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    HP Laptop Running Slow / Can't play Videos / More

    Okay. So this is a lot and here goes. Last night I was streaming a TV show off a website. (admitme.tv). All of a sudden the little triangle of yellowness popped up on my network icon and my video froze. I reconnected and I had internet, but the video wouldn't play. It was just black. I restarted...
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    How to restart

    My toshiba laptop takes too long to start up
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    iPad Mini Extremely Slow

    As title says, my iPad Mini from 4 years ago has started to become very very slow. I mean slow like when I turn it on and try to swipe to enter my passcode, it takes a few seconds before a key is entered. Also, when loading apps and just generally, it's just really slow. I mainly use this iPad...
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    Slow running i3 new laptop

    Hello I have problem, so I got new laptop and it running really slow, I have done defrag, cleanup, registeries, rebuild search index, checked disk, my teacher said for this laptop program should run flawles, well at least not as they run now CPU: Intel Core I3 5010U 2.1GHz Graphic: Nvidia...
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    Why is my laptop slow?

    I thought I knew what I was doing in looking for computer laptop specifications, here are mine: i7-7420HQ CPU 16GB DDR3 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M 1TB 5400 RPM. So could the Hard drive be slowing down my system? Like bottlenecking, or what? It's sad that I still lag on Medium settings on...
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    Sony Vaio F Series Slow on battery

    Hello all, Without babbling around the forest too much, I will get straight to my problem. I own a Sony VAIO VPCF235FA that I purchased for $2,100 AUD back in 2012. I spent a premium price on a machine that will serve me for a long time, and remain future proof. Ever since I upgraded the...
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    Lenovo Y50-70 slow boot despite SSD

    Hello All, I recently bought the Y50-70 (i5, 8 GB RAM). I installed my the Samsung SSD, which I used in my old laptop. I performed a clean install, and optimized the SSD with the samsung software. However, the boot up speed is very disappointing, sometimes up to 45s. On my previous laptop...
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    Installing Windows 10 on a new Hectron 240GB SSD

    HI there, I recently bought an Asus E402SA which comes with 4GB RAM and a 32 GB Eemc disk. I also bought a 240GB SSD and installed it in the bay provided for the purpose. I then used Disk Management to initialise/format and give the new SSD a Volume serial number/drive name, label etc. Using...
  9. Goodgalz

    Bitdefender 2016 Causing Slow Boot Time

    After I installed Bitdefender Total Security 2016, I experienced a significant increase in boot time (slow startup). No guarantee, but this fix worked wonders for me. Go to C:\Program Files\Bitdefender\Bitdefender 2016 and find the executables: bdwtxag.exe and bdagent.exe. Then, make shortcuts...
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    SSD Error with Samsung Chronos 7

    Hey, I recently bought a used Samsung NP700z5a-S02, And I've had noticed that my computer is kind of slow sometimes, I'm currently on Windows 7 SP1 Ultimate (64bits) and here's the issue. When the computer is powered off for hours and I just turn it on, The 8GB SSD is detected within few...
  11. Thealchemistx

    Laptop drastically slowed down

    Long story short,have a laptop specifically acer aspire 5750g,been with me for about 5 years now and boy has the poor thing been trough a lot.Everything from turning on the laptop ,loading the basic programs to turning on complex software has become a task that takes ages to compete. -Is there...
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    My PC has all the sudden become slow

    I have a pretty decent computer and it has become slow within a matter of minutes. I was watching Youtube and then the screen dimmed to the point I could barely see it. It froze for awhile so I hard rebooted it. After the computer restarted it has been extremely slow. Youtube videos are almost...
  13. chris_shadez

    2 minute Power-On to Desktop - with new SSD Win10

    Gotten used to the speed of SSD boot to desktop and loading times so upgrading laptops HDD to SSD but experiencing such long delay compared to my PC's 3-5sec boot to desktop... Windows 8.1 on original HDD had approx. 3min boot, upgrade to Win10 approx 4.5min to desktop. Laptop - HP Pavilion...
  14. Nabeel Farooqui

    Bought New Acer E15 E5-574G. Super Slow Boot and Overall General Hiccups

    So a friend bought an Acer Aspire E-15, E5-574g. Here are the specs: i5 6200u 6GB RAM 1TB HDD Nvidia 920m 2GB 720p Display, 15" Windows 10 SN So the laptop takes well over a 1.5 minutes to boot, along with having few hiccups here and there while browsing the web or using Windows Explorer...
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    Laptop very slow after waking up from sleep/hibernate - Ive tried all the usual suggestions

    Hi guys, thought I would try here, hope its the right section. Recently, like a week to now, my laptop has been struggling a lot. Its maybe 2 weeks ago I noticed it but the past few days its been worse. Heres the problem: When I wake the laptop from sleep or hibernate, window loads but nothing...
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    Laptop boots slow.i need fix asap please

    It says dell and it usually takes 5-10secs.now it takes over 50secs and it doesnt boot into the OS.
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    Lenovo IdeaPad Y700 14-ISK RAM Upgrade Bootup Slow

    RAM Upgrade Bootup Slow I bought a new Lenovo IdeaPad Y700 14-ISK Laptop 2 days ago. Configuration: Intel Core i7 6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz, 2601 MHz, 4 Cores, 8 Logical Processors Samsung 8GB RAM DD4-2133 (1066 Mhz) (Serial # M471A1G43DB0-CPB) 1TB HDD 2GB AMD Radeon R9 M375 Windows 10 64-bit OS...
  18. FrozenToothpaste

    How to clean laptop fan?

    My laptop runs very slow, it also makes sound so I'm pretty sure this means it's dirty. I unscrewed everything, unplugged battery but can't still open it. How do I open it to access the fan? Also I don't have a compressed air can, can I just clean it with only a toothbrush? Or a paintbrush?
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    Lenovo Z500 laptop taking forever to start

    Hi, I hope someone can help. I bought my Lenovo IdeaPad Z500 in Oct 2013 pre-loaded with Win 8, which I upgraded to 8.1 and then Win 10, all without problem. It is used in a clean atmosphere and treated with care and has worked flawlessly until a couple of weeks ago. The problem is that it is...
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    New HP Notebook Stuck "Loading Necessary Files"

    After performing the initial setup steps, my brand new HP Notebook with Windows 10 pre-loaded has been stuck at about 5% "Loading necessary files" for 6 hours. Is this normal, or should I be doing something?