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Windows 7 Unexpected Windows 7 shutdown
What should I do to fix this? I've defregmented my pc yesterday and stuff. And Also uninstalled a few programs. This morning I wasn't able to run certain programs (specially games). I hope you can help me :( . . . Link Removed- Cookie X Kiss
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- defrag fix games help programs shutdown uninstall windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Questions regarding installation of an SSD
Hello everyone, I recently bought a Dell XPS 17 laptop running Windows 7 and would now like to insert an SSD in the available slot to run in parallel with the HDD that originally came with the laptop. I realize that the answers to some of my following questions are found in other related...- oysarl
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- clean install computer skills defrag dell drive alignment dual boot hdd installation migration optimization performance tuning programs ssd storage system restore tech support user guide windows 7
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Windows 7 Need help with Graphics lagging, CPU, and more.
So i play CA (Combat arms, a first person shooter) at around 30-50 frames per second. sometimes with tweaks i can get to around 43-57 consistent frames per second. I CAN PROVIDE MORE INFO IF YOU ASK. -------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Incidents:THE MAIN TOPIC OF...- scaleblue
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- amd anti-aliasing bootcamp combat arms cpu defrag drivers frames game booster gpu graphics lag nvidia performance ram resolution settings tweaks upgrade windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Windows 7 Windows 7 Freezes after being Idle, or after Sleeping..
This suddenly began occurring about a week ago. The system runs fine, however if it is left for a fairly short period of time (15-20 mins) The program am I using will freeze and the cursor will change to loading. The task bar will then freeze if I try and click 'start', and I have to hold down...- CathalUK
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- amd computer issues defrag freezes graphics idle performance processor ram sleep system restore troubleshooting user help virus scan windows 7 x64
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Windows 7 - 20 Minutes to boot! I have Hijack and BootTrace Logs
Hello, I'm helping my mom out with this one. She's got an Acer Aspire 5733z-445 Intel PentiumP6100 3 GB DDR3 Memory TOSHIBA MK3259GSXP [Hard drive] (320.07 GB) Windows 7 Home Premium (x64) Service Pack 1 (build 7601) On boot, it takes anywhere from 15-20 minutes for the computer to get to a...- JenHayden30
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- acer aero boot time ccleaner defrag diagnostics hard drive hijackthis internet explorer login logs memory pentium performance services slow boot startup system performance troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Why I use Linux as my main OS
I have been a linux user for about 7 years now, I am a loyal user of Linux and barely use Windows and I have some very good reasons. First of all Linux has not been as troublesome to me as Windows has, if there is an issue with it its actually easier to fix (even with the terminal) then Windows...- Ralph Bromley
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- competition customization defrag file browsing home computing linux microsoft ntfs open source security seven years software tech activism terminal troubleshooting ubuntu user experience windows
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- Forum: Linux Forums
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Windows 7 Computer keeps freezing
I have an old Toshiba Satellite L355-S7905 that was handed down to me back in 2009. It gave me some problems beforehand (needed a new OS twice since I got it) but over the past year it's been fine. Suddenly, out of the blue, the OS crashed on me a few days ago. The crash was pretty bad and the...- calhoun13
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- computer cpu spikes defrag disk cleanup drivers firefox freezing hdd malware performance reformat registry system crash toshiba troubleshooting virus windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Another "My Computer is slow" thread
I know you guys must see a thousand of these every day, but bear with me. I have an HP EliteBook 8530p running the latest Windows 7 Professional. Here are my hardware specs: My Hardware 4 gigs of RAM (replaced a year ago) Intel Core2 Duo (2.9 ghz) ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 Hard drive was...- HanShotFirst
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- acer monitor ccleaner core 2 duo defrag hard drive hp elitebook memory issues mouse lag performance issues performance monitoring software lag spybot system check text input troubleshooting webroot secureanywhere windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Laptop shows I've used more space than I actually have.
Hi all, I hope I am in the correct area for the issue I am having. :frown: My laptop is stating that I have used up 647GB out of 680GB but myself & one other have gone through the entire laptop, & the entirety of my laptop does not equal up to the amount in which it says. There is no visible...- sarrawwwrr
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- defrag disk cleanup disk space external drive file management laptop storage storage usage tech support windows issues
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 slow activity in windows 7 sp1 in the past 2 weeks
Hello, lately i recognize slow activity in my windows 7 ultimate sp1 without any spaciel resone.. the slow activity noticeable especially when i try to launch something..like: *open a folder or menu *open browser (of any kind) *launch favorits in browser *enter Windows settings *navigate in sub...- dudubitn
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- activity browser comodo cpu defrag error checking hard drive malebytes malware memory performance registry settings slow system clean task manager virtual memory virus scan windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Impact of Frequent Laptop Cleaning and Defragmentation: Seeking Advice
How much harm am I doing to my Laptop by Cleaning via c-cleaner,Auslogics Disk Defrag, and Glary Utilities duplicate & empty files finder then defragging again after restart of each about 2-3 times per day? I have been utilizing bit torrents recently and then deleting said after watching and...- nightsky
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- ccleaner cleaning data management defrag glary utilities laptop maintenance performance torrent
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 win 7 64 probs
hi, prob 1; defrag wont work in safe mode ( my a v and defender does ) prob 2; the laptop now takes 8-15 mins to (FULL) shut down EVEN IN SAFE MODE !!!! please help , laptop 14 months old, not heavily used. had mobo and battry already warrented 10 months in ... :( 8o|- asrok
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- defender defrag hardware issues laptop performance safe mode shutdown troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 BSOD STOP 0x0000003b error
Hi, I've encountered this crash around 6 times in the last few days, always when running games: Star Trek Online [through Steam], Neverwinter Nights 2 [through Steam] and Sid Meiers Pirates. I have filled in as many of the system details as I can to the profile - if more are needed, please tell...- ImperatorAlpha
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- bsod cpu-z crash defrag drivers error fault games graphics issues logitech minidump night pirate steam stop support system troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 SSDs and Defragmenting
This is from a non-technical person: I back up my SSD to a HDD by cloning using EaseUS ToDo software and a USB HDD docking station. After cloning my SSD to my HDD I defragment my HDD using the docking station and then clone that back to my internal SSD and, in effect, have a...- Rus
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- backup cloning data management defrag easeus hdd performance ssd storage usb
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Force shut down Windows during defragment and now the Windows fails to start!!
Hi my windows won't start and I'm in panic, please someone help me! Okay this is what happened: Minutes ago, I defragged (not quick defrag) my Local Disk (C) with Piriform Defraggler. The first time I defragged, it defragged a lot and I gained a dramatic free space, but during deframenting, the...- tango
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- black screen data recovery defrag disk issues startup repair system freeze troubleshooting windows boot windows recovery
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Suggested 'Best Practices'
Applies to Windows7 and Windows8 A few Tips - A (Potentially) Useful, Valuable Compilation Many people miss Quick Launch in Windows 7. Although the new/redesigned Taskbar is what it is it can still be felt that there is a worthwhile purpose served by Quick Launch. It is (still) really a nice...- Drew
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- adobe flash best practices browser maintenance ccleaner defrag disk cleanup gadgets maintenance malwarebytes quick launch security shortcuts system performance task scheduler troubleshooting update user tips virtual machine windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Tutorials
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Windows 7 Can't Defrag HDD Below 30%
Using Defraggler, I cannot get my 1TB boot drive below 30% fragmentation. Is this a problem? Regards, Jim.- Cheemag
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- 1tb boot drive defrag disk management fragmentation hdd performance storage windows tools
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 USB Drive disconnects
Hello, In the past two days, my external HD becomes disconnected when the sytem sits idle, or after a restart. I can see the drive (D:), click it and it will open - but without folders. If I disconnect and reconnect both the USB and power cables, it will be restored. I have done nothing new...- jake7363
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- connectivity data recovery defrag external drive idle power issues restart troubleshooting usb virus scan
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 What software should I use to implement a complete Backup & Restore procedure?
I have partitioned my hard disk into two logicals. I use one for executables and the other for data. Backing up Data (D) to an external USB hard drive is a non issue, but backing-up the system partition is not so simple. I thought I would automatically make an image file of the Sys (C)...- KCav
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- acronis antivirus backup cleaner configuration data defrag external drive image backup maintenance mse optimization partition performance process recommendations registry restore software
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- Forum: Windows Software
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Windows 7 Shrinking the primary Windows partition
I'm trying to shrink my primary Windows partition because I want to create a partition to install Linux Mint on. Well, when I go into the Windows Disk Manager and try to shrink the partition, it doesn't let me shrink it more than 32MB. I need quite a bit more space than that. After a little...- poker158149
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- defrag disk management hibernation linux mint mft page file partition system restore third-party apps windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support