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I decided to use OpenDNS on my new laptop, which is Win7. Open DNS ran fine on the desktop XP. All was fine, but then I closed the browser after changing over to the Open DNS configuration. Then I could not browse anymore. So I realized after a while that the anti-virus, and the firewall...

I just built a new gaming system with Windows 7 and all seems to be working well so far for the most part. I'm still installing apps, games, etc. I have noticed that during installation of games utilizing my bluray drive multitasking comes to a stand still. For example, the 1st disc of a game...

Here's my issue : I have a new computer with Windows 7. My Internet connection is usually fast, but when I play music or videos, it becomes suddenly incredibly slow. It can take several minutes to load a basic web page like Google. If I pause the music/video and refresh the page, it loads in...

This website seems to be slow again at entering point, sorry if its in wrong topic

I have a cousin who just updated to windows 7 from vista ! The problem is,,,,,when he updated to windows 7, the mouse pad works very slowly and painfully ! The Laptop is Toshiba Satelite A355s ! Is there a driver that can enhance the experience a bit ?

I took an install disk from mt friend and i puted it in teh computer, Then I made a 20GB partition using the one already found in my XP. When I boot from the DVD, it takes 10minutes to go the Select region and language screen. Then another 5 after that to press next. Then I select the...

My internet connection will often stop working intermittently and then come back on a few minutes later. Sometimes it seems to get reaaaally slow before it stops working completely. I believe it is happening to all computers on my home network, but not sure why it would. Someone said they had...

Hello people, I just put windows 7 on my Toshiba M305D-S4380 and I have loved it up until this point. Any game that I try to run, runs way slower than I've previously been able to run them. For instance, Garrysmod before was around 50 - 60 fps Now, its around 20. Ive tried to deal with this...

Skype seems slow while MSN Messenger seems fine with My Grandmother. When I talk with My Grandfather everything is fine, the computers are separate, it doesn't freeze no more cause I downloaded a hotfix from skype garage, but slow with Grandmother

now i just got windows 7 and it was making auttomatic updates just fine as alwayes but at the end it asked me to restart my computer so i did when it was shutting down it says (dont turn off or power down your computer till the update procces is complete so i didnt but it took me like a whole...

Please post here if you feel the website is running slow. Please also vote on a scale of 1-10 how slow you believe it is. 10 being the fastest. 1. How long has this problem been going on? 2. Do you feel it could be your Internet connection? 3. How long does it take for the site to pull up...

I recently noticed that many of my desktop icons (jpgs, pdfs) have a red circle with a white exclamation point and the system is running slow. I googled this and the only posts I could find relate to computers that use backup software, which I don't. Ever heard of this? I made a little...

Hi I have win 7 ultimate running on a 4core intel Q9450 and a nvidia 8800gt Just lately if i do anything in explorer like add a new folder .. move a file to another folder etc it almosts stops! it can take literally a minute or more and the sometimes i have to refresh to see the changes. I...

Out of nowhere the startmenu, hovering over objects on the taskbar, right clicking desktop to menu, using task manager: all of these are now very slow. The thing is periodically it will run fine even though I have the same number of applications running and haven't really changed anything...

Hi, I bought windows 7 pro a few months ago and it is going sooooooooo slow its driving me nuts. I came here a while ago and some helpful members helped me get a few drivers and gave me some advice but nothing has seemed to improve. It isnt just internet explorer. Everything is crawling. If I...

When initally installed windows 7 booted blazingly fast. Soon thereafter it slowed to dead slow. What is the problem?

Hey everyone, I just recently purchased windows 7 ultimate 64bit, and i have ran into this problem for quite some time. When downloading things or streaming videos, my computer becomes very slow and choppy even though my cpu usage is low. I usually notice this problem when my pc has been on for...

I have looked endlessly on why on earth after installing Windows 7 Home Premium from Vista that now my PC runs slower. Windows has increased trouble handling multiple applications which weren't a problem in Vista. example: I can't play music and surf the web without struggling performance in...

Today I booted my computer and it was hell slow and when I clicked computer properties then it showd me that only 256 mb of ram is useable but I have 4GB ram installed !! Please help me , I cant use my computer .

Almost every day I have problems with svchost.exe on my computer. I realize something is wrong when: A) Instead of loading a webpage, it simply says "resolving host" for several minutes without making progress B) Microsoft Word (2003) opens up, but immediately stops responding, and will not...