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    Discussion in 'HP' started by wilsonadegunle, Oct 20, 2010.

  1. wilsonadegunle

    wilsonadegunle Newbie

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    I just bought hp pavillon dv6-1030 about 2 years ago with norton able on but recently it takes loger time to boot also it takes longer time before my broswer operates.Can you help
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    wilsonadegunle, Oct 20, 2010
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  2. Laeadern

    Laeadern Notebook Consultant

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    When is the last time you defraged your hard drive and ran a good virus scan, or checked for any spyware? Also from time to time a reinstall of your OS may be required as it gets updated and bloated with software over time.
     
    Laeadern, Oct 20, 2010
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  3. wilsonadegunle

    wilsonadegunle Newbie

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    i run virus scan everyweek also i have f secure and norton.If i do reinstall would i loose all my favourite site and address and all my saved documents
     
    wilsonadegunle, Oct 20, 2010
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  4. Infamous22

    Infamous22 Notebook Deity

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    It sounds like you've accumulated a lot of cached files and unnecessary programs.

    You may have programs running in the background that are bogging down your CPU. Hit Ctrl+Shift+Esc and reply back with the amount of processes running and the current memory usage on the lower right.

    Here's a good program to cleanup your caching and temporary files:
    http://stevengould.org/downloads/cleanup/CleanUp452.exe
    (This program can take a while to complete for the first time.)

    Afterwords, click "Start" and go to "Run." In this window, type in "msconfig." This will bring up your System Configuration window. In this window, click on the "Startup" tab. Everything in this tab starts up when you turn on your computer. Those programs running in your background are most likely launched via this tab.

    You can disable most of these programs that are not vital to the integrity of your operating system. Some of those programs include; MSN, Yahoo, Adobe, MS Office, Java, AOL, Google, iTunes, etc. Disable the programs that you know for a fact would not be used and/or could be launched manually when you need them.

    Let us know how it goes.

    - Infamous

    P.S. I would only recommend a complete reinstall as a last resort. Let's see how things progress.
     
    Infamous22, Oct 20, 2010
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  5. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    No, you would not. We'd help you backup that data before you reinstall :).
     
    Greg, Oct 20, 2010
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  6. Infamous22

    Infamous22 Notebook Deity

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    I forgot to mention that, but that could have been assumed. :)
     
    Infamous22, Oct 20, 2010
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    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    Is it F-Secure Anti virus or Internet security?

    Because you shouldnt run 2 anti virus programs simultaneously, it will drain your resources.
     
    flipfire, Oct 23, 2010
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