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    Windows 7 Hidden files clogging HD

    Recently noticed my C: drive had almost maxed out (47 GB free of 457 GB). Knowing this wasn't right I did a quick total of all the files which came out at about 250 GB. I then went back and carefully checked each folder and file and still came up with 250GB. Then I downloaded an analytical...
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    Windows 7 win 7 pro 64 bit slow

    Especially when I right click a file. I get the rotating circle and sometimes timeout before the context menu opens. Sometimes I think there is something going on in background, but task manager doesn't show anything. Is there a utility that can showerverything running? I've been toold tm...
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    Windows 10 Windows 10 Searching for file is slow in NAS

    Hi All Expert, Good Day. I have a user which when she search for file/doc in server network NAS is very slow, but other users pc was fast. But when she search for file/doc on her whole C drive was slow but still fine, I would like to check if indexing help to solve the slowness in searching...
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    Windows 7 running multiple anti-malware programs like spyhunter4, 360 total security, and tweakbit pc suite 9

    I don't know if these programs cancel each other out or what. But I have used the different ones to get rid of different issues the other two didn't seem to catch. Can anyone tell me if this is going to cause more havoc than it's worth?
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    Windows 10 Slow boot and start-up time

    Hello, I'm new here I just wanted to ask for some help and assistance over the issues I've faced with my laptop. Specs: Processor: Intel Core i5-6220U Ram: 8gb Graphics: Intel HD Graphics Here's my Diagnostic-Performance Events: Boot Performance Monitoring This application took longer than...
  6. Windows 7 Older HP desktop moving slower

    HP KZ854AV-ABA m9300t 4g Ram 300g HDD with@150g in use Win 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1 AMD Radeon HD 6450 So, it's been moving slower. Used Malwarebytes, Windows Defender, Windows is updated, use updated Firefox and I have done what I can to not over addon the browser, It's been noticeably...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Slow Logon - Whirling on Welcome Screen

    Hello Forum, I hope someone on here can help. I work in a large secondary school and for sometime now we are having on going issues with our staff having to wait an extremely long time to logon to the school Network. Most often this issue is very intermittent and drags on from computer to...
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    Windows 7 I need help with a proplem in windows cipher command line

    I rana the windows clean up cipher command cipher /w:c and a few minutes into the run time my system went off. When I powered up my PC later my memory was hard disk memory was clogged up. Up to 85% full I I've tryed to free up the memory but nothing is happening pls I need help
  9. Windows 10 Power Surge on the USB Port

    I recently purchased and starting using the alienware 17.3. Using two of the usbs, i put in my logitec mouse, and hyper x headphones. I got an error that said power surge to the usb port. I looked it up and uninstalled the software. It didnt work. The one usb on the right works, but the two on...
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    Windows 7 cpu usage is super high when doing nothing

    Hello, I bought a restored hp elitebook 8460p with a core i5 processor and 16gb of ram, Recently the hard drive failed so i put a new one in, re installed windows 7 home premium 64 bit and downloaded all the drivers I could find and installed my programs, but now when my computer is just on the...
  11. Windows 7 Windows 7 very slow and need help to free up space.

    Hi all, I have a MacBook Pro with Bootcamp, on which I am running Windows 7. I've had it since 2011 and think the system has accumulated a lot of junk over the years. My question is this: I have very little installed on my hard drive but the memory is nearly full and my laptop is being VERY...
  12. Windows 10 Memory 95-100%

    Can someone explain me how i can solve this problem? My memory seems to go near the 100% when i use my computer for a long time. I had no problem before windows 10 and i have read there is some memory leak but no idea how to fix it. The weird thing is that sometimes it does not occur for days...
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    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...
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    Windows 7 Enable+disable pagefile.sys in registry?

    Is there a way NOT to enable + disable Pagefile.sys through Systems dialog but with a Registry key? When enabling from disbaled state it should take the previously (eventually in the past) set partition location and file size. If this is not possible then pagefile.sys should be set to "system...
  15. Windows 7 Anyone have any suggestions on Defragmentation Software?

    Hello, I was wondering if I could get some input on defragmentation software for Windows? I am currently using a paid product called PerfectDisk from Raxco software. I purchased this product years ago when I was still running XP and it was one of the best defragmentation tools available at...
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    Windows 8 How to Disable Background Apps in Windows 8.1 for Improved Performance

    Win 8.1 When I click on start>small arrow pointing down>apps which I read, I look in task manager after and they are all there under processes. It seems they slow me down. Once I remove each the pc is active again. Is this supposed to happen or are these apps supposed to somehow purge so they do...
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    Windows 7 How to disable/get rid of Application Experience & CEIP

    In the Control Panel Action Center I have Opted out of participating in the CEIP program (don't ever remember opting in). Here's what I see: Task scheduler Customer Experience Improvement Program (3 tasks) Consolidator (%SystemRoot%\System32\wsqmcons.exe) KernelCeipTask (Custom Handler)...
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    Windows 7 How do I use Autoruns to determine what's slowing down my boot time?

    Windows 7 Professional Dell Workstation.
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    Windows 7 Playing games sandboxed

    I have a problem with my system that anything I have open full screen randomly gets minimised & it's really frustrating. Is there anything that will allow me to play my games sandboxed or something so whatever is running cant effect it & also allows the game to play online? System Optimizer...
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    Windows 8 Vanishing backedup files

    Hi: I have or had multiple files and documents backed up on several computers and hard drives. They are in folders, in subfolders, in subfolders. Over the years they've been copied from computer to computer and through various external drives. Recently some documents have vanished from D...