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Windows 8 What DOESN"T Work in Windows 8
Full Format is garbage When Full formatting a 16GB thumbdrive using FAT32 with default allocation size, the format takes 33 minutes and 24 seconds (Same as Windows 7) Windows XP-SP2 or SP3 takes 22 seconds to Full Format the same drive the exact same way What did YOU find broken or slower...- Expert
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- bugs comparison fat32 formatting issues performance slowdown thumb drive windows 8
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Windows 7 Random BSODs caused by ntkrnlpa.exe and win32k.sys
I filled out my system specs and am including the requested files as instructed (includes dump files). Since last week, I have gotten a few BSODs. All but one (0x1000008e KERNEL_MODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED) were 0x000000c2 BAD_POOL_CALLER. Both types were apparently caused by Windows system files...- RealityIsPixels
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- application crash bad pool caller bsod drivers dump files error codes file operations hardware issues kernel_mode_exception malware memory test ntoskrnl.exe performance issues slowdown system specs troubleshooting virus scan win32k.sys windows
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Windows 7 Slowdown
My Windows 7 Pro 64-bit, on occasion will slow to a crawl. Apps take minutes to come up and then can't be stopped as they aren't responding. In this state the machine won't close down properly either. This happens intermittently - it can run for days without a problem. According to Malwarebytes...- Cheemag
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- app intermittent malware performance reboot slowdown software cleanup temporary files troubleshooting windows 7
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Windows 7 BSoD (slowdown in performance) (wins mem diagnostic tool))
Hi Guys, seeking your expertise. Sincere Thanks for your time. Will try to keep this short and detailed. Here goes; 1) been using Firefox6 with Wins7 (64bit) SP1 without any problem for 10 months. 2) No recent hard/soft ware added. (Then things/performance began slowing down about...- Leftie
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- 64-bit adobe bsod computer crash diagnostics expertise firefox java memory minidump performance ram slowdown sp1 system tools troubleshooting update windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Sudden and extreme slowdown Shutdown, boot and hibernate
I was regularly using Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit with no problems what so ever from the OS until 2 days back. Since then, suddenly my laptop is taking a lot of time to boot, shutdown or hibernate- surprisingly no noticeable slow down while turning on from hibernation. Entering and exiting...- alternatorone
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- asus background apps boot eset security hardware hdd activity hibernate intel laptop issues nvidia performance power management ram shutdown slowdown system restore troubleshooting update windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Unexplained, Unpredictable Windows 7 64-bit slowdown after power-up.
Good Morning, I'm filing this under 'Crash' because I don't know where else to put it. Here's the problem I began experiencing yesterday, and have not yet been able to find a solution for. I powered up my PC yesterday morning after it had been powered off for 4 days or so. Windows booted up...- AskAvatar
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- aero boot choppy codec drivers external drive gaming hardware media player memory msi nvidia performance reinstall slowdown ssd system troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Terrible File Sharing (CIFS/SMB) Performance (Windows 7 SP1)
Terrible File Sharing Performance on Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1 I am experiencing horrible network share performance with Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1. I have two PCs connected directly with a gigabit ethernet cable and static IP addresses. PC#1 hosts a CIFS/SMB shared folder. Yesterday, I was backing up...- powerofpi
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- backup cifs computer drivers ethernet file sharing gigabit network performance pro slowdown smb static ip tech support transfer speed troubleshooting ubuntu windows 7 windows update
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- Forum: Windows Networking
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Windows 7 Win7 frequently hangs
So I've finally snapped. For over a year now I've been enduring this god forsaken problem, dismissing and ignoring it as much as I could whenever it reared its ugly head. I can take it NO MORE. My patience has run out! Now, as much as I like to think I'm good with computers, there's quite a...- valou999
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- bios cache defrag drivers error event viewer firefox gaming malware overheating performance photoshop reformat registry repair slowdown system hang system specs troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Defrag 001: Startup Slow Downs, Can't Boot, Blue Screens, Homegroup, IE Logins
Today I'm joined with Microsoft tech troubleshooter extraordinaire Gov Maharajov to help walk you through solutions to your tech support problems. In an effort to help solve future problems we're going to look at these issues beyond just fixing them and drill down into how Gov would actually...- News
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- blue screen boot issues defrag homegroup internet explorer slowdown startup tech support troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Live RSS Feeds
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Speed up a Windows 7 PC's performance
Sooner or later, every PC starts to slow down. There are many potential causes for this but ranking high are applications that launch at the same time as Windows. Link Removed- News
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- application maintenance optimization performance slowdown speed startup troubleshooting windows 7
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Windows 7 Freezing and slowdowns when connected with HDMI
lately when ever i use the HDMI port on ANything.. tv w/ hdmi or my friends LG monitor, my pc slowly Lockups. or outright freezes up. any idea Why its doing this? i have 7 Ultimate x86 and an Nvidia Geforce 9500 GS- Cael
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- computer issues display freezing graphics hdmi lockup monitor nvidia slowdown windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Improving Windows 7 boot and performance...
System is a desktop with Asus p6T motherboard, i7 920 overclocked to 4GHz, 6GB of DDR3 memory running at a bit over 1520 MHz, 250GB Seagate SATA II drive for O/S, 4-1TB Seagate SATA II drives, DVD burner, a couple external drives and so on........ O/S is Windows 7 Professional 64-bit Boot time...- dkperez
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- boot time bottleneck ddrr3 memory defrag disk cleanup hardware configuration intel i7 lightroom motherboard optimization performance photoshop slowdown startup services system performance task manager time analysis troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 What makes IE8 crash
Add-ons responsible for 70 percent of IE8 crashes By Link Removed due to 404 Error | In a recently published whitepaper titled "Enhancing the performance of Windows Internet Explorer 8," Microsoft detailed browser add-ons, toolbars, malware, restricted sites, plus more advanced topics such...- kemical
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- add-ons browser browser extensions browser stability browser updates concurrent downloads crash extensibility ie8 internet explorer microsoft no add-ons mode performance plugin management security slowdown telemetry third-party add-ons user agent web development
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Windows 7 Windows 7 Slows down (almost hangs) after Harddisk activity. WHY????
I'm having troubles with my system and can't figure out the cause. After a several trials with this system I started up completely from scratch. I'm having an Asus Motherboard M2A VM HDMI, running well and installed the latest BIOS to be sure that this couldn't give me any troubles. 4 Gb...- Antoon
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- adobe reader amd quadcore bad sectors bios update hard drive iexplore microsoft security motherboard performance repair disk safe mode slowdown software installation system hang task manager test drive troubleshooting western digital windows 7
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Windows 7 Windows Media Player opens at start-up
Since I've bought this computer, WMP keeps opening when I start it up. It's annoying because it slows down the start-up process and I don't even use WMP outside of watching the occasional video. I looked all through the settings and preferences and can't find an option to turn this off, so how...- Chiborino
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- computer disable media player settings slowdown startup user preferences video windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Poor games performance with Win 7 64x, particularly FIFA 10.
Ever since the switch from Vista 64x, games have actually been running worse. Mostly it's just minor slowdown, but FIFA 10 is particularly bad, it's very choppy. I've already disabled a lot of unnecessary services and programs, defrag regularly and have the latest drivers. Here's my system...- The Frederick
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- 64-bit choppy games core 2 duo defrag drivers fifa 10 gaming geforce performance programs ram readyboost services slowdown system specs windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Games
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Windows Vista Problems with windows 7 upgrade and messenger with mozilla or internet explorer
hi i was wondering if anyone can help. i recently upgraded to windows 7 and then i discovered there are problem. the most fustrating one is that when i start windows live messenger and internet explorer or mozilla, my laptop slows down. Even though I can move my cursor around whenever i click on...- kai chang
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- internet explorer laptop messenger mozilla performance slowdown troubleshooting upgrade windows 7 windows live
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- Forum: Windows Networking
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Windows 7 Several performance issues with windows 7
Hello everyone! This is my first time here in the forums, so help me along the way if I've done something wrong. I upgraded to Windows 7 home premium from Vista home premium about a week ago, and unlike the average consensus, it has been nothing for trouble for me. I have had performance issues...- JWittz
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- aero computer issues defrag home premium internet access performance process management registry cleaner safe mode slowdown startup issues system repair system restore system specs troubleshooting upgrade user experience video playback windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 win7 aero random slowdowns
first to say hi to all the forum members this is mine strange problem with win 7: i did a fresh install to win 7 64 bit retail from xp and i have a problem with aero random slowdowns, for example if aero slow down after a restart (the refresh is slow and choppy, windows explorer is slow after...- djenika
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- aero ccc errors compatibility configuration core 2 duo drivers event viewer file explorer gaming gigabyte hyperx intel kingston performance radeon raid slowdown troubleshooting video playback windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 movies hang for a little while every 5 minutes in windows 7 ultimate
i played an xvid avi (700 m) movie in windows media player of windows 7 in my toshiba satellite l40-18x laptop . and i found that every 5 minutes (about 5 or 4 minutes) the movie slow down and the picture freeze for about 20 seconds and then it continue normal playing and then after another 5 or...- middo1022
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- avi codec computer issues freezing hardware laptop media media player performance playback issues slowdown software issues streaming tech support toshiba troubleshooting ultimate video playback windows 7 xvid
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support