slow performance

Word threw me an error saying 'something went wrong' and suggested I run an update. After doing that last night (Tues May 27) my computer runs like crap. Takes longer to boot than usual, and signimg in takes a good 10 min. I tried to open a browser to search for solutions. That took 15 min to...

One of my HDDs was doing incredibly slow today what made me run chkdsk in the command line. It says that there was an error in a file with the number 337105 - so I would like to know which file on my harddrive this is. Do you know how to find out what files are concerned according to a given...

Office 2013 slow to open As of late, any office software I open takes a long time to open...20 - 40 seconds. It used to open instantly but now lags when it opens. Well I found a fix for it...here's how. It worked for me. Open any Office application first, Word, for example, go to Word...

I was using google chrome and it made my pc slow. Then i shifted to Torch, even it is also using a lot of memory. I have currently Adblock, Block Alert Popups, Espn Cricinfo, FB photozoom extenions installed on this browser. Why does this happen? How to solve it?

I bought a bottom of the line Dell about 2 months ago. it is pretty slow. I am wondering if anyone has any suggestions. would more memory help? I am a NOOB. I think it has 4gm memory, 500g harddrive and a 2127u processor. I think it has 2 slots for memory. it has windows 8 all ideas are...

Hi i have problem with my pc starting from january 2 i think my computer stop updating and running the slow whenever i want to try to update its says windows error 0x80080005 problems installing recent updates i tried everything please help me

I am a bit of a newbie here. I just got Surface Pro 2 (this needs an acronym-SP2) and loaded Adobe PPro CC- works! Incredible! love it! now on holidays and thought I would try edit on the run home movies. Bought a Lacie Rugged USB 3.0 and a DLink 4x USB 3.0 hub to wrangle EOS and Sony AVCHD...

Hello, I have unfortunately have to recover my PC due to corrupted files and viruses along with slow frame-rate. This had led me to a rather unusual problem, This is what I am greeted with every time I attempt to recover, No, I do not have the installation disk Can anyone help with this problem?

I get a Driver_power_state_failure with a stop : 0x0000009F(0x00000004,0x00000258,0x8658F020,0x8397CB24) Yesterday i was working with my computer and i was running a game and fix my pc and it was very slow it got stuck and i forced it down and when i start the pc i get that error. I have...

I have a Windows 7 Home Premium , 64-bit OS, Acer Aspire 5253, 3GB Ram,AMDC-50 Processor, 1 GHz, with Internet cable modem, with 10mb download speed. My GF with a similar Notebook PC uses the building's Wi-fi network, via my router and the speed is 5X faster than mine. Whether I'm using a...

I recently noticed that my laptop has slowed down. When I checked the processes in task manager, I noticed the following: firefox.exe*32 chrome.exe*32 AvastUI.exe*32 skype.exe*32 yahoomessenger.exe*32 mbam.exe*32 This is most unusual. What's the ,exe*32? What does it do? Is it an infection? How...

Please help me with this issue! I bought dell inspiron 15 with windows 8 installed for my son. It was running fine but after couple months got slow (he might have got a virus on it) so I want to reinstall it back to the way it was before. When I try to remove everything and reinstall windows...

Event Viewer in my Win 7: The following boot-start or system-start driver(s) failed to load: Avgldx64 This is the train of events that lead to trouble: 1. I had AVG free for months and never had any problems with it. 2. 3 weeks ago I downloaded IObit Ultimate and Iobit Malware Fighter to...

I have a rather large Excel file (around 100 MB) and it is very slow when I make changes to it or save it. The task manager shows that my CPU usage is upwards toward 100%. It says that "Excel cannot complete this task with available resources".

Hi, I'm the new IT tech at our office, and I have been asked an odd question a few times now. Someone asks why their computer is slow, it takes 3 minutes to open an excel spreadsheet for example. Typically it's an older core2duo processor with windows XP. Can you tell me what you would...

I've recently been having an issue with my Dell Inspiron N5110 running Windows 7 Home. It has been running very hot lately (I've been concentrating on keeping the intake and exhaust vents clear while using it and shutting it down when not in use). Yesterday, a few minutes after clicking on a...

I don't know if its my windows computer or the Internet. But here's what is going on: My computer has been slower than it usually is, and the Internet is constantly loosing connection, it first happened to my windows computer, then it started happening to my laptop. Can someone help me?? I don't...

Whenever I try to print something, it takes too long to allow me to print and it takes a while to print too. Any ideas why?

Hi everyone, I'm new here, looking forward to speaking with you all. Hopefully I'm posting in the right area! :) I help my mom with most of her computer issues, and I'm usually able to troubleshoot most of them without much difficulty, but today I've encountered a real whopper that I just...

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