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Hi there! My computer is frustratingly slow to boot when I turn it on, and i'm wondering if anybody could give me any tips on how to speed it up or what the issue might be. I have a feeling that it may be multiple things, like the RAM, CPU and HDD all being the issue, but I know that there are...

Hello all, I am using DELL E7450 laptop, Windows 10 Pro, version of 21H2, with 8 GB of RAM recently has been slow to perform the command, i.e. freezes when I click on something...sometimes it will remain that way and I have to reboot; it happens with a site link, a file, something within a...

Since updating to Windows 11, I have had a lot of problems. A big issue I am facing is that I cannot use Zoom properly with my external Webcam. It works at the beginning of the call but then everything starts to lag soon after. There's video is not syncing with audio and is a few seconds behind...

Long story short, we have a machine with Win Server 2012 that becomes unusably slow after a period of time. Usually about a week. Meaning you can't access shared drives or it takes forever, you can't RDP or teamviewer in, and when I go to the actual server, its not usable either. It will take 10...

Hello all, I lately been trying to find a simple, lightweight antivirus program for my PC and my Android phone. Many antivirus programs have all of these features now like VPN, child/parent watching, encrypt files/vault storage, password managers and so on. All I want is a antivirus that...

Windows 7 SP1, all updates through 10/2017. [This system is an HTPC running Windows Media Center, thus the reason I've not moved it forward.] Recently (within the last few months), I've noticed that using File Explorer is extremely slow. Dramatically slower than it used to be. However, File...

WARNING: THIS IS IN BETA AND MAY NOT ACTUALLY ALLOW YOU TO LAUNCH MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS WITHOUT PERFORMACE ISSUES. I know if you have too many startup programs your PC will get slow and when you log in to your Windows account it will take awhile for things to get running since your computer is...

I recently upgraded to Win 10 Pro. I should really say clean install because the upgrade process trashed my Win 7 installation. I have noticed that when I go to install a new program of change a setting (for example change a drive letter designation in Computer Manager) the hard drive activity...

Hey! A couple of nights ago I let my Windows 10 "Update and Shut Down" but when I booted it up again the next morning it took literally 10-15 mins to get the lock screen. After this it took a further 5 minutes to get to my desktop when I typed in my password. Applications take a minute or so...

I'm running Windows 7 and both Firefox and Internet Explorer are loading very slow. If I click on any blank area of the page I get a message in the upper task bar saying (not responding). How can I correct this and get them to load faster? I'm running the latest updates in both browsers.

BootRacer is a small, free utility which solves a problem that for the last twenty years, Microsoft has not. BootRacer gives you control over which of your programs start automatically when Windows boots. At the click of a button, BootRacer will delay the initiation of those startup programs...

So I got the computer I have, a Dell Inspiron 15, and it came with Windows 8. I wasn't a fan, but I kept it anyway. Then suddenly after 3 years of ownership, the thing forcibly updates itself to Windows 10. I downgraded it after trying the new Windows for a few days, even though it did not have...

Hi, I just bought a Dell Inspiron i7559-763BLK (i5 6th generation). Already had an intel graphic card Driver issue which I resolved by installing the newest beta driver in compatibility mode with Windows 8. Having an extremely slow wifi (downloading at 90bps), also from the beginning but I...

Every time my computer goes idle (i think this is the source), my computer slows way down, very slow to respond and come out of idle. All programs slow to open. I looked at my physical memory use and found that svchost.exe is using 1G of my physical memory and 4G reserved for it. After a...