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    Laptop performance slowing

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by evakins, Apr 16, 2008.

  1. evakins

    evakins Newbie

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    Hi, I'm new to the forums.. My Sony laptop has been lagging more and more lately. I clean up the hard drive and defragment regularly, but these don’t seem to do much anymore. Any tips for speeding up and improving performance? Thank you!
     
    evakins, Apr 16, 2008
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  2. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    If you don't clean install every year or so, time to start.
     
    Lithus, Apr 16, 2008
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  3. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    If you go to the run command,
    type in MSCONFIG
    then go to the services and startup tab, and shutoff the applications and processes you do not use.

    By shutting off these extra processes, you free up memory, cpu and harddrive resources

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Apr 16, 2008
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  4. powerpack

    powerpack Notebook Prophet

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    Have you scanned for spyware/adware?
     
    powerpack, Apr 16, 2008
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  5. plattnnum

    plattnnum Notebook Evangelist

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    download ccleaner, wouldn't hurt to clean up the registry either.
     
    plattnnum, Apr 16, 2008
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