download/install the latest program Windows installation (for your operating system):
  (Windows XP 32-bit: WindowsXP-KB942288-v3 - x 86 .exe )
  (Download and save it to your desktop, run it.)

  Reset.

  and...

  Download the latest version of Windows Update (x 86) agent here:
  Windows Update Agent for 32-bit Windows v7.4.7600.226
  ... and save it to the root of your C:\ drive. After you register on theroot of the C:\ drive, follow these steps:

  Close all Internet Explorer Windows and other applications.

  AutoScan--> RUN and type:
  %SystemDrive%\windowsupdateagent30-x86.exe /WUFORCE
  --> Click OK.

  (If asked, select 'Run'). --> Click on NEXT--> select 'I agree' and click NEXT--> where he completed the installation, click "Finish"...

  Reset.

  Then use this fixit:
  How to get the latest version of the Windows Update Agent

  ... to make sure that you have the latest Windows Update agent. Why both? The first gives you a version that is known to operate, the second ensures that you have later.

  Reset.

  Now reset your Windows with this FixIt components update (you * NOT * use the aggressive version):
  How to reset the Windows Update components?

  Reset.

  Visit http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ and performa customized a scan to see if you need updates.

  Can get new drivers for your card motherboard chipset, the video/graphics device and device network (among others).

• Too many software - slow performance

  I too installed software and had slowed performance. Just added 2 GB of RAM, and it helped. Took the computer to Best Buy for analysis and they gave me a list of about 110 programs of software that are installed. However, when I go into Add/Remove Programs, controls, some of the software on the list of Best Buy isn't on my Add/Remove list. Where can I find the software that is not in the Add/Remove Control Panel programs, but is listed as the software on my computer? Can I assume that it will be in the Explorer of Windows Defender - software? Is there a 'General' rule which should absolutely stay and not be deleted? Will I guess that if there "Dell", "Embarq" (my ISP), "Microsoft", "Windows" - I should exercise caution and not delete?

  There are a lot of software listed below, but I hope someone can tell me to remove one or more of them.  Help! Can what software I remove to help my performance? Thank you!

  Adobe Flash Player 10 ActiveX Version 10.0.45

  Adobe REader 9.1

  Adobe Shockwave Player

  Adobe Photshop Album Starter Edition 3.2 (it is listed twice)

  Aluria firewall

  AnswerWorks 4.0 Runtime - English

  AOL connectivity service (I've not used AOL for five years)

  CCScore 7.0000 Version (I don't know what it is!)

  Conexant D850 (ditto!)

  Reference Dell Digital Jukebox Drive

  Reference Dell disk reset tool

  Support Dell 3.2.1

  Dell Support Cewnter

  Dell Restore system

  EarthLink common authentication (I did use Earthlink for three years. They changed to Embarq)

  EMBARQ Toolbar

  EMBARQ online security

  ESSBRWR Version 7.01.00001

  ESSCDBK Versopm 7.01.00002

  ESScore Version 7.01.00012

  ESSgui (etc.)

  ESSini, etc.

  ESSPCD, etc.

  ESSPDock etc.

  ESSTOOLS

  essvatgt

  Google Chrome

  Google Tootbar

  Google Update Wizard

  Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Drive

  Intel PRO Betwork and drivers

  PROSafe for Intel wired connections

  Intel PROSet for wired connections

  JASC Paint Shop Pro Studio, Dell Edition

  Java 2 Runtime Environment, SE

  Java Auto Updater

  Java 6 Update 2

  Update Java 20

  Update Java 3

  Java 7 update

  Java SE RUntime Environment 6 Update

  Kodak EasyShare software

  Malwarebytes Anti-malware

  Microsoft.NET Framework 1.1

  Microsoft.NET Framework 1.1. Version 1.1-4322

  Microsoft.NET Framework 2.0

  Microsoft.NET Framework 3.0

  Microsoft.NET Framework 3.5 SP1

  Microsoft Compression Client Pack 1.0 for Windows XP

  Microsoft default manager

  Microsoft HOme Publishing 2000

  Microsoft Internationalized Domain names mitigation IEA

  Micorsoft National Language Support returned APIs

  Microsoft Office 2003 Web Components

  Microsoft Office XP

  Microsoft Picture It! Express 2000

  Microsoft Plus! Digital Media Edition Installer

  Microsoft SEarch Enhancement Pack

  Microsoft's user interface engine

  Microsoft User-Mode Drive Framework Feature Pack

  Microsoft Word 2000

  Microsoft Works 2000 (Version 1.0.0.000)

  Microsoft Works 2000 Setup Launcher

  Microsoft XML Parser

  MSN

  MSN toolbar

  MSN toolbar platform

  MSXML 4.0 SP2 K8936181

  MsXML 4.0 SP2 KB954430

  MusicMatch Jikebox

  netbrdg

  OfotoXMI

  OpenOffice (I use Open Office, because I don't have a newer version of Word, Excel, etc.)

  PCDADDIN

  PCDHELP

  Picasa 2

  5.5 PowerDVD

  Installation of Pseudo NCS

  Qualxserve Service contract

  QuickTime

  RealPlayer

  REalUpgrade

  SFR

  2 SWISS FRANCS

  SHASTA

  skin0001

  SKINXSDK

  Sonic RecordNow Audio

  Sonic RecordNow Copy

  Christos RecordNow data

  staticcr

  ToolTips

  VPRINTOL

  WebFidrs XP

  Windows Defender

  Windows Genuine Advantage Validation tool

  Windows Internet Explorer 7

  Windows Internet Explorer 8

  Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant

  Windows Media Format 11 runtime

  Windows Media Player 10

  Windows Media Player 11

  Windows XP Service Pack 3

  Wireless (Version 7.01.0000.0001)

  Word in Works Suite Add-inn

  WordPerfect Office 12

  I write also a few other issues.

  Manage your startup:

  Open your Start menu-> click on run-> in the command screen type "msconfig.exe"-> in the "system configuration utility", click on a 'service' or 'Startup' tab-> uncheck all the programs you are no longer help.

  The fragmentation

  1. Right-click the C drive.
  1. Click on properties.
  1. Click on the Tools tab.
  1. Click "defragment now".
  1. Click on defragment.

  You can search what process you use cpu and the end of the process.

  Under steps:

  1. right click on the taskbar.

  2. click on the Task Manager.

  3. click on the processes tab.

  4. double-click on the CPU.

  5 is if "system idle process" is max.

  6. If it is not a right click and click on end process.

  Learn "why is my computer running so slow?" and "how to speed it UP:

  http://downloadlk.com/WhyIsMyComputerSlow.htm

  Use the tool: http://downloadlk.com/themosteffectiveregistrycleaner.htm