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Windows 10 100% Disk Usage Issue
Sorry I am sort of a newbie sorry if I forgot any thing, let me know if I need to add anything. Okay so I noticed when I started my computer today that the disk is at 100% more or less all the time right now. I cannot figure out why this is happening and it causes my machine to go really slow...- SomeRandom
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- 100 percent boot issues chrome disk optimization disk usage driver conflicts hardware newbie performance resources slow pc storage system issues technology troubleshooting usage spikes windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Google Chrome again!
Hi After Windows updated today I decided to try running Chrome again, as I've posted in the past, after running it for years even on this computer, every time I install it my computer just slows to a crawl the second that I open it. Well It is in and so far my computer seems to be running...- MikeHawthorne
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- browser chrome compatibility computer issues computer running computer speed firefox performance slow pc software software conflict system changes tech support troubleshooting update effects user experience user preferences web browsing windows windows update
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Sluggish PC even after windows reinstall
My PC was extremely sluggish and it was so slow it was a long struggle to open one file or run a program. I ran anti virus tests etc and eventually reinstalled Windows. It is better but still freezes on opening a folder and whereas as before this happened boot time was 30 seconds or less now...- Trevor Appleton
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- antivirus boot time file access freezing hardware check memtest pc performance reinstall slow pc sluggish software issues system issues system repair system restore tech support troubleshooting user experience windows windows performance
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Can I install windows 7 over windows10
I have an HP laptop (17 ") with 1windows 10 loaded with bloatware-Tried everything to get rid of windows 10 including windows 7 install disk which will load everything and comes to the install screen. When I click on it a box comes up saying not supported. Can I format the C: drive and then...- dfg4240
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- 1tb storage 8gb ram best buy bloatware c drive flash drive formatting hp laptop installation issues intel core i5 laptop issues os installation performance slow pc tech support troubleshooting upgrade user experience windows 10 windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 MsMpEng running all my apps at once on boot
Since installing the Windows 10 Anniversary update, booting has been slow and the PC is sluggish for a while. As soon as I could get Task Manager open I saw C: had 100% utilisation. I ran Resource Monitor and saw that MsMpEng apparently had a long list of my installed programs running at the...- ontodva
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- 100 percent anniversary app management boot cpu usage diagnostics high utilisation msmpeng performance program usage resource monitor slow boot slow pc software conflict system performance system resources task manager troubleshooting update issues windows 10
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows Vista news flash! wi-fi is now the new dialup
seems like pc is acting slowly than normal. could it be from my anti virus? or chrome? or another application? i expect internet to be fast, no substitutions. but we all cannot have what we want, especially if using weak wifi from isp. iam not on ethernet btw. this pc, its old. bought in 2008...- Danluvscats
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- 2008 antivirus browser bsod chrome connection issues dial-up internet speed isp network old hardware performance slow pc system restore troubleshooting tuning user experience wifi windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Upgraded to Windows 10. Nothing is working, Everything is wrong.
Okay, as the title says, I upgraded. But there's a problem: Nothing on this OS seems to be working. Explorer.exe constantly crashes, and a couple of hours ago, the computer itself just froze entirely, with me not even able to do ANYTHING. I fixed the freezing by updating my graphics drivers...- RetroRampage
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- black screen blue screen computer issues crash critical process error explorer freezing graphics driver icons performance slow pc support task manager troubleshooting upgrade windows 10
- Replies: 17
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 sfc / scannow
Good evening, Have just completed a while ago, the above program. No idea really as to why I ran that particular program. I was simply looking for ideas as to perhaps give my newish PC a shot in the arm as it had become rather sluggish over the 5 months I have had it. Being a retired old...- Caz
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- community help corrupted files diagnostics logs maintenance old hardware pc health check pc performance performance tips scannow sfc slow pc system repair system scan troubleshooting upload user support windows windows tools
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 How to Disable Background Apps in Windows 8.1 for Improved Performance
Win 8.1 When I click on start>small arrow pointing down>apps which I read, I look in task manager after and they are all there under processes. It seems they slow me down. Once I remove each the pc is active again. Is this supposed to happen or are these apps supposed to somehow purge so they do...- Peterr
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- adjustments app optimization performance process slow pc task manager troubleshooting user experience windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 8Gb RAM but only 2Gb usable
Hello, I recently installed a new 1 Terra Hard Drive on my computer and I am currently running Windows 8 Pro. But sadly since these changes I have been noticing that my PC has been slow, I went to check my settings and saw, that only 2gb out of 8gb (RAM) were usable and that the 6gb were...- Martin Alleon
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- hardware installation performance ram settings slow pc troubleshooting usable memory windows 8
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Windows 8.1 or Windows 7 for slow PC?
I have two PCs: (1) An old Compaq tower running a dual-core AMD processor at ~2.2GHz. 1GB RAM (I had to remove a 1GB stick that went bad) Running Windows Vista (2) A Gateway laptop with an Intel i3 at 2.4GHz 4GB RAM Running Windows 7 They both have crappy graphics cards and have a ton of...- irsmart
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- chrome dual core graphics card intel core i3 microsoft word old computer pc optimization performance ram upgrade reliability slow pc software cleanup spotify system requirements user experience windows 7 windows 8.1 windows vista
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Windows 7 Reinstall windows 7 or uninstall programs
Which is better for the computer to get some life back into it. Should I reinstall windows 7 and start over and add the programs that I want or is it safe to uninstall the programs that I no longer use. Its been a while since I have had a fresh windows. The reason for this is that the PC has...- Greg Bentkowski
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- com surrogate network security recommendations reinstall rpcrt4.dll slow pc suggestions system performance uninstall apps windows 7
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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How to speed up your slow computer
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- improvements maintenance microsoft support optimization performance slow pc speed tips troubleshooting
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- Forum: Knowledge Base (KB)
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Windows 7 Windows 7 boot and performance slowed down
I have, within the past few weeks, build my own computer. The compter has worked great for a while, but then started having problems. It had problems with the internet and other stuff, but I was able to fix the problems by disabling parts of my firewall. Now though, when my computer boots...- SolveSam
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- account access boot issues firewall gaming pc hdd intel core i5 internet issues login delay motherboard pc build performance slow pc ssd system specs tech support troubleshooting user experience windows 7
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Troubleshooting a Persistently Slow Computer: Need Help with Specs and Solutions
My computer is slow no matter where it is. The stupid little blue circle keeps going around and around until the page opens. I have done all the cleaning I am supposed to. The other forum actually took over my computer and went in and got rid of xoftspy. We were going to do a clean install of...- PattiChati
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- blue circle clean install forum performance slow pc system specs tech support troubleshooting windows issues xoftspy
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 suspect a trojan
HELLO EVERYONE. HELP NEEDED! pc became very slow, so I reboot it. Never came back on. Jams at the opening with "DELL" and does nothing. Removed the HD, connected it on a USB device. When I go to explore it on my other computer, it tells me to format this drive. HOW CAN I GET MY FILES BACK?- naber
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- computer issues data recovery dell file restoration hard drive reboot issues slow pc trojan usb connectivity windows help
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Windows 7 Clean Page File without rebooting?
After my computer has been running for some time (maybe days), it gets really slow. I found a great memory manager that cleans the memory. I was wondering if there was a way to clean the Page File without rebooting. BTW, I use Process Explorer so I know there is nothing running that shouldn't...- Nisko
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- cleaning memory management optimization page file performance process explorer reboot resource management slow pc windows troubleshooting
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Desperate for Help With Lag Issues
My desktop computer has been progressively slowing to a crawl. I just upgraded my RAM to 6 GB and I haven't noticed much improvement (probably a waste of money all things considered). I have repaired the MBR, which I have had luck with in the past. I ran a disk check, seemingly fine. Used...- mkitchen
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- cpu disk check evga explorer graphics card hardware lag mbr repair motherboard performance ram upgrade slow pc sound blaster storage system restore system specs troubleshooting western digital windows 7
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 I need help to read this out
Hello, I just built my PC on my own, and when I open too much applications, my PC gets really slow and then crashes with a BSOD. Now I need your help, to read this out, because I can't do it. 0x000000f4 (0x0000000000000003, 0xfffffa800826c060, 0xfffffa800826c340, 0xfffff800067d8240) 0x000000f4...- 53K0
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- application bsod crash error help pc build performance slow pc troubleshooting windows
- Replies: 11
- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Old HDD and new HDD issues.
Hi Guys. First off I'm new here, and wanted to say How do. On to my issue... I have a frustrating issue with my pc. It recently after a switch off by the power button (mums ey) broke. Asin broke I mean no longer works as quickly as previously and is unbearably slow. As on my...- ddko619
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- advice clean install community hardware hdd installation performance product key q6600 slow pc support upgrade windows windows 7
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation