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Slow Startup

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    Slow startup and usage.

    Windows 8.1 8GB of Ram I7 I'm troubleshooting a friends laptop and I'm having a hard time finding what the problem is. He reported a slow usage experience and slow boot up, at first I figured it might be start up services, then he sent me a screenshot of his "AV" detecting numerous malicious...
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    my laptop uso be very fast before 3 years when i brought it, bt nw it is very slow as a snail , its horrible to handle please

    hello there, my laptops config is win 7 home basic, 320gb rom, 3gb ram, 512 mb ATI radon, i3 1st gen and finally sonyvaio make E series. so i brought it before 3 years it used to be good and i used to ply a lot of games like COD, far cry and all , bt jus before a year it get slow down a lot i...
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    How can I spruce up this laptop and make it run faster?

    I just got a crappy laptop from a friend and I want to fix it up a bit so I can give it to my mom. Its a Sony Vaio, heres the specs 65gb HDD 1gb ram dxdiag wont show the processor intel graphics chip I dont need it to do anything special, I just want it to browse the web efficiently. Right now...
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    Slow boot lenovo y50

    i need some help plz i have lenovo y50 but when i start my laptop it takes up to 40-60 sec. need help
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    CRITICAL Laptop start up problem!!!!

    LAPTOP: Lenovo G505s [one and half years old] THE PROBLEM: Every time I start the laptop it takes near about 15 minutes sometimes more to get to the welcome screen and during that 15 minutes of time the cooling fan doesn't rotate and the processor side gets hot (means processor keeps running...
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    Very Slow Boot. (Lenovo Win 8.1 SSD)

    Hi all, I've got a Lenovo G500s laptop (15.6", i3, 8gb HyperX Impact, Seagate 500gb 5400rpm, Kingston kc300 120GB SSD) and recently it has been very slow to start up after shut down. It can take between 90s up to even 150s to boot. (This is an estimate, I've not timed it properly) I recently...
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    HP EliteBook 6930p Slow Boot with Flashing Diag Lights

    Hardware: HP Elitebook 6930p, 1x 2gb RAM, 160gb HDD recently wiped, no OS. I have a couple, and have seen several laptops come through my work with this "Condition" and I have no idea what it is, as Google hasn't given me a direct answer... The laptop boots. Pauses, then the Caps Lock and Num...
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    Just bought a new laptop and it's slow?

    Basically just bought a Lenovo Z50-70 [Link here - http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/laptops-netbooks/laptops/laptops/lenovo-z50-70-15-6-laptop-white-10022700-pdt.html ] and was wondering whether the laptop was good or not. Honestly I don't know what to ask, it's not a bad cpu, I checked via...
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    Laptop slowed down

    Hey guys, I have a laptop that i bought like 2 years ago and lately my system has been lagging quite alot. It doesnt respond as smooth as how it used to. Like when I open another tab takes longer than usual and it doesnt open smooth. My system freezes frequently, it makes more noise and gets...
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    Laptop Slowing down

    I purchased my laptop just over 2 years ago now and I have noticed it slowing down quite a bit over time. Some files (eg. Msconfig) take 10-15 second just to open, and things like my browser take ~5 seconds to open when it previously would open instantly, and it often stops responding or slows...
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    Windows 7 running somewhat slow, mostly in browser, with audio and video latency as well as two other issues.

    I've currently been having issues with a newly built computer, it's my first build. Main issues have been: 1. Windows has been booting somewhat slowly, I have a SSD as my boot drive, and running somewhat slow as well. 2. Video and audio have latency and distortion, some skipping of audio, mostly...
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    HP notebook is suddenly slow

    Hi I have a HP Pavillion dv6 2193el notebook that worked fine and dandy until yesterday. Today, sincebooting, it's just immensely slow. The cursor appears when I login but the screen stays black for another minute before loading the icons, trying to open a folder or anything takes another minute...
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    Hp 840 g1 slow boot up time

    I have an HP 840 G1 (4300U - 8go - 180go SSD ) and my problem is the boot up time. Since it has an SSD it should boot up under 15seconds but it takes around 35s to boot up. I notice that it takes way too long for the HP logo to appear (around 15s). I think that's what is slowing down the start...
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    Is it worth saving? (Toshiba Satellite P755-S5120)

    Hi everyone, My sister owns a Toshiba laptop (model mentioned above) with what seems to be great specs (i7 processor @ 2.2 GHz, 8 GB ram, 750 GB hard drive, runs Windows 7 Home Premium). However, the laptop is not performing up to what we expect from it - it is slow to boot, slow to run, etc. A...
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    LAPTOP still slow after cleaning laptop

    My laptop is still slow after gave it to a computer expert for cleaning.:( Any solutions would be very helpful. :)
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    Slow Startup Windows 7

    Does all of this look normal? https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t31/1909313_10202224630551726_1057945856_o.jpg
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    Chrome slow on SSD

    I have Google Chrome installed on my SSD and it has been working really well, opens up really fast and all. Now it takes about 5 seconds for it to open, why? I have tried reinstalling Chrome, still 5 seconds to open.