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blessedguy
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O.P. Computer speed problems...
Well, since last week, my pc started to get slower and slower, don't know why. Any help?
I've already:
- Defragmentaded my discs, all 3
- Runned virus and spyware/malware scans (nothing suspicious was found by AVG8, Windows Defender, Spybot S and D or Spyware Terminator)
- Runned CCleaner (and discovered I had about 3GB of "temporary" files... Why in the world do setups go to the temporary files folder, and don't get deleted after the installation is completed?)
- Using RAMBooster. And although it says I have over 1GB of free RAM, TaskManager says I have exactly 0 Mbs free... all the rest being used by programs (over 700mb) or Cache (Over 1.3GB! Should the RAM cache be that big?
- Restarded a few times... same thing always
- Got crazy. I can't put up with it! =O
Please, has anybody got any suggestions?
[Forget about the "Format your HD, won't do it...]
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11-25-2008 07:10 PM |
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Mike
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RE: Computer speed problems...
Download Process Explorer and post a list of your running processes.
quote: Originally posted by blessedguy
# Using RAMBooster. And although it says I have over 1GB of free RAM, TaskManager says I have exactly 0 Mbs free... all the rest being used by programs (over 700mb) or Cache (Over 1.3GB! Should the RAM cache be that big?
Vista?
Vista (by default) uses SuperFetch which loads your most-used programs into free memory so that they launch faster.
However, if a program needs more RAM, Vista will give it to it.
This post was edited on 11-25-2008 at 07:31 PM by Mike.
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11-25-2008 07:31 PM |
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blessedguy
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O.P. RE: Computer speed problems...
Ok, looking for that "Process Explorer" thingy.
I know SuperFetch does it... but is there anyway do disable it?
Edit
Posting it here:
Process PID CPU Description Company Name
System Idle Process 0 97.69
Interrupts n/a Hardware Interrupts
DPCs n/a Deferred Procedure Calls
System 4
smss.exe 388
csrss.exe 456
wininit.exe 508
services.exe 564
svchost.exe 804
nvvsvc.exe 848
rundll32.exe 1588
svchost.exe 880
svchost.exe 912
svchost.exe 1016
audiodg.exe 1200
svchost.exe 1060
dwm.exe 1188 0.77 Gerenciador de Janelas da Área de Trabalho Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 1076
taskeng.exe 2056
taskeng.exe 3068 Mecanismo do Agendador de Tarefas Microsoft Corporation
svchost.exe 1288
svchost.exe 1348
svchost.exe 1488
spoolsv.exe 1752
svchost.exe 1776
AppleMobileDeviceService.exe 2244
avgwdsvc.exe 2264
avgrsx.exe 3884
mDNSResponder.exe 2280
svchost.exe 2296
svchost.exe 2392
sp_rsser.exe 2572
svchost.exe 2796
SearchIndexer.exe 2828
avgemc.exe 1072
iPodService.exe 1940
SLsvc.exe 4136
lsass.exe 576
lsm.exe 584
csrss.exe 520
winlogon.exe 696
explorer.exe 1464 0.77 Windows Explorer Microsoft Corporation
MSASCui.exe 1396 Windows Defender User Interface Microsoft Corporation
SpywareTerminatorShield.Exe 1964 Spyware Terminator Realtime Shield Crawler.com
avgtray.exe 1632 AVG Tray Monitor AVG Technologies CZ, s.r.o.
iTunesHelper.exe 1660 iTunesHelper Module Apple Inc.
RocketDock.exe 2020
ObjectDock.exe 1140 ObjectDock Stardock
firefox.exe 4076 Firefox Mozilla Corporation
Rambooster.exe 5388 RamBooster J.Pajula
procexp.exe 5436 0.77 Sysinternals Process Explorer Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
(bit confusing at text mode... want screenshots?)
This post was edited on 11-25-2008 at 07:59 PM by blessedguy.
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11-25-2008 07:49 PM |
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Jesus
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RE: Computer speed problems...
quote: Originally posted by blessedguy
I know SuperFetch does it... but is there anyway do disable it?
why would you want that?
The regions in memory SuperFetch writes to are overwritten when needed, so it shouldn't be noticably slowing your computer down.
Man is least himself when he is in his own person. Give him a mask and he will tell you the truth. (Oscar Wilde)
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11-25-2008 07:57 PM |
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blessedguy
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O.P. RE: Computer speed problems...
quote: Originally posted by Jesus
why would you want that?
The regions in memory SuperFetch writes to are overwritten when needed, so it shouldn't be noticably slowing your computer down.
To see if it makes any difference...
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11-25-2008 08:02 PM |
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Jesus
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RE: Computer speed problems...
quote: Originally posted by blessedguy
To see if it makes any difference...
that makes sense
clicky
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11-25-2008 08:07 PM |
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blessedguy
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O.P. RE: Computer speed problems...
quote: Originally posted by Jesus
quote: Originally posted by blessedguy
To see if it makes any difference...
that makes sense
clicky
Thanks! Will test...
[Offtopic] Loved this site... www.letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=
Although that also says "Hey, lazy one. Is it too dificult to type google and press ctrl+enter?"
Edit
It's faster now... although still "lagging", but rarely now. Programs are lauching in the same speed... what does Superfetch recognize as "Frequently used"? The ones I open more oftenly (Rganaroks (bRO and iRO); iTunes; Windows Live Mail and Messenger) are opening as normal as before!
Also noticed startups are faster...
(and... My HD finally stopped to be that loudy thingy! =O Really... does superfetch work? Now finally "free memory" stays free for a long time, and cache stoped going crazy...)
This post was edited on 11-25-2008 at 08:23 PM by blessedguy.
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11-25-2008 08:11 PM |
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Chancer
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RE: Computer speed problems...
Why the hell you use so many anti-viruses/spywares/etc?
That's 99% the reason.
I recommend you to download Kaspersky and look for those promotions of 3, 6 months, a year, if you don't want to download a pirate key buy it.
Just to be sure about that 1%, try disabling all those softwares and see what happens. Finish the processes if needed.
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11-26-2008 05:58 PM |
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blessedguy
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O.P. RE: Computer speed problems...
quote: Originally posted by Chancer
Why the hell you use so many anti-viruses/spywares/etc?
That's 99% the reason.
One word: fear
quote: Originally posted by Chancer
I recommend you to download Kaspersky and look for those promotions of 3, 6 months, a year, if you don't want to download a pirate key buy it.
Just to be sure about that 1%, try disabling all those softwares and see what happens. Finish the processes if needed.
Will try it. Thanks
Had no problems turning them off... Except for the "Are you sure you want to keep your PC unprotected?" dialogues.
[Geez... 6Kb/sec download speed? I downloaded a song with 124kb/s speed about 5mins ago! =O Anyone there knows if Kaspersky is downloaded so slowly? =/]
This post was edited on 11-26-2008 at 07:19 PM by blessedguy.
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11-26-2008 07:08 PM |
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Chancer
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RE: Computer speed problems...
Depends on where you're downloading. But, turning everything off solved your problem?
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11-26-2008 09:30 PM |
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