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  1. SEPCOHouse

    Creating Windows Backup

    HelloLink Removed all I am not a tech guy, my system has got quite slow. I am looking to restore the backup but not sure how to restore the backup.. Our office IT guy is on holiday so I need have to wait. Please guide me how to get the backup restored.
    • SEPCOHouse
    • Thread
    • backup data recovery it support performance restore slow system windows
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Software
  2. Neemobeer

    Browser based Crypto Miner

    Just got done helping a neighbor. Her mouse was spinning and the system was slow. Looked in task manager and saw an iexplore process which had been spawned via a script to run hidden. Basically it was mining crypto currency in the background. Resolving it was simply a matter of closing the...
    • Neemobeer
    • Thread
    • background task browser crypto mining cryptocurrency hacking hidden process iexplore malware neighbor assist performance issue privacy resolution scripts security slow system system health task manager tech support threat awareness web scripts
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Security
  3. S

    Windows 7 Win 7 HD Near-constant periodic 100% write usage

    On a vanilla Gateway PC with 6GB RAM (50%), 500GB available disk space, the HD has started showing a very periodic 100% write usage (~12 sec on, 1 sec off). The Read usage is quite normal. This makes the system extremely slow. Resource Monitor reports many processes with PID 4, but none seem...
    • SAFVet
    • Thread
    • 100% usage data management disk space error logs gateway pc hard drive hardware network drive performance performance issues pid 4 processes programdata resource monitor slow system system optimization troubleshooting windows 7 windows search write cycle
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  4. cvc

    Windows 8 ? help pls 8.1 inetcache is huge

    ok when I open the file its huge,,,11k files,,,i delete them all and in 5 minutes there are thousands back...doesn't this slow my system down ?? How do I disable caching ?? I see it in "internet options" file... Thank you
    • cvc
    • Thread
    • cache file management internet options performance slow system system maintenance temporary files windows 8.1
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  5. B

    Windows 7 explorer.exe with high memory usage

    Hi, I have Windows XP SP1. When I turn on my laptop (ACER), open Windows 7, after a few seconds the memory usage of explorer.exe increases significantly to reach 2Gb after a couple of minutes. Then, the system is very slow and I have to kill explorer.exe. I tried mostly everything: - clean...
    • breizhoubzh
    • Thread
    • acer laptop adware antivirus explorer high memory malware memory usage optimization performance issues reboot issues safe mode security tools service management slow system system scan system tools technical support troubleshooting user help windows xp
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  6. R

    Windows 7 [Help] Windows media player constantly using 25% cpu

    hello as the title suggests I'm having problems with windows media player on windows 7. Ive now had 4 fresh installs of 7 since its release (4 too many?) and every time i get the same wmp problem its either wmplayer.exe or the sharing service using 25%. Ive looked all over the net and no proper...
    • rfcgreg
    • Thread
    • athlon ii audio playback configuration cpu usage file directory fresh install media library media player media sharing performance radeon hd slow system software issue system specs task manager troubleshooting windows 7 windows services windows support wmp
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  7. M

    Windows 7 Hard Drive Problems

    My hard drive has recently started being accessed on a very regular basis and as a result this has started to slow down my system response times significantly. With some programs it even freezes them sometimes for a few minutes at a time. I am running Windows 7 64 Bit on a HP a6455 with 3GB Ram...
    • MADFORIT
    • Thread
    • amd hard drive performance phenom ram slow system system freeze troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
  8. D

    Windows 7 slow everything, bad files were culprit, but why?

    I just got a new i7 with windows 7 64 bit on it yesterday. Everything was slow, and I figured out why, but don't really understand why, or what I can do to keep it from happening in the future. Yesterday I attached it to an external NTFS drive that had a bunch of bad sectors, copied over...
    • discoross
    • Thread
    • bad sectors data recovery disk response disk usage external drive file copy firefox high disk usage ntfs performance performance issues profile issues resource monitor slow system software conflicts system processes tech support troubleshooting windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  9. Z

    Windows 7 WINDOWS 7 brings my CPU TO 100% HELP!

    Hi everyone! i just got my copy of WINDOWS 7 today and i did a full reboot. I notice that i cant run any of my software due to my 100% cpu usage.. i barely got any software on it, -Avir anti virus -Win rar - ableton live 7 so there is barely anything on there..my windows 7 is slow...
    • zarl
    • Thread
    • ableton live antivirus avir computer help cpu usage graphics card high usage pentium 4 power settings process explorer ram slow system software system idle system performance task manager troubleshooting windows 7 winrar
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  10. H

    Windows 7 Please help - slow system with Windows 7 Ultimate

    I just don't understand as an advanced user, why my system is running so slow with Windows 7. I've updated all my drivers, cleared out the caches, cleaned the registry, tweeked the registry, closed down all background programs running, ran virus scan with AVG and Avast anti virus programs...
    • haddonfield04
    • Thread
    • advanced user defragging drivers hardware performance registry slow system system mechanic virus scan windows 7
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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