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    Extremely slow after shutdown

    Hello all! So I have an asus rog laptop with windows 10, I’m not quite sure of the exact model as it’s too slow right now to check. But basically the battery is staying at a constant 0%. That’s not really the issue I think because it seems as long as I keep the charger in it works just fine...
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    What to look for when your computer starts to slow down

    This is less of a hardware question and more of a.... general.... question. But I'd like to know what you guys think is the best procedure to diagnose what's wrong when your pc starts to slow down in certain situations, be it immediately after startup, launching a program, or even at a seemingly...
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    Solved! Brand new laptop extremely slow!

    So I bought a new laptop literally just for when I am home from University for things like working on word documents etc, there's hardly anything at all on it. However, it is very slow and crashes a lot with programs such as word just for pressing save, however I spotted this was at 100% usage...
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    Laptop freezing, slow and 100% Disk usage?

    Hello, i have been years reading in this forum, but i have never been a member, now i need your help! I have a laptop (Asus Q304u) (Bought 6 months ago) Specs: Intel core i5 7200U 2.5GHz - 2.71GHz RAM: 6 GB 64 bit windows 10 home 1000 gb Hard disk (Model: ST1000LM035-1RK172) Asus page...
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    Asus GL552VM Slow boot SSD

    So I have had my Asus GL552VM for about 6 months now and I am really frustrated about my boot time. It is about 30 seconds and I have a friend who has the Asus GL752(the 17 inch version) and his boot time is like 15 seconds. On my previous laptop, a really old Lenovo it took 15 seconds from the...
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    need help with the slow PC!

    Hello, Tom's guide experts! I bought a Pavilion with i5-4210u CPU and 8GB of RAM (screenshot linked) around 2 years ago. This laptop is running windows 10 now and I use it for my university purposes. I am an IT student and already have built a PC at home for using the high-end IT and designing...
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    My laptop is very laggy

    I'm using lenovo laptop with this specs : intel core i3 M380 CPU 2 GB RAM DDR3 intel HD Graphics windows 7 x32 The laptop have to lag in all situations, it's lag while windows is running, lag on the windows loading boot screen, lag on bios setup screen.. the lag still happens after I...
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    Very slow laptop, even in normal tasks! How to fix it? Toshiba Satellite L50-A-1EH

    Hello, My laptop is very slow, it sometimes takes even 10 seconds to finally open the start menu.. I've re-installed windows 10, clean version, but that didn't help. Here is a link to the specs: https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/382061/toshiba-satellite-l50-a-1eh/specificaties/ Does anyone know...
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    Laptop screen delay in lighting up

    Since after accidentally dropping my Dell laptop, there has been delay in the showing of Dell logo after turning the power on. Before the incident, the screen usually lighted up with the brand logo immediately after pressing the power button. Now it takes a minimum of 5 seconds to wake. I'm sure...
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    Slow boot and HDD failure

    I have a Dell Insipiron 3125, which it battery died, so it had to be always plugged in. One day after finishing college I was packing my things and Shut Down the laptop, but since i was in a hurry while it was turning off I disconnected the power cord. When I arrived home the laptop wouldnt...
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    key board and touch pad and slow computer starting up

    i used to move my computer a lot while its on and many people told me not to do so because it may harm it and my computer recently started going slow. starting up slowly and after some time my keyboard and touch pad stopped working..... most people say that this cant be fixed what shall i do...
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    After removing virus, laptop runs very slow

    I've just recently bought a new laptop and the next day I was installing some apps and one of them came with a virus. It made my computer 'unusable' to browse the web as the virus keeps popping up a lot of ads and keeps redirecting me to the a website called " InitialSite123". I got really...
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    Lenovo y5070 upgrades

    I have lenovo y5070 for a year now The problem I am having is when I play MMORPG like blade & soul in crowded area, the fps drop to 15 and in normal areas or alone it back to 60-90 I Lowe's the resolution to 720p graphic setting and allot of other option like nividia inspector and overclocking...
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    Lenovo Ideapad 500... ruined?

    I'm sorry if there's any grammar mistake. English isn't my first language. Got this laptop on Dec 2016, Windows 10, core i7, and I've been using it a lot since then. I used KMS Pico for Office, because that's how my school's computer got Office too, and I was the one who installed it on a lot...
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    Worth investing in a laptop right now since or wait for new AMD APU?

    Dear Tom's Hardware users, My current laptop is starting to give up on me slowly but surely. Slow startup times, weird screen flickers, battery only goes for like an hour even with light use etc etc. It still works and I do think it will be good enough for a couple years for office/watching...
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    Computer is very slow recently, tried virus scan, reinstalling, checking disk and CCleaner

    Hello. Recently my PC started to slow down pretty much. when I'm turning on the PC. it takes few very long minutes to startup and then laggs in attempts to do anything. (it delays anything I type, for example it takes some time to show the password or username i'm writing when attempting to...
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    Slow boot up (High-end PC): HP logo shows, black screen, HP logo again [20 minutes loading time].

    I have a relatively good PC but I do not think it is a hardware problem. So when I turn on my computer the HP logo shows up in normal timing (so is this not a BIOS problem), it sits on the HP logo for about 3-5 minutes, screen goes black for about 15 minutes, HP logo comes back for about 2...
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    fast startup issue

    With "Fast Startup" enable my laptop shutdown normally , If I press power button, then Windows logo appear, the computer turn off by itself . I have to press power button again and Windows boot slowly. My laptop model is Asus X555LA Windows 10
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    Solved! Speeding up an old laptop?

    I currently have a HP Compaq 8510w. It's a pretty old laptop, but it has really good specs for it's age. But, for some reason (probably because it's just getting older) it's reeeally slow. Like opening "My Computer" on it makes it lag for about half a minute, and it opens just about 2 minutes...
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    Brand new windows 10 lenovo laptop is slow and laggy

    My brand new lenovo ideapad 710s (256GB SSD, 8GB ram) was quite slow and laggy. I had some trouble logging in - had to force shut down at the time. Later chrome and abode crashed and were unresponsive for a while. I ran Malwarebytes and then Avast scans and no viruses were detected. Laptop was...