PC very slow.
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Post 568802 by Kingsford G on 2013-02-02 18:14:20
I`m not a PC literate really so hope some of u can help.Basically my pc takes a long time to load up and goes slow especially when auto updates kick in in antivirus.I have Mc Afee installed and when the pc is slow and I check the cpu usage it jumps up and down up to 100% and it seems to be Mc Afee processes doing it .I had a new HD installed just last august.My opinion is this Mc Afee is crap and probably let a virus in but lets hear yr opinions.
Post 568808 by claymore on 2013-02-02 18:27:25
Get mcafee of and put avast on,
Post 568811 by shepbomb on 2013-02-02 18:29:20
I preferbkaspersky myself, mcafee is a pain
Post 568822 by M-R-P on 2013-02-02 18:38:08
I have some software that might (probably will) help here.
PM me an email addy mate and I'll try and send it to you. Failing that, I'll stick it on a disk and post it to you.
If you're worried about viruses etc, download and install malwarebytes, its free. But run it in safe mode for better performance.
Post 568829 by Kingsford G on 2013-02-02 18:43:04
[QUOTE=M-R-P;568822]I have some software that might (probably will) help here.
PM me an email addy mate and I'll try and send it to you. Failing that, I'll stick it on a disk and post it to you.
If you're worried about viruses etc, download and install malwarebytes, its free. But run it in safe mode for better performance.[/QUOTE]
PM sent.Thanx Martin.
Post 568838 by M-R-P on 2013-02-02 18:52:37
Replied mate ;)
Post 568877 by Kingsford G on 2013-02-02 19:29:22
Downloaded malwarebytes and scanned.Result 9 objects detected which Mc Afee let thru.Mc Afee is going in the bin,thanx to orange for free §§§§sucker
Post 568889 by M-R-P on 2013-02-02 19:37:26
Cool, you now need to restart the pc, open malwarebytes, open the virus vault (or whatever its called) and tell it to delete what it found.
Stupid, I know.
Post 568963 by Kingsford G on 2013-02-02 20:57:51
[QUOTE=M-R-P;568889]Cool, you now need to restart the pc, open malwarebytes, open the virus vault (or whatever its called) and tell it to delete what it found.
Stupid, I know.[/QUOTE]
I`v installed AVG free for now and deleted the objects and seems better now.Cheers Martin.
Post 568965 by M-R-P on 2013-02-02 20:59:27
I take it you've removed McAffee?
Post 568968 by V70 Graham on 2013-02-02 21:02:24
[QUOTE=M-R-P;568965]I take it you've removed McAffee?[/QUOTE]
You shouldn't have 2 antivirus program's on together mate.
Post 568969 by claymore on 2013-02-02 21:02:40
McAfee and AVG both use about 350mb to run, Avast uses 35mb, what spec is your PC
Post 568971 by Kingsford G on 2013-02-02 21:04:27
[QUOTE=M-R-P;568965]I take it you've removed McAffee?[/QUOTE]
I have indeed
[QUOTE=claymore;568969]McAfee and AVG both use about 350mb to run, Avast uses 35mb, what spec is your PC[/QUOTE]
Thanx mate.Thats good to know
Post 568973 by Kingsford G on 2013-02-02 21:05:22
Commit charge 1255,bloody thing
Post 568985 by M-R-P on 2013-02-02 21:15:05
Find what's causing it and "end task"
Post 568987 by Kingsford G on 2013-02-02 21:20:10
[QUOTE=M-R-P;568985]Find what's causing it and "end task"[/QUOTE]
How can u tell?I can tell whats using cpu but not the memory.
Post 568989 by M-R-P on 2013-02-02 21:23:43
Hang on... "commit-charge"? you're using XP! 12 year old software dude - time to move on lol.
Next to the CPU usage, should be the memory usage (iirc)
Close anything to do with media player (wmp), that'll free a bit of space.
Post 568992 by claymore on 2013-02-02 21:25:45
All you've done is uninstall one resource hog and replaced it with another. I spend all day every day speeding up and servicing PC's and the two worst things that slow them down is McAfee and AVG.
Post 568993 by M-R-P on 2013-02-02 21:27:43
... and Norton
Post 568996 by claymore on 2013-02-02 21:30:00
[QUOTE=M-R-P;568993]... and Norton[/QUOTE]
Yep :)
Post 568997 by Kingsford G on 2013-02-02 21:30:08
[QUOTE=M-R-P;568989]Hang on... "commit-charge"? you're using XP! 12 year old software dude - time to move on lol.
Next to the CPU usage, should be the memory usage (iirc)
Close anything to do with media player (wmp), that'll free a bit of space.[/QUOTE]
Still XP lol Vista is crap but windows 7 can`t find 1 cheap.
[QUOTE=claymore;568992]All you've done is uninstall one resource hog and replaced it with another. I spend all day every day speeding up and servicing PC's and the two worst things that slow them down is McAfee and AVG.[/QUOTE]
I`ll try avast then,already downloaded it.
Post 569000 by claymore on 2013-02-02 21:35:29
What processor and memory have you got?
Post 569003 by Kingsford G on 2013-02-02 21:46:24
[QUOTE=claymore;569000]What processor and memory have you got?[/QUOTE]
PentiumD 3.4gh 4g ram
Post 569009 by claymore on 2013-02-02 21:53:01
[QUOTE=Kingsford G;569003]PentiumD 3.4gh 4g ram[/QUOTE]
Waw, with xp, that should be a flyer.
Post 569018 by Kingsford G on 2013-02-02 22:13:17
[QUOTE=claymore;569009]Waw, with xp, that should be a flyer.[/QUOTE]
In a good hands maybe but in mine its crap.Now running avast and memory usage dropped down to 500mb,happy days.Cheers mate.
Post 569026 by claymore on 2013-02-02 22:23:08
[QUOTE=Kingsford G;569018]In a good hands maybe but in mine its crap.Now running avast and memory usage dropped down to 500mb,happy days.Cheers mate.[/QUOTE]
That's still way to high for XP, can you do a screen capture of msconfig, start up?
Also, download smart defrag by iobit and run an optimised defrag.
Post 569031 by Kingsford G on 2013-02-02 22:36:59
Trying to connect to htc sync,stupid thing
Post 569059 by Kingsford G on 2013-02-02 23:09:08
Doesn`t wanna connect.Will try tomorrow.The pc also is running multimedia processes but I don`t know how to disable it as I`m not even using it.
Post 569129 by LeeT5 on 2013-02-03 11:07:11
Before you run any defrag programme you need to clean up the pc and get rid of all the unused files that windows hords in droves. All this crap your cpu will try to sift through when it trys to do anything and also i bet your pagefile is massive, using up alot of your memory.
Google 'CCLEANER'
Download from filehippo and install. Its a tiny program that wont use hardly any space.
Open it up and first go through the Windows / Application tabs and tick the relevant boxes you want it to clean. Then click 'ANALYZE'
When its finished and displayed the result (tells you how much crap you have got to remove) then just click 'RUN CLEANER'.
This may take some time the first time you run it but after that running it once a week will only take seconds.
Then once its cleaned the pc, you need to fix registry errors. Easy!!
Under the cleaner button on the left side click on Registry. Make sure all the boxes are ticked then click 'Scan for Issues' Once finished it will tell you how many errors its found. Just click on 'Fix selected issues' and hey presto!
Reboot your PC and you will already notice a big difference. Then run a defrag program and walk away as it will take ages mate. (Would have taken even longer if you didn't run CCLEANER first)
Reboot pc and enjoy faster boot and faster access times.
Post 569135 by mr shifter on 2013-02-03 11:30:01
Just done mine. Blimey, tons of crap. Nice one.
Post 569137 by M-R-P on 2013-02-03 11:32:22
Ccleaner is pretty good for freeware. I must admit, I'd forgotten all about that one. I was also gonna suggest wise registry cleaner but the one I'm using now is far more effective. Called PCTools Registry Mechanic - it does everything, deep registry cleaning and repair, system services optimization, disk clear/defrag, file shredding etc. Open licence wasn't cheap but It's paid for itself countless times.
Post 569163 by Haizum74 on 2013-02-03 13:11:48
First thing I would do is see what programmes are booting up when you start the computer, too many and you hog resources unneccesarily . Next I would clean out the clutter, CCleaner can do both of these and is easy to use. Third I would get Microsoft Security Essentials, its not a CPU hogger and is a decent bit of kit for free.
Post 569182 by Kingsford G on 2013-02-03 14:06:43
I`ve done CCleaner scan and deleted alot of rubbish and fixed registry.Does anyone know how to disable multimedia processes?Here my start up pics.
Post 569183 by claymore on 2013-02-03 14:09:44
You can untick all them apart from avast
Post 569189 by Kingsford G on 2013-02-03 14:25:30
[QUOTE=claymore;569183]You can untick all them apart from avast[/QUOTE]
All of those programs?Really?
Post 569190 by mr shifter on 2013-02-03 14:26:16
[QUOTE=Kingsford G;569182]I`ve done CCleaner scan and deleted alot of rubbish and fixed registry.Does anyone know how to disable multimedia processes?Here my start up pics.
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How do you get that on your screen?
Post 569192 by Kingsford G on 2013-02-03 14:27:39
[QUOTE=mr shifter;569190]How do you get that on your screen?[/QUOTE]
Menu,run,type msconfig and go
Post 569208 by jdavis on 2013-02-03 15:12:33
Norton is shocking. My dad used to swear by it but it slows down the PC so much.
Post 569210 by Kingsford G on 2013-02-03 15:16:12
[QUOTE=jdavis;569208]Norton is shocking. My dad used to swear by it but it slows down the PC so much.[/QUOTE]
I used it before too and it does slow down.
Post 569215 by claymore on 2013-02-03 15:26:32
[QUOTE=Kingsford G;569189]All of those programs?Really?[/QUOTE]
Yep, I'm sure you're more than capable of clicking on an icon if you want to run any of them.
Post 569216 by Haizum74 on 2013-02-03 15:37:25
Yeh, thats a lot of start up programmes. As claymore said, only need anti virus to boot.
Post 569371 by Kingsford G on 2013-02-03 23:07:46
I`ll try that.Cheers guys.
Post 569683 by Nifton on 2013-02-04 20:26:08
Hitman pro 3. Is Good for the uninitiated and will find all your woes. It's free the first time you run it. Also alt can be said for a good defrag and disabling indexing. Also if you have more than 2gig of ram force your Page file to 512mb.
Post 569687 by Nifton on 2013-02-04 20:29:44
Oh, n spybot seek n destroy is amazing. Totally un intrusive and gives great protection from trackers, bots & the like.
Post 571440 by Kingsford G on 2013-02-09 18:10:17
Looks like my hard drive fooked.Anyone has an experience with a Solid state one and do they suffer from viruses the same as old type?
Post 571443 by claymore on 2013-02-09 18:12:50
[QUOTE=Kingsford G;571440]Looks like my hard drive fooked.Anyone has an experience with a Solid state one and do they suffer from viruses the same as old type?[/QUOTE]
The type of hard drive has no bearing on viruses, what you must not do with a solid state drive is defragment it.
Post 571454 by Kingsford G on 2013-02-09 18:23:57
I think I`m gonna nipp into pc world and get the cheapest one cos can`t be asked to wait over a week for know how idiots to do it.
Post 571509 by T5frankie on 2013-02-09 19:16:55
its all that car porn you keep watching, its filling your pc up with spyware mine was the same lol, i just wrote windows 7 ultimate over my windows vista and started again and its been brilliant
Post 571517 by M-R-P on 2013-02-09 19:29:03
Get a drive from dabs.com, 2 days delivery and nearly half the price. ;)
Post 571553 by Kingsford G on 2013-02-09 20:07:46
[QUOTE=t5frankie;571509]its all that car porn you keep watching, its filling your pc up with spyware mine was the same lol, i just wrote windows 7 ultimate over my windows vista and started again and its been brilliant[/QUOTE]
:uglyhamme
Post 571591 by Haizum74 on 2013-02-09 23:35:14
[QUOTE=Kingsford G;571454]I think I`m gonna nipp into pc world and get the cheapest one cos can`t be asked to wait over a week for know how idiots to do it.[/QUOTE]
It would be easier and cheaper getting one online dude, PC world are overpriced.