performance issues

Hi guys, I've a HP All-in-one Model no: 23-K315na; Win8.1; Fully patched; All Drivers up-2-date; 16GB Ram; 1TB Hard Disk; Free Space 635GB; Pictures folder has 159GB (I'm an amateur Photographer!) Eset Smart Security v8; scanned clean; also scanned with MWB clean PROBLEM: When I open the...

I've recently upgraded my computer with a new motherboard, cpu and ram and chose to install windows 8 over the old windows 7. Then I deleted the old windows files. I used to be able to run many applications at the same time on my old system, for example itunes, firefox and a game, but in Windows...

I bought a refurbished Link Removed to hook up to my TV to watch Netflix. It has 2.80GHz Intel Pentium D-820 processor, when I watch videos in small screen its OK but very slightly jerky but if I put it in full screen its horrible, very jerky and unpleasant to watch. I'm not very techy, I tried...

Friend of the Gallery and Kinect MVP Vangos Pterneas is back with a great and detailed post on developing with the HD Face API. Some of the other times we've highlighted Vangos Pterneas's work; Just face it... with these two Kinect for Windows v2 SDK Face Examples Kinetisense and Kinect app...

Windows 8 was the last Microsoft operating system to fully support the un-popular performance monitor so I'd like to show you one of the hidden advantages of staying with eight instead of up-grading to 8.1.1 1. Starting from the desk top press [windows key] + [x] then press [p] to open the...

Hi, I started getting BSOD while playing Path of Exile, but lately its happening to what appears to be random. I get BSOD when alt tabbing between some games, and even right before the PC is about to shut down. Please help, I have attached 3 dump files, so maybe its the same problem everytime...

Hello everyone, I've been trying to figure out a fix (along with looking around in the forums) for a few hours now, but I'm worried about my computer. I have a Lenovo with 8.1 installed and today I got a notification that my computer was going to restart and update, which it did without any...

Hello guys, So I decided to be a cheapskate and purchase a i5 T530 thinkpad on craigslist. What I thought was a good deal ended up so far being a heart pounding nightmare. As soon as I brought the laptop home I encountered my 1st dreaded and depressing BSOD asking the laptop why didn't you...

I tried a bunch of fixes that I found but many of them require me to delete folders or download some fix toll which i can't seem to do.I tried scanning my computer with windows defender (Somewhere it said to get Windows Security Essentials but I got a window saying: "You don't need WSE, Windows...

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Hi, So my laptop will run fine for around an hour and then all of a sudden it seems really sluggish and slow and sometimes reaches the point where chrome is just unusable. I have to restart the laptop and it seems fine again. I have 8gb ram and have been monitoring usage in resource monitor and...

Laptop Lenovo G50-70 Model Name 20351 Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP 1 Intel i5-4210U 1.7gh Lenovo Lancer 5A2 Samsung DDR3 8G PC3-12800 1.35V Integrated Intel HD 4400 Samsung Momentus 1TB 2.5 inch 5400RPM Microsoft Security Essentials Opera/Firefox/Explorer Hello, I got a new Lenovo laptop model...

My laptop has been crashing a lot. I figured its just old. I did a virus scan and defragged some stuff. It seemed to increase performance but I can't play many games for very long without my laptop crashing. I've attached the BSOD and W7F Diagnostic. Maybe this info will help too: Dell XPS...

My machine runs with an I5 processor with a 2GB Invidia Geforce Graphics card on Windows 7 Pro. I was running Autodesk Revit 2014 (a 3D architectural program), Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and 2 folders were open. The machine suddenly running much slower, I saved and closed all the programs and...

Message from device manager: Windows encountered a problem installing the driver software for your device Windows found driver software for your device but encountered an error while attempting to install it. NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M Message from NVIDIA Installer: NVIDIA Installer failed...

Hello. I have a big problem and I would like very much if you can, to have patience to read the entire post. I'd like to give me the solution of this problem only if you are really sure and you had such problems. PC configuration: OS: Windows 8.1 x64 CPU: Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200@2.5...

My screen hanged and turned black, some desktop icons reappear when I move the mouse around. http://i.imgur.com/tZWSakr.jpg I pressed the restart button to restart, loading slow and waited at the 'welcome' and 'preparing your desktop' for a few mins and finally reached inside windows desktop...

Hello, I saw the youtube video on how to submit a ticket and dump file for review. I tried to install windbg but it failed every time. Could someone take a look at these dump files and tell me what is causing the crashes? I was basically surfing the web, then suddenly a BSOD happens. Here...

I've been having this problem for a while now, and I stopped using my Windows desktop and started using my Chromebook instead. I just got back into using my desktop again, and I restarted it factory fresh. After installing all possible Windows updates, installing the latest graphics drivers...

When I copy huge archive files (more than 10 GB) over network or to an external USB hard disc then the Win7 handling slows down dramatically. I can hardly work on other programs like Word, Windows Explorer, Firefox,... Win7 reactions on mouse movements and clicks are with a delay of up to 10...