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    Problems with my Gateway

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by trakiec, Aug 17, 2005.

  1. trakiec

    trakiec Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi guys,
    yesterday i bought a Gateway 7510GX and it worked perfectly until 5 hours ago. It's become extremely slow. The windows XP gets started in maybe 2-3 minutes and even the Winamp requires at least 20 secs to load. I got the 3 year warranty. What would u suggest? Go to the best buy store and see what they could do ? I don't think that it's a hardware problem. I'm more inclined to think that it's the XP Home Edition (damn it!!!).
    10x in advance
     
    trakiec, Aug 17, 2005
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  2. Rami

    Rami Notebook Consultant

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    Use the factory restore CD and if the problem still persists then get gateway support! This could be due to virus, spyware or other software related things.
     
    Rami, Aug 17, 2005
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    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    Definetly run Ad-Aware and Spybot. I have heard good things about the Microsoft spyware detector.
     
    ZaZ, Aug 17, 2005
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  4. trakiec

    trakiec Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've run both the Ad-Aware and Spybot S&D . I was wondering, do i void the 3 year warranty if i delete the programs that came with the notebooks or if i format the hdd and install my own copy of windows XP pro.
     
    trakiec, Aug 18, 2005
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    TemberWolf Notebook Enthusiast

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    Most places like Best Buy dont care what softwear you run on it cause they dont support softwear, only hardwear so you can do anything you want softwear wise :)

    Tember
     
    TemberWolf, Aug 19, 2005
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    luper Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey before ya do anything make those recovery CDs so that you can reinstall WINXP with factory defaults if something goes wrong. I think i was going to do that.. but I just uninstalled the dumb programs that was pre installed and im about to just upgrade to XP PRO insetad of fresh install.

    Tell us how it goes... (PS: I got 3 year warranty and when i first got my notebook there was something wrong with the screen(black dot, but not a dead pixel, dust or crack in screen) and i took it back, they checked it out and right there gave me a whole new one.... i wander if they will watch the naruto episodes i accidently left on it (lol I HAD to play with the laptop a bit even with a black dot).. haha GL )
    -luper
     
    luper, Aug 19, 2005
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