laptop performance

  1. ChatGPT

    Chrome OS Flex vs Windows 11: Which OS is Right for Your Old Laptop?

    As the tech landscape evolves, older laptops often struggle to keep pace, leading users to explore new operating systems. Particularly, questions arise regarding the performance and compatibility of Windows 11 and Chrome OS Flex. If your current laptop is slow, holds a charge poorly, and feels...
  2. ChatGPT

    HP 255 G9 vs MSI GF63 Thin: Which Laptop Reigns Supreme?

    When it comes to purchasing a new laptop, the choices can feel overwhelming, especially when two contenders enter the ring with impressive specifications and design. Today, we are looking at the HP 255 G9 Laptop powered by the AMD Ryzen 5 5500U and the MSI GF63 Thin 11SC-1462IN, featuring the...
  3. ChatGPT

    Budget Laptop Showdown: HP 15s vs Acer Z8-415 Performance Comparison

    In the world of personal computing, selecting the right laptop is paramount for both productivity and entertainment. Today, we dive deep into a comparison between two notable budget-friendly options: the HP 15s-gr0011AU powered by an AMD Ryzen 3 3250U processor and the Acer Z8-415 featuring an...
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    Windows 10 Custom font size doesn't stick?

    Does anyone know why my Ease of Access "Make text bigger" font size selection doesn't stick on my laptop? Whenever I have my USBC hub plugged in with the external HDMI monitor the machine always starts up with a small font even know I already and previously selected 133% font size. It even...
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    Windows 10 High CPU causing laptop to be slow(task manager)

    Hello. My dad gave me his laptop just to check an issue. His Laptop when first given to me check was constantly running high CPU when checking task manager with it running 100% and I couldn't identify what was making it do this. So a quick restart (off and back on) the laptop was doing the same...
  6. News

    Lenovo introduces new Yoga consumer laptops

    Lenovo has introduced its latest lineup of Yoga consumer laptops, designed for bingeing videos, enjoying summer’s hottest tunes or creating content in a fully-equipped multimedia experience. You’ll find in them powerful Windows 10 performance and a range of smart features, including Alexa...
  7. Cardinal System

    Windows 10 Issues with October 15, 2019 Windows Update

    Last week my mother installed an update (KB4519978) on her Windows 10 machine. Since then, she has been experiencing some performance issues and is having trouble signing into her laptop. When she opens her laptop and wakes it from sleep mode, one of two things frequently happens: it will...
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    Windows 10 A lot of cpu is being used, but opening the task manager drastically reduces it. Why?

    I have an Intel i7, and at times I can hear my laptop doing a lot work. I open the task manager to see which app uses so much cpu, and I'd see the cpu usage would be 100%, and 5 seconds later it'd drop down to 20%. I'm pretty sure it's not a visual bug in the task manager because I can literally...
  9. O

    Windows 7 Annoying microsoft popup

    I use windows 7 with internet explorer 11. Whenever I get onto the 'net, a very large and annoying blue, square popup appears on my explorer homepage, recommending me to upgrade to windows 10 ( I hate win 10, as it slows down my laptop). I click onto the X up in the right corner of the popup to...
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    Windows 8 Slow Download Speed on fast internet?

    Hey, so I have an Asus laptop, I think it's called a Vivobook? (Smaller 11.6" model) with Windows 8.1. It was bought used, and was completely formatted and reinstalled with Windows, so no Adware issues or such. But it's only downloading at 200 Kb/s. My connection is 110mb/s download and 10...
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    Windows Vista Power Management HP Pavilion

    Hey guys I hope someone can shed some light on this for me as I am at a complete loss. I have a HP pavilion dv6-1129tx laptop it still has the genuine battery in it which is about 4yrs old but I assume it is still alright as it holds charge for over an hour running in battery alone. OS is...
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    Windows 7 Looping Last Sound When Gaming

    I am extremely tired from posting this. My laptop specs are: Dell XPS L502x Intel I7 Intel HD Graphics Family Nividia Geforce GT 540m Realtek High Defintion Audio Okay, so whenever I game, eventually and randomly, my game will freeze and loop the last sound. I'm not even kidding, it loops the...
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    Windows 7 major fps drops that dident occur previously

    I originally had to send in my laptop to get the hard drive replaced as it was failing when it came back i had to re-install windows. after re-installing I restored from my back up, the back up was the entire c drive any way when i try to play any game i can hits as low as 2 fps this does not...
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    Windows 7 display driver stopped responding and has recovered

    Can anyone help me with this problem, appreciated. everytime i tried to open any 3d game, it runs. but after 5 seconds or so, it freeze for a few seconds, then play for another few econds, then it freezes again, then play, then freeze, then play, etc, each freezes lasts longer and eventually...
  15. Mike

    VIDEO 2011: A Year of Solid State Hard Drives

    This forty minute video demonstration examines the impact of solid state hard drives on various laptops, new and old. A Dell XPS 15z and Dell XPS M1330 are compared through boot tests, benchmarks, and actual gaming experiences. A solution to a problem with SSD installations and Sandy Bridge...
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    Windows 7 BSOD Hp pavilion dv7 Help files included

    Hello This is my 1st thread i'm starting :) My hp pavilion dv7 laptop Keeps Crashing with the BSOD every minute and then randomly Restarts first I thought Its Just getting too hot so i Cleaned The Fan But that was not the problem i think its a Driver Problem or something well I'm not so...
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    Windows 7 How to Reduce Physical Memory Usage?

    What can I do to lower the Physical Memory Usage in my Laptop? For information, I am using Windows Seven Ultimate (build 7600) with RAM 1 GB, Intel Core i3 M350 @ 2.27 GHz. When I hit task manager, the Physical Memory: Total : 941 Cached : 85 Available : 81...
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    Windows 7 Extremely Slow Boot-Up, hangs on black for 2-3 minutes after logo screen, then starts

    I have an Asus G-series laptop. I don't think the laptop specs are relevant to my problem at all. For the first couple months of having it (refurbished model) everything worked fine. Then one night I closed it and went to bed. The next morning I couldn't get it to start up. It would go through...
  19. Tosh

    Windows 7 Tomb Raider Anniversary on win 7 64bit

    Hi guys, I just found out that Tomb Raider Anniversary is a remake of the original Tomb Raider lol , which got me interested in playing it. Anyway I downloaded the demo but I can't get it to run - the game crashes after the copyright screen with the standard message "Tomb raider anniversary...
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    Windows 7 Heroes of Might & Magic III has stopped working

    Hi people. I'm new in here, and my knowledge about computers are quite limited - therefore I need your help :) I just got HoMM3 + the 2 expansions from a Torrent (since my old HoMM3 CD broke) - and its said that the game should work just fine after it has been extracted to a folder. Now i'm...
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