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    Computer Slow.

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by karan1981, Feb 19, 2011.

  1. karan1981

    karan1981 Notebook Guru

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    Friends,

    I have a HP Intel Core 2 Duo [email protected] Ghz
    4 Gb Ram, Window 7 Ultimate Edition

    Since past two days my laptop started to hang after simple operations.
    I started browsing doing regular net surfing and my browser suddenly stopped responding, taskbar stopped responding. I had to use my on/off button to manually restart.
    Also same thing happened while using microsoft word, windows explorer.
    I do have Antivirus Kaspersky trial version right now and did a full scan.
    Also I cleaned up my c:

    Any suggestions.
    Thanks
     
    karan1981, Feb 19, 2011
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  2. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    If you have a restore point before this happened - go for it. If not start reviewing your background processes and services.

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Feb 19, 2011
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  3. Joel

    Joel coffeecoffeecoffeecoffee

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    You should run a spyware check aswell, to make sure no spyware has gotten in, as I don't think Kaspersky detects it? I'm not sure. Anyway, I recommend you don't use trial AV's anyway, download something that is free and reputable, like MSE. Download that and run a full scan.

    Another thing that could be a possibility is that your HDD could be failing, a RAM could be bad. Could be anything, usually in a situation like this we just reformat and see if that corrects it.

    So my advice, run a full MSE scan, if nothing comes up, backup your data and reinstall your OS.

    EDIT: And like qhn said, check the services that are running, as they might be causing an unstable system. When did it start to get like this?
     
    Joel, Feb 19, 2011
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